The HD-DUD Fanboys scrambling for anything! - Blu-ray Forum

Irishwiseguy2006 · 10-26-2007, 04:16 PM

If you get a chance to go to AVS forum or Hidef its pretty funny listening to them say things like..."Ifit was'nt for the BOGO you would have got destroyed." or "If you didnt have the PS3 the war would be over." These people do not understand buisiness at all. BD did what they needed to do to win yet another week. Imagine the sales pitch to other companies when BD and Sony can say "We didnt lose 1 single week in sales ALL year!" The war is honestly on its last leg!

Merlins · 10-26-2007, 04:41 PM

Toshiba pays $150 million dollars to try to win, Disney have probably not spend more than $1 million on the BOGO.

The Toshiba money went to the company Paramount with their CEO:s. The Disney money went to the Blu-ray customers, free for all to take advantage of.

The Toshiba money did not gave the HD-DVD customers anything new, the Disney money gave the customers cheaper movies (and probably increased the money spend on Disney movies also.)

The Toshiba money was bad publicity, the Disney money is good publicity.

BDA can have atleast a 100-150 more BOGOs just like the one last week and still spend less money than Toshiba spend for Paramount to stop supporting Blu-ray.

E-Dogg · 10-26-2007, 04:46 PM

They are the sorriest bunch of individuals I have ever encountered in my life!

Xerious · 10-26-2007, 04:48 PM

i can't take anyone who actually believes HD DVD is a better format and Toshiba is a better company seriously... XERIOUSLY!

SS316SRV · 10-26-2007, 04:54 PM

I am going to start calling them HD-FUD from now on. I will go back to this fact, if my aunt had balls she would be my uncle.

johnnyd1 · 10-26-2007, 04:56 PM

Justification via Bulls*it !!!!

Thats all they know !

SomethingForKate · 10-26-2007, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Xerious

i can't take anyone who actually believes HD DVD is a better format and Toshiba is a better company seriously... XERIOUSLY!

What about Toshiba??? My BDs look fab on my Tosh LCD

SFK

stockstar1138 · 10-26-2007, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by SomethingForKate

What about Toshiba??? My BDs look fab on my Tosh LCD

SFK

it'd look better on a sony

Teazle · 10-26-2007, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Merlins

The Toshiba money was bad publicity, the Disney money is good publicity.

And from the retailer's standpoint. Toshiba/MS paid Paramount in effect to kill off a number of disc sales (in the case of Transformers, approx. 300,000 or so which would have moved on Blu-ray). Disney, by contrast, in effect paid off the consumer in a move which increased disc sales. If I were a retailer I'd be miffed that the HD-DVD camp cuts deals which are bad for my business.

Xerious · 10-26-2007, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by stockstar1138

it'd look better on a sony

took the words out of my mouth :-P

Sony > Toshiba

GarettP · 10-26-2007, 05:16 PM

"I think hddvd did very good....considering they put the blu catalog at buy one get one free...that really means half of 51%, so in reality it should be 75.5% for hd dvd, 25.5% blu...is that correct?"

I just had to post this when I found it at Avsforum, not willing to accept defeat at all. They actually think they are gaining ground on us!

Xerious · 10-26-2007, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by GarettP

"I think hddvd did very good....considering they put the blu catalog at buy one get one free...that really means half of 51%, so in reality it should be 75.5% for hd dvd, 25.5% blu...is that correct?"

I just had to post this when I found it at Avsforum, not willing to accept defeat at all. They actually think they are gaining ground on us!

hd-duders aren't good at math... remember 30 > 50 right?

SS316SRV · 10-26-2007, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by GarettP

"I think hddvd did very good....considering they put the blu catalog at buy one get one free...that really means half of 51%, so in reality it should be 75.5% for hd dvd, 25.5% blu...is that correct?"

Karl Rove would be proud of that spin.

jkwest · 10-26-2007, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by SS316SRV

Karl Rove would be proud of that spin.

Oh come on...we agree on Blu.....lets not go political...thats a whole different forum...

SS316SRV · 10-26-2007, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by jkwest

Oh come on...we agree on Blu.....lets not go political...thats a whole different forum...

Nothing political, I didn't say there was anything wrong with it.

It was Rove's job to spin news. That is a fact.

pscoop · 10-26-2007, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Merlins

Toshiba pays $150 million dollars to try to win, Disney have probably not spend more than $1 million on the BOGO.

The Toshiba money went to the company Paramount with their CEO:s. The Disney money went to the Blu-ray customers, free for all to take advantage of.

The Toshiba money did not gave the HD-DVD customers anything new, the Disney money gave the customers cheaper movies (and probably increased the money spend on Disney movies also.)

The Toshiba money was bad publicity, the Disney money is good publicity.

BDA can have atleast a 100-150 more BOGOs just like the one last week and still spend less money than Toshiba spend for Paramount to stop supporting Blu-ray.

This makes a good point to me. The ones who benefited the most from the BOGO were the consumers. While the ones who benefited the most from the Paramount deal was the studio.

radagast · 10-26-2007, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by SomethingForKate

What about Toshiba??? My BDs look fab on my Tosh LCD

SFK

You better hope you never need your TV serviced. Toshiba got an "F" from the BBB.

buckshot · 10-26-2007, 05:54 PM

I like the thread at hdd where the op is saying ''it took ALL THE BLURAYS just to beat transformers''

I guess no other hd dvds were sold that week. oh wait. that could very well be true.

radagast · 10-26-2007, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by SS316SRV

Karl Rove would be proud of that spin.

So would James "Que ball" Carville.

matthewrounds · 10-26-2007, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by GarettP

"I think hddvd did very good....considering they put the blu catalog at buy one get one free...that really means half of 51%, so in reality it should be 75.5% for hd dvd, 25.5% blu...is that correct?"

I just had to post this when I found it at Avsforum, not willing to accept defeat at all. They actually think they are gaining ground on us!

Besides the fact that 75.5+25.5=101, not all discs were BOGO free.

10-26-2007, 04:16 PM	#1
Irishwiseguy2006 Banned Member since:Oct 2007 Trading Score:5	The HD-DUD Fanboys scrambling for anything! If you get a chance to go to AVS forum or Hidef its pretty funny listening to them say things like..."Ifit was'nt for the BOGO you would have got destroyed." or "If you didnt have the PS3 the war would be over." These people do not understand buisiness at all. BD did what they needed to do to win yet another week. Imagine the sales pitch to other companies when BD and Sony can say "We didnt lose 1 single week in sales ALL year!" The war is honestly on its last leg!

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10-26-2007, 04:41 PM	#2
Merlins Senior Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Göteborg, Sweden	Toshiba pays $150 million dollars to try to win, Disney have probably not spend more than $1 million on the BOGO. The Toshiba money went to the company Paramount with their CEO:s. The Disney money went to the Blu-ray customers, free for all to take advantage of. The Toshiba money did not gave the HD-DVD customers anything new, the Disney money gave the customers cheaper movies (and probably increased the money spend on Disney movies also.) The Toshiba money was bad publicity, the Disney money is good publicity. BDA can have atleast a 100-150 more BOGOs just like the one last week and still spend less money than Toshiba spend for Paramount to stop supporting Blu-ray.

10-26-2007, 04:46 PM	#3
E-Dogg Expert Member Member since:Jun 2007 Blu-ray collection:159	They are the sorriest bunch of individuals I have ever encountered in my life!

10-26-2007, 04:48 PM	#4
Xerious Special Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Washington, DC Blu-ray collection:238 Blu-ray reviews:4	i can't take anyone who actually believes HD DVD is a better format and Toshiba is a better company seriously... XERIOUSLY!

10-26-2007, 04:54 PM	#5
SS316SRV Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Appleton, WI Blu-ray collection:74	I am going to start calling them HD-FUD from now on. I will go back to this fact, if my aunt had balls she would be my uncle.

10-26-2007, 04:56 PM	#6
johnnyd1 Expert Member Member since:May 2007 Location:RightBehindU, PA. Blu-ray reviews:5	Justification via Bulls*it !!!! Thats all they know !

10-26-2007, 05:16 PM	#11
GarettP Senior Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Montrose, CO Blu-ray collection:75 Blu-ray reviews:21	"I think hddvd did very good....considering they put the blu catalog at buy one get one free...that really means half of 51%, so in reality it should be 75.5% for hd dvd, 25.5% blu...is that correct?" I just had to post this when I found it at Avsforum, not willing to accept defeat at all. They actually think they are gaining ground on us!

10-26-2007, 05:54 PM	#18
buckshot Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2007 Location:san die ego Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:9	I like the thread at hdd where the op is saying ''it took ALL THE BLURAYS just to beat transformers'' I guess no other hd dvds were sold that week. oh wait. that could very well be true.

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