Anyone else miss the format war days? - Blu-ray Forum

DealsR4theDevil · 05-19-2009, 05:24 AM

I was going through my photobucket thingy and I found this thing I made a long time ago and posted on this site

coming here is just not as fun without an enemy lol

pacificvibes · 05-19-2009, 05:25 AM

There was a thread on this not to long ago.

Kinda the same thing

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=99381

Batman1980 · 05-19-2009, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by DealsR4theDevil

I was going through my photobucket thingy and I found this thing I made a long time ago and posted on this site

coming here is just not as fun without an enemy lol

HD DVD was never that big of an enemy to blu-ray. DVD and ignorance are far bigger enemies to blu-ray than HD DVD ever was.

DealsR4theDevil · 05-19-2009, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolverine1980

HD DVD was never that big of an enemy to blu-ray. DVD and ignorance are far bigger enemies to blu-ray than HD DVD ever was.

I dont know if I agree with that .... maybe I would agree HDDVD never stood a chance of winning ... but its mere existence confused some ppl and left others on the side line for fear of choosing the wrong format ... it had to die and it wouldnt go away for a while lol

fatediesel · 05-19-2009, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolverine1980

HD DVD was never that big of an enemy to blu-ray. DVD and ignorance are far bigger enemies to blu-ray than HD DVD ever was.

If Warner and Fox had accepted the bribe they were offered to go HD-DVD exclusive it would have been a huge enemy. Luckily common sense won out over short-term monetary gain because if they accepted that payout the format war wouldn't have ended since Sony and Disney would still have been Blu-ray.

Teabaggins · 05-19-2009, 04:54 PM

I'm glad I missed all this tomfoolery

[1080-p] · 05-19-2009, 05:28 PM

there will be format wars with 3d display
anaglyth verses autostereoscopic

bandit29 · 05-19-2009, 05:43 PM

No. Not at all. All it did was confuse the average consumer. It turned buying movies into how we buy videogames or computer software. No thanks.

sfmarine · 05-20-2009, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolverine1980

HD DVD was never that big of an enemy to blu-ray. DVD and ignorance are far bigger enemies to blu-ray than HD DVD ever was.

Very good point.

SDon1969 · 05-20-2009, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Teabaggins

I'm glad I missed all this tomfoolery

Ditto, I got on board once the war was basically ending. I waited to see who the winner would be. Glad it's over.

fatediesel · 05-20-2009, 04:52 PM

There was some pretty good sales during the format war. Amazon would often have buy one get one free sales with huge selections. Now most of Amazon's sales are Buy 2 get 1 free and it's a selection of 10 movies from 2 years ago. Still glad it's over and almost all new movies are released on Blu-ray.

Teabaggins · 05-20-2009, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SDon1969

Ditto, I got on board once the war was basically ending. I waited to see who the winner would be. Glad it's over.

I think trolling one side against the other might have been fun for a bit but the overall douchebaggery would get old really fast for me, and I'm sure the repetition was really annoying.

Batman1980 · 05-20-2009, 04:59 PM

I imagine it was quite entertaining but there are reasons I'm glad I waited -
PS3 dropped from $600 to $400
Blu-Ray selection has improved dramatically
Blu-Ray prices are also improving dramatically
Blu-Ray transfers continue to get better and better
We're even starting to see re-releases of catalog titles that are blu-ray only or the blu-ray comes out well before the DVD

05-19-2009, 05:24 AM	#1
DealsR4theDevil Power Member Member since:Sep 2007 Trading Score:76	Anyone else miss the format war days? I was going through my photobucket thingy and I found this thing I made a long time ago and posted on this site coming here is just not as fun without an enemy lol

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pacificvibes Tattoo King Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Irvine, CA PSN ID WinterShrinkage Home Theater Gallery:16 Blu-ray collection:51 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:8	There was a thread on this not to long ago. Kinda the same thing https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=99381

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Teabaggins Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Aug 2008	I'm glad I missed all this tomfoolery

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[1080-p] Banned Member since:Jan 2009 Location:house	there will be format wars with 3d display anaglyth verses autostereoscopic

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fatediesel Blu-ray Count Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Iowa Blu-ray collection:410 Trading Score:47	There was some pretty good sales during the format war. Amazon would often have buy one get one free sales with huge selections. Now most of Amazon's sales are Buy 2 get 1 free and it's a selection of 10 movies from 2 years ago. Still glad it's over and almost all new movies are released on Blu-ray.

05-20-2009, 04:59 PM	#13
Batman1980 Blu-ray Jedi Member since:Feb 2009 Location:District 13 Home Theater Gallery:8 4K collection:146 Blu-ray collection:394 DVD collection:57 Blu-ray reviews:22 Trading Score:48	I imagine it was quite entertaining but there are reasons I'm glad I waited - PS3 dropped from $600 to $400 Blu-Ray selection has improved dramatically Blu-Ray prices are also improving dramatically Blu-Ray transfers continue to get better and better We're even starting to see re-releases of catalog titles that are blu-ray only or the blu-ray comes out well before the DVD

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