New Line Cinema abandons HD-DVD

aaharvel
aaharvel Posts: 4,489
edited January 2008 in Music & Movies
http://www.dvdtown.com/news/new-line-drops-hd-dvd-as-well/5066

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/new-line-confirms-itll-follow-in-warners-blu-footsteps/

happened faster than I anticipated - turn that purple into blue.

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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited January 2008
    It's like "abandoning ship"
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2008
    "....and the band played on."
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited January 2008
    I'm glad I only bought the Xbox add-on player.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited January 2008
    If Paramount still stick with HD-DVD this year, there are two new release that are on my list still worthy of HD-DVD player:

    1. The new Indy Jones
    2. Kungfu Panda
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited January 2008
    polkatese wrote: »
    If Paramount still stick with HD-DVD this year, there are two new release that are on my list still worthy of HD-DVD player:

    1. The new Indy Jones
    2. Kungfu Panda

    Forget Indy, the 18 month exclusive deal with HD-DVD excluded all Speilberg movies. So I believe Indy 4 will be available on both formats. Thus creating more sales on the Blu side.

    Guess that leaves Hd with Kung Fu Panda to hold the front lines....:eek:
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited January 2008
    Won't be long now till the HD-DVD camp throws in the towel.

    Bring on the Blu-Ray ****!


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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2008
    Strong Bad wrote: »
    Won't be long now till the HD-DVD camp throws in the towel.

    Agree. And it will come with a money back deal for all of us that bought Toshiba HD-DVD players.








































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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2008
    aaharvel wrote: »
    http://www.dvdtown.com/news/new-line-drops-hd-dvd-as-well/5066

    http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/new-line-confirms-itll-follow-in-warners-blu-footsteps/

    happened faster than I anticipated - turn that purple into blue.

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    I like pie ! ;)

    how awesome would it be if Sony Pictures jumped ship and went with HD DVD? :p:p

    it's NOT purple, it's fuschia ;)
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited January 2008
    Where's the **** industry in all this? I heard from a friend that HD failed in **** because nobody liked seeing the pimples on the hoes butts. Any truth to that?
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited January 2008
    I believe it, I wouldn't want to watch pron in HD.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2008
    this time around, I don't think the **** industry will have any affect on which format wins. it is still less expensive to offer it on standard def DVD right now.... i don't want to hear **** in 7.1 surround sound either. :eek:
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2008
    What's that **** thing you guys are talking about?
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited January 2008
    speaker ****....is there another kind ?!
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited January 2008
    again, **** will not be a factor at all. too damned expensive and never any good sales. hard to find, even on the net. not worth it. i love hd dvd and ****, so if i say it is so, then it is so.

    one more thing, **** in high def is ****! no pun intended. it is what **** SHOULD be. just watched some girlie action on high def satellite. yeah, if there are pimples, they would show up. but that just forces the **** industry to seek out closer to perfect women. good for **** lovers. thank you for hearing me out.

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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited January 2008
    BIZILL wrote: »
    again, **** will not be a factor at all. too damned expensive and never any good sales. hard to find, even on the net. not worth it.

    I agree that **** is irrelevant in this war, but I read a report yesterday that a **** studio did just switch to BluRay after WB did. So either way it looks like **** may be on Blu's side.
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  • fatchowmein
    fatchowmein Posts: 2,637
    edited January 2008
    The HD DVD camp better start selling players for $49 and whatever's left of their movie inventory for $9.99 if they want to survive this.

    Who am I kidding? They're dead and BR movies will go up to $39.99.
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited January 2008
    fatchowmein wrote: »
    The HD DVD camp better start selling players for $49 and whatever's left of their movie inventory for $9.99 if they want to survive this.
    Who am I kidding? They're dead and BR movies will go up to $39.99.


    I can't see BR going up. A win for them will open up the market and create higher volume sales, thus lowering the price. The same thing happened to VHS, DVD and every other video media. BR has a much bigger enemy than HD-DVD to win over, and that is sd-dvd. To do so, they must drop the porice of the players and the disks.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2008
    I'm PISSED!!!! I want my money back!!!!!!
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited January 2008
    **** is irrelevent with the advent of the internet. If you can go download a 90 minute HD feature for free after an hour of online connection, WTH would you ever go to the store to buy it?

    Well, I called this one wrong. I figured HD-DVD would win just because of its name but I guess Sony just had deeper pockets.
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  • landry_p2000
    landry_p2000 Posts: 1,313
    edited January 2008
    Man. That's cold...When did Warner Brothers bail out? I need to get the Matrix Trilogy, and rack up on the remaining few Warner dvds out there. Why can't all movies be available in both formats?
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