The rumor about the demise of HD-DVD is greatly....

polkatese
polkatese Posts: 6,767
edited January 2008 in Electronics
Whoa, is it the crash of the 1929? good grief, Warner pulling out of the HD-DVD consortium, big whoopy doo.

Having been through the SACD/DVD-A fiasco, I guess it is a matter of time before consumers got sick of having to pick side.

Hear my logic: Wouldn't it make sense (even more) now, to have a dual player (sort of HD Universal players)?

* I have a total of 2 BD and 14 HD-DVD, so either way, picking side has no value to me.
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,448
    edited January 2008
    polkatese wrote: »
    Whoa, is it the crash of the 1929? good grief, Warner pulling out of the HD-DVD consortium, big whoopy doo.

    Having been through the SACD/DVD-A fiasco, I guess it is a matter of time before consumers got sick of having to pick side.

    Hear my logic: Wouldn't it make sense (even more) now, to have a dual player (sort of HD Universal players)?

    * I have a total of 2 BD and 14 HD-DVD, so either way, picking side has no value to me.

    Unfortunately, WB has a lion's share of the movie market and this is a huge blow to HD-DVD going forward. Less incentive for companies to R&D a dual format player.
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,806
    edited January 2008
    Hear my logic: Wouldn't it make sense (even more) now, to have a dual player (sort of HD Universal players)?

    It makes sense, except the dual format players cost more than getting two seperate players.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2008
    it's a smack down for HD DVD for sure. I expect now that one of the bigger companies chose to go with Blu Ray, other's will follow.

    YEah, this could be the beginning of the end for Toshiba's HD DVD

    Dang it... and I was going to go out tomorrow and get a new HD DVD Player by Toshiba. UGH!
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2008
    what can I say? at least people have a sense of humor about this format war. :D
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited January 2008
    Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited January 2008
    it ain't over until it's over. it may be close to over. but not yet. i will light some red candles tonight during my habitual vigil and sacrifice a young virgin (unopened blu-ray movie) to appease the hd dvd gods. maybe a plague shall descend upon warner for their treachery. (treachery = IMO) kidding. sort of. anyway.... it ain't over, yet.

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    I have no facts to back that up, but I never let facts get in the way of my arguments.
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