Blu Ray vs. HD DVD
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- JerseyRaindog0
Considering I just bought a ps3 I'm pretty pleased with that.
- word! I'm still learning what all it can do for me, the media center stuff is pretty cooljoyride
- flavorful0
Congratulations Blu Ray, you just won the Defunct Media Award for 2009!
- kelpie0
does anyone remember the twit that came on here a while back frothing at the mouth about how hd-dvd was going to trounce blu-ray, like he was the mad inventor of the format or something?
Weirdo typed like he was about to ejaculate. creepy.
- I remember.. what a freakdesignerror
- wasn't that Boz?Randd
- didn't he say since porn went with hd-dvd blu ray wouldn't stand a chance? oops.todelete__1
- Boz! lol, what happened to him?Jaline
- designerror0
Have porn picked side yet? Porn killed off Betamax back in the days
- they picked HD-DVD... =\joyride
- porn picked hd dvd.todelete__1
- damn.todelete__1
- < == too slow!joyride
- you win this time grasshoppatodelete__1
- Who watches Porn on their TV anymore?? Checkout the internet... ;)kcstock
- Porn switched a few weeks ago they are blueray now.JKilla77
- kelpie0
It might be different with the interweb as the main delivery vehicle for porn now. they might not have the same effect on the hard format war.
oo-er: "hard format"
- true, porn picked the internet.designerror
- I'm not so sure it wasn't the other way round ;Dkelpie
- A lot of porn is being bought in DVD format though. Should be interesting to see how this turns out.Jaline
- porn also picked the mustang, soon after the camero was discontinued.todelete__1
- lol Kona.
tell us more about porn distribution, jalinekelpie - good point kelpiejonatne
- free porn distribution picked http://www.youporn.c…
mg33
- Jaline0
"Sony selling their Blu-Ray factory to Toshiba"
http://www.rlslog.net/sony-selli…- I hope this puts toshiba bak on the map, they been doing terrible lately :)Meeklo
- sikma0
if this is true it just goes to show how little the average consumer knows about what goes on beyond closed doors.
- fooler0
the porn industry has chosen Blue Ray...Pornstation3!!!!!
- Ramanisky20
I don't like how movies look on Blu-Ray they're too sharp or something and they don't look cinematic at all (theres no noise or graininess to the film) ... they look like they were shot with a home video camera
my2cents
- that happens on dvd too btw..
stick with magnetic thenMeeklo - a movie on an HD channel looks great but the same movie on Blu-Ray looks weird to meRamanisky2
- that happens on dvd too btw..
- Raniator0
Blu-ray has won.
Next worthless argument please...
- Boz0
Here's a summary:
Despite the consumer wishes, where 43% of mainstream HDTV consumers preferred HD DVD compared to 27% favoring Blu-Ray while around 30% being undecided (according to global research from The Diffusion Group) and obvious mass adoption possibilities like already established DVD disc replication factories, SD and HD dvd on one disc capability and cheaper price the format war ended up being decided by studios and CE companies.
It is just a matter of time now,but Warner Bros is now officially backing Blu-ray exclusively. With now over 60% of US global movie catalog market share Blu-Ray has been pronounced a winner.
After canceling an already scheduled CES press conference, Toshiba and HD DVD Group pointed out that they were extremely surprised and disappointed by Warner's decision in addition to the fact they have several contracts still active.
Universal, Paramount and Dreamworks along with Toshiba have not made any official announcements as to the next steps, but in a brief email to Bloomberg, Paramount representative pointed out that Paramount still continues to support HD DVD. Toshiba made a brief statement at CES mentioning that HD DVD has been called dead before. Universal was unable for comments at this point.
Judging by insider sources close to the whole situation and negotiations say that unconfirmed $500 million deal was reached between Sony and Warner Bros. The initial deal was meant to be between Toshiba and Warner as they've already planned to hold the press conference together with the 2 party event following at the Wynn in Las Vegas.
It has been said that Warner was going HD DVD and asked another Blu-Ray studio to follow. 20th Century Fox was the second studio and on January 4th, Fox bailed out leaving Warner with a hard choice to make. Feeling that the format war needs to end before hi-def market goes into niche, they made a 180 flip and went with Blu-Ray as a stronger ally. Warner executives have said that no money has exchanged hands but failed to comment on any incentives or subsidization costs offered mentioned in the $500 million deal.
Current studio alliances:
HD DVD still exclusive studios:
- Universal Studios
- Paramount Pictures
- DreamWorks Pictures
- Focus Features
- Rogue Pictures
- Nickelodeon Movies
- MTV Films
- First Look Studios
- Image Entertainment
- Discovery Channel
- Magnolia Pictures
- Wicked Pictures
- Pink Visual
- Bang Bros
- ClubJenna
- Digital PlaygroundEurope:
Studio Canal,
Universum Films,
Kinowelt Home Entertainment,
DVD International,
Opus Arte,
MK2,
Momentum Pictures,
Twister Home Video,
Medusa Home EntertainmentBlu-Ray:
Sony Pictures
MGM
Warner Bros
New Line Cinema
Disney Pictures
20th Century Fox
Lionsgate
Columbia Pictures
Tristar
Digital PlaygroundIn Europe:
StudioCanal (limited)- http://www.yayhooray…Randd
- haha RandJaline
- Well if you had take time to type this out yourself you had probably copy/pasted the mother f*cker every where too!sephil
- designerror0
HD-DVD-FAIL
- 7340
anyone know when they're planning to re-issue laserdisc?
... ive got all this porn, and well my laserdisc player broke about 15 years ago...
- ETM0
Regarding your quote:
"With the broadcast format changing next year to no longer support SD signals, ppl will be forced to get new HD sets or invest in a signal down scaler (which makes no sense to me)"You are WAY off mate LOL. SD TV is not going away. Analogue over the air SD signals are going the way of the Dodo, in favour of digital signals and freeing up UHF bandwidth for other devices. But SD will be here a long time. Do you really think they will FORCE HD, a technology still in early adoption, with so many barriers to entry on the populous? Plus, many studios are still not even HD equiped yet. I hope you didn't buy your HD TV and expect there to jump from a handfull to a few hundred HD channels next year... sorry.
- toe_knee0
its like poking a brain tumor with a fork
- quamb0
This hd-war is a complete mess.
Who wants a player that has barely a handful of quality titles, may become obsolete at any moment and your favourite film/franchise is on the other format?
Seems dual-players are the way to go, for now anyway, as HD-DVD may be dying, but aint dead yet.
Besides, HD seems like an apathetic step, rather then a big-leap that consumers are excited about (ie VHS to DVD).
- Dual-players FTW. This fight is annoying me. I will wait it out as well. But for now I have to worry about what format I shouldJaline
- buy "Planet Earth" in.
...Jaline - I got planet earth on blu-ray and its amazing!sofakingzero
- kcstock0
Being Region free is going to hurt any proposed media. with all the HDCP and HDMI integration in everything, the last thing the studios would want is for you to be able to share or copy your DVD.
As far as being "Proprietary to Sony" I am not sure if I agree. Sony may have lead the development of the technology in blu-ray, but you dont have to buy a sony player to play the discs. nor do you have to watch it on a sony tv. the studios may have to pay sony some of the profit, but i dont really care about that. Some may argue that it will drive the prices of movies up, but i would retort that DVD's were $40 when they first relesed and the consumer drove the prices down. People wont pay over $24.99 for a movie.
there will also be the previously viewed rack at blockbuster since they too have adobted Blu-ray for in-store rentals, however i have not seen HD-DVD there.
The reality is HD content is here to stay. With the broadcast format changing next year to no longer support SD signals, ppl will be forced to get new HD sets or invest in a signal down scaler (which makes no sense to me). So why would the studios continue producing SD-DVD much longer after that, or Consumer Electronic companies making antiquated players. There will be a shift in the next 5-10 years, and durring that time HD1440 will start to rear its ugly head and the large scale implementation of Video on Demand will show up.
This will most likely be the last time we will see a physical media used to distribute movies, the next step is broadband distribution. But that is 2020 stuff.
For my 2 cents i think the format wars are rediculous. there is no reason a Blu-laser cannot read an HD-DVD disc. the only thing preventing my PS3 from ready HD-DVD is a CODEC. HD-DVD works on the same principle as DVD, multi-platter discs working with a RED laser. its just that HD-DVD's have more platters in them so they can hold more data. These companies need to stop posturing and adopt a format...
- Milan0
The Boz thread:
http://www.qbn.com/topics/432977…