HD DVD lives! - NY Post article - Blu-ray Forum

DigitalfreakNYC · 09-23-2008, 12:33 PM

Great story from yesterday's NY Post. Anyone want to comment?

http://www.nypost.com/seven/09222008...day_130175.htm

Quote:

Right now, the cheapest HD DVD players are selling for about $400 and 42-inch plasma TVs are $680 and up.

RUR · 09-23-2008, 12:44 PM

Post Staff Writer needs to get out of that cave he's been living in.

seigneur_rayden · 09-23-2008, 12:50 PM

he is an idiot

SS316SRV · 09-23-2008, 01:03 PM

Nice.

fatediesel · 09-23-2008, 01:20 PM

Wow, just wow. If it was a story about an obscure celebrity nobody's heard of there would be pictures and dating rumors but they can't do the research to realize blu-ray won the war a long time ago.

MOONPHASE · 09-23-2008, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by fatediesel

Wow, just wow. If it was a story about an obscure celebrity nobody's heard of there would be pictures and dating rumors but they can't do the research to realize blu-ray won the war a long time ago.

in a few more months it would be 1 year since blu-ray won the war

Joe Cain · 09-23-2008, 01:29 PM

Isn't this the kind of reportage for which we've come to depend upon the Post?

MOONPHASE · 09-23-2008, 01:30 PM

i made a yawn as soon as i read the topic title but judging from what that guy was saying it almost sounds more like blu-ray not hd-dvd and if he means hd-dvd then is he talking about last year's Black Friday?

fatediesel · 09-23-2008, 01:41 PM

It's from yesterday's Post, and it includes the line "Right now, the cheapest HD DVD players are selling for about $400 and 42-inch plasma TVs are $680 and up." Definitely just a mistake, as I've read from other sites these predictions for this year's black Friday.

RUR · 09-23-2008, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Cain

Isn't this the kind of reportage for which we've come to depend upon the Post?

They probably pronounce it re-port-ˈtäzh at the Post.

atomik kinder · 09-23-2008, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by fatediesel

It's from yesterday's Post, and it includes the line "Right now, the cheapest HD DVD players are selling for about $400 and 42-inch plasma TVs are $680 and up." Definitely just a mistake, as I've read from other sites these predictions for this year's black Friday.

Well, the bolded part is not true at all. Just a week ago, Buy.com had them for $60 along with the two free movies that came in the box!

I think this is just someone who has absolutely no idea what he is talking about.

brett_day · 09-23-2008, 01:57 PM

well technically the blu ray players are hd (as in high def) dvd players. they do indeed playback hd content no?

i do not think he was meaning the HDDVD format which we all know is dead and burried. he just needs to brush up on his terminology

JennyBunny · 09-23-2008, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by brett_day

well technically the blu ray players are hd (as in high def) dvd players. they do indeed playback hd content no?

i do not think he was meaning the HDDVD format which we all know is dead and burried. he just needs to brush up on his terminology

If it was a competent news writer, they would at least use the proper terminology.

MOONPHASE · 09-23-2008, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by JennyBunny

If it was a competent news writer, they would at least use the proper terminology.

thats why this news writer is an incompetent news writer

Blu Titan · 09-23-2008, 02:26 PM

Maybe he was

when hw wrote the article. People like him were the ones spreading FUD during the format wars...mainly due to ignorance.

NJ_RAMS_FAN · 09-23-2008, 02:43 PM

ha.. maybe he meant blu-ray players but felt that people who read this newspaper are to dumb to know what blu-ray means. So he used hd...

CptGreedle · 09-23-2008, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by melsbluespecv

ha.. maybe he meant blu-ray players but felt that people who read this newspaper are to dumb to know what blu-ray means. So he used hd...

...but the cheapest Blu-ray players are in the $200's, not the $400's. He really needs to do his research before he posts.

jcdDigix · 09-23-2008, 03:16 PM

Is this guy Ok?

dgator783 · 09-23-2008, 03:24 PM

I love this user comment from the NY post site:

Too bad they don't make HD DVD players anymore. I'm glad I never read this newspaper, I'd go retarded in a week

made me laugh

IM from NY and if ur gonna read the paper, you read the Times, not this second rate paper

AcidBurn003 · 09-23-2008, 04:33 PM

Holly Blu-ray Disc Batman!

I kinda remember Blu-ray wining the war? I think that the evil ridler at it again!

Or maybe Jaws, Quick Grab the conveniently labeled "Bat Shark Replant!"

But really maybe he should have done a little research first!

Beating a dead horse... bringing up/asking something that has been discussed a thousand times before

O well its kinda funny!

09-23-2008, 02:43 PM	#16
NJ_RAMS_FAN Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2008 Location:North Jersey Home Theater Gallery:7 Blu-ray collection:369 DVD collection:21 Blu-ray reviews:7 Trading Score:103	ha ha.. maybe he meant blu-ray players but felt that people who read this newspaper are to dumb to know what blu-ray means. So he used hd...

09-23-2008, 04:33 PM	#20
AcidBurn003 Member Member since:Sep 2008 Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:330 Blu-ray reviews:2	Holly Blu-ray Disc Batman! I kinda remember Blu-ray wining the war? I think that the evil ridler at it again! Or maybe Jaws, Quick Grab the conveniently labeled "Bat Shark Replant!" But really maybe he should have done a little research first! O well its kinda funny!

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09-23-2008, 12:44 PM	#2
RUR Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit Blu-ray collection:143 Trading Score:1	Post Staff Writer needs to get out of that cave he's been living in.

09-23-2008, 12:50 PM	#3
seigneur_rayden Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2008 Blu-ray collection:1097 Blu-ray reviews: 12	he is an idiot

09-23-2008, 01:03 PM	#4
SS316SRV Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Appleton, WI Blu-ray collection:74	Nice.

09-23-2008, 01:20 PM	#5
fatediesel Blu-ray Count Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Iowa Blu-ray collection:410 Trading Score:47	Wow, just wow. If it was a story about an obscure celebrity nobody's heard of there would be pictures and dating rumors but they can't do the research to realize blu-ray won the war a long time ago.

09-23-2008, 01:29 PM	#7
Joe Cain Power Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:The Tragic City Blu-ray collection:79	Isn't this the kind of reportage for which we've come to depend upon the Post?

09-23-2008, 01:30 PM	#8
MOONPHASE Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jun 2007 Location:California 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:520 DVD collection:820 Blu-ray reviews:18 Trading Score:29	i made a yawn as soon as i read the topic title but judging from what that guy was saying it almost sounds more like blu-ray not hd-dvd and if he means hd-dvd then is he talking about last year's Black Friday?

09-23-2008, 01:41 PM	#9
fatediesel Blu-ray Count Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Iowa Blu-ray collection:410 Trading Score:47	It's from yesterday's Post, and it includes the line "Right now, the cheapest HD DVD players are selling for about $400 and 42-inch plasma TVs are $680 and up." Definitely just a mistake, as I've read from other sites these predictions for this year's black Friday.

09-23-2008, 01:57 PM	#12
brett_day Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Moore, Oklahoma Home Theater Gallery:18 Blu-ray collection:45 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	well technically the blu ray players are hd (as in high def) dvd players. they do indeed playback hd content no? i do not think he was meaning the HDDVD format which we all know is dead and burried. he just needs to brush up on his terminology

09-23-2008, 02:26 PM	#15
Blu Titan Super Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Edo, Land of the Samurai Home Theater Gallery:42 4K collection:41 Blu-ray collection:2864 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:92	Maybe he was when hw wrote the article. People like him were the ones spreading FUD during the format wars...mainly due to ignorance.

09-23-2008, 03:16 PM	#18
jcdDigix Senior Member Member since:May 2007 Location:FL 4K collection:202 Blu-ray collection:1075 DVD collection:1341 Digital collection:3 iTunes collection:134 Blu-ray reviews:7	Is this guy Ok?

09-23-2008, 03:24 PM	#19
dgator783 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Lakeland,FL 4K collection:377 Blu-ray collection:1521 Blu-ray reviews:11 Trading Score:14	I love this user comment from the NY post site: Too bad they don't make HD DVD players anymore. I'm glad I never read this newspaper, I'd go retarded in a week made me laugh IM from NY and if ur gonna read the paper, you read the Times, not this second rate paper

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