Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread

[CaptainZombie]

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Kind of surprised WB went exclusive. It will be very interesting to hear what the HD DVD Group has to say in their CES Press Conference

Yeah, this kind of has me a bit nervous now since I own a lot of HD-DVD's as opposed to BD. There is no way HD-DVD could recover.

[mgoblue]

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Yeah, this kind of has me a bit nervous now since I own a lot of HD-DVD's as opposed to BD. There is no way HD-DVD could recover.

This will caution me from buying HD-DVD's...not sure how they can survive in the long term

[CaptainZombie]

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This will caution me from buying HD-DVD's...not sure how they can survive in the long term

I'm only going to get exclusives on HD-dvd when their day/date.

I love the HD-DVD format over BD, but if this means that we get one format and one format only out of this than I'm all for it.


Does it need to be more official than this?

http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1700383,00.html

Here's the contact information too

Contact Info:
Jim Noonan
Warner Bros. Home Ent. Group
(818) 977-5489

Susan Fleishman
Warner Bros. Entertainment
(818) 954-1919

Scott Rowe
Warner Bros. Entertainment
(818) 954-5806

[CaptainZombie]

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Toshiba's reaction to the Warner announcement:

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,250140.shtml

TOKYO, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Toshiba is quite surprised by Warner Bros.' decision to abandon HD DVD in favor of Blu-ray, despite the fact that there are various contracts in place between our companies concerning the support of HD DVD. As central members of the DVD Forum, we have long maintained a close partnership with Warner Bros. We worked closely together to help standardize the first-generation DVD format as well as to define and shape HD DVD as its next-generation successor.

We were particularly disappointed that this decision was made in spite of the significant momentum HD DVD has gained in the US market as well as other regions in 2007. HD DVD players and PCs have outsold Blu-ray in the US market in 2007.

We will assess the potential impact of this announcement with the other HD DVD partner companies and evaluate potential next steps. We remain firm in our belief that HD DVD is the format best suited to the wants and needs of the consumer.

Sounds like Warner's announcement caught Toshiba with their pants down.

[Stormyhog]

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Toshiba's reaction to the Warner announcement:

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,250140.shtml

TOKYO, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Toshiba is quite surprised by Warner Bros.' decision to abandon HD DVD in favor of Blu-ray, despite the fact that there are various contracts in place between our companies concerning the support of HD DVD. As central members of the DVD Forum, we have long maintained a close partnership with Warner Bros. We worked closely together to help standardize the first-generation DVD format as well as to define and shape HD DVD as its next-generation successor.

We were particularly disappointed that this decision was made in spite of the significant momentum HD DVD has gained in the US market as well as other regions in 2007. HD DVD players and PCs have outsold Blu-ray in the US market in 2007.

We will assess the potential impact of this announcement with the other HD DVD partner companies and evaluate potential next steps. We remain firm in our belief that HD DVD is the format best suited to the wants and needs of the consumer.

Sounds like Warner's announcement caught Toshiba with their pants down.

I guess the week to week sales wasn't an enough of an indication. Also he should be including PS3 in his assessment of hardware sales which has one of the best blu-ray players available. For all the negativety Sony has had over the past year for including blu-ray it seems to have paid off. It is quite clearly that the PS3 is more than just a game machine and blu-ray as proven that.

[CaptainZombie]

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I guess the week to week sales wasn't an enough of an indication. Also he should be including PS3 in his assessment of hardware sales which has one of the best blu-ray players available. For all the negativety Sony has had over the past year for including blu-ray it seems to have paid off. It is quite clearly that the PS3 is more than just a game machine and blu-ray as proven that.

As much as I'm a RED fan, and I'm a little bit upset, congrats to Sony and Warner for getting this deal done. I only say that because for this format to move forward, there can only be one. Now Sony needs to tighten up their relationships with Disney, Lionsgate, FOX, and MGM so they don't jump..................because if anyone else jumps, HDM will be dead all together.


I guess New Line and HBO Home Video are going Blu too:

"Warner will be joining other BD-exclusive suppliers Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and Lionsgate. Time Warner divisions New Line Home Entertainment and HBO Video are also included in the move to Blu-ray."

[SLAYER]

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This is great news for not only the blu camp, but those wanting the format war to end. A WB move to HD DVD would've guaranteed the "stalemate" many originally predicted.

[CaptainZombie]

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This is great news for not only the blu camp, but those wanting the format war to end. A WB move to HD DVD would've guaranteed the "stalemate" many originally predicted.

Yup, I agree.

I can only imagine what HD-DVD group will say now at CES.

[aholbert32]

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This will caution me from buying HD-DVD's...not sure how they can survive in the long term

From a personal perspective, this doesnt affect me at all since I have both but this wont make me stop buying HD-DVDs. I'll continue to watch them on my 360 until the dual format standalones get under the $500 mark and then I'll just buy one of them.

[Skerik]

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From a personal perspective, this doesnt affect me at all since I have both but this wont make me stop buying HD-DVDs. I'll continue to watch them on my 360 until the dual format standalones get under the $500 mark and then I'll just buy one of them.

Concur. But this does make me happy that whenever I've been given the option between HD-DVD or BD, I've always gone with the BD. Right now the only HD-DVDs I have are things I can't get on BD. Which, unfortunately, are a lot of titles.

Bottom line - this is a net win for the industry and a short-term loss for anyone who is solely in the HD-DVD camp. And if Warner had announced a decision to only support HD-DVD, I'd be saying the same thing.

[ExtremeGamer]

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Concur. But this does make me happy that whenever I've been given the option between HD-DVD or BD, I've always gone with the BD. Right now the only HD-DVDs I have are things I can't get on BD. Which, unfortunately, are a lot of titles.

Bottom line - this is a net win for the industry and a short-term loss for anyone who is solely in the HD-DVD camp. And if Warner had announced a decision to only support HD-DVD, I'd be saying the same thing.

I wish I would have listened to you from the beginning and went Blu on the ones that were on both platforms. I think the only dual platform movies I went blu on are a few WB from the BOGO's, World Trade Center, and the Mission Impossible series

[CaptainZombie]

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From a personal perspective, this doesnt affect me at all since I have both but this wont make me stop buying HD-DVDs. I'll continue to watch them on my 360 until the dual format standalones get under the $500 mark and then I'll just buy one of them.

Concur. But this does make me happy that whenever I've been given the option between HD-DVD or BD, I've always gone with the BD. Right now the only HD-DVDs I have are things I can't get on BD. Which, unfortunately, are a lot of titles.

Bottom line - this is a net win for the industry and a short-term loss for anyone who is solely in the HD-DVD camp. And if Warner had announced a decision to only support HD-DVD, I'd be saying the same thing.

Good points guys, like Skreik said, yes this is a short-term loss for anyone with the HD-DVD camp...............but a long term gain for HDM.

[CaptainZombie]

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I wish I would have listened to you from the beginning and went Blu on the ones that were on both platforms. I think the only dual platform movies I went blu on are a few WB from the BOGO's, World Trade Center, and the Mission Impossible series

****, I wish I would have listened to Slayer.....

[bigfnjoe96]

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Rumor has it a lot of $$$$$ was involved. Also heard Toshiba had a deal on the table for Warner to go exclusive. Warner said they would if another studio would follow suit. Fox was approached & @ the last minute got COLD FEET. Deal falls thru. Warner goes BD Exclusive....

[ExtremeGamer]

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WB going BD exclusive is actually probably the best thing to happen. We know Sony itself is never going HD-DVD, so with only 2 studios not in the BD camp, this makes the future much easier.