Paramount poised to drop HD DVD

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
my point was the odds were NOT against sony in this round.
they have the better technology (meaningless since Beta was superior to VHS, though in the HD world storage is more important now), they had better studios from the start (sony, disney), and they have the PS3 with onboard BD support.

Storage doesn't seem that important. The cost of the media is still apparently quite low, considering that Blade Runner is on 5 discs and still costs $30 or less most places, which is the same or lower than most BD/HD DVD.

uncompressed audio.

Which has an advantage over losslessly compressed audio because... it takes up more space?

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
my point was the odds were NOT against sony in this round.
they have the better technology (meaningless since Beta was superior to VHS, though in the HD world storage is more important now), they had better studios from the start (sony, disney), and they have the PS3 with onboard BD support.

Storage doesn't seem that important. The cost of the media is still apparently quite low, considering that Blade Runner is on 5 discs and still costs $30 or less most places, which is the same or lower than most BD/HD DVD.

uncompressed audio.

Uncompressed 7.1 audio ftw. 3:10 to Yuma has it and it was the best sounding movie I've listened to.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo


my point was the odds were NOT against sony in this round.
they have the better technology (meaningless since Beta was superior to VHS, though in the HD world storage is more important now), they had better studios from the start (sony, disney), and they have the PS3 with onboard BD support.

don't forget Fox...

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
my point was the odds were NOT against sony in this round.
they have the better technology (meaningless since Beta was superior to VHS, though in the HD world storage is more important now), they had better studios from the start (sony, disney), and they have the PS3 with onboard BD support.

Storage doesn't seem that important. The cost of the media is still apparently quite low, considering that Blade Runner is on 5 discs and still costs $30 or less most places, which is the same or lower than most BD/HD DVD.

I rarely pay more than $18 for any HDM...not that that will be common anymore

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
my point was the odds were NOT against sony in this round.
they have the better technology (meaningless since Beta was superior to VHS, though in the HD world storage is more important now), they had better studios from the start (sony, disney), and they have the PS3 with onboard BD support.

Storage doesn't seem that important. The cost of the media is still apparently quite low, considering that Blade Runner is on 5 discs and still costs $30 or less most places, which is the same or lower than most BD/HD DVD.

uncompressed audio.

which is available on HD DVD. for some reason, they include it less than on BD, but there is nothing about the format that prevents PCM or Master tracks from being included on HD DVD.

 

[Rudee]

There's going to be a lot of Toshiba HD-DVD players for sale on E bay

 

[imported_Baloo]

Rumor mongering, and nothing more. Paramount has said no such thing, somebody wanting to make headlines brought this up. Paramount did not, and has denied any such intentions. Give it a few months, Warner will switch. HD-DVD is cheaper, and fully suppords HD video specifications.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: yamadakun

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: ZeroEffect
Format War = screwed consumers.

By the time there is a "winner" it just won't matter.

I've had a HD-TV for over 6 years with NO HD disc player... F them!!!!

i dont even have a HDTV, nor do i own a single wireless device


WOOT STONEAGE

your remote is wireless unless you are really from stoneage. :Q

i push the buttons with a coat hanger

No rotary tuning dial? Modernist.

 

[Dacalo]

Originally posted by: Baloo
Rumor mongering, and nothing more. Paramount has said no such thing, somebody wanting to make headlines brought this up. Paramount did not, and has denied any such intentions. Give it a few months, Warner will switch. HD-DVD is cheaper, and fully suppords HD video specifications.

Wow, Toshiba CEO himself must be posting... A little too optimistic?

 

[BabaBooey]

Originally posted by: TruePaige
Paramount already denied this.

http://forums.highdefdigest.com/showthread.php?t=35050

Rumours are the devil. =p

And everyone is honest and forth coming....


Give it time....it is like a mudslide,make take a bit but when it starts to slide,get the hell outta the way.


Blu ray is a better product all day long and I am no fanboy.

 

[amdforever2]

Blu-Ray is totally the way to go!

Don't you people remember how Betamax and Memory Stick slaughtered their competitors?

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Baloo
Give it a few months, Warner will switch. HD-DVD is cheaper, and fully suppords HD video specifications.

Yep, right now dozens of CE's are lining up to produce more HD DVD Players...no wait they aren't... DOH!!!!


The way between the two formats is over, the next war will be between Blu Ray and Digital with digital winning.

 

[Slick5150]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Baloo
Give it a few months, Warner will switch. HD-DVD is cheaper, and fully suppords HD video specifications.

Yep, right now dozens of CE's are lining up to produce more HD DVD Players...no wait they aren't... DOH!!!!


The way between the two formats is over, the next war will be between Blu Ray and Digital with digital winning.

Blu-Ray is analog?

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
The way between the two formats is over, the next war will be between Blu Ray and Digital with digital winning.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Slick5150

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Baloo
Give it a few months, Warner will switch. HD-DVD is cheaper, and fully suppords HD video specifications.

Yep, right now dozens of CE's are lining up to produce more HD DVD Players...no wait they aren't... DOH!!!!


The way between the two formats is over, the next war will be between Blu Ray and Digital with digital winning.

Blu-Ray is analog?

I'm going to hazard a guess and assume that Red meant downloads/streaming content.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: Slick5150

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Baloo
Give it a few months, Warner will switch. HD-DVD is cheaper, and fully suppords HD video specifications.

Yep, right now dozens of CE's are lining up to produce more HD DVD Players...no wait they aren't... DOH!!!!


The way between the two formats is over, the next war will be between Blu Ray and Digital with digital winning.

Blu-Ray is analog?

I'm going to hazard a guess and assume that Red meant downloads/streaming content.

DOH, I was still asleep when I posted that. You are correct, that's what I meant.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

The only market where movie downloads will own physical media (if they haven't already) is porn.

 

[LegendKiller]

I see absolutely no market for high-def digital downloads for the next 5-10 years. Nobody really has the connection speed to download 30-40gb of files on demand.

 

[RagingBITCH]

There was also the rumor that Warner was going to go exclusive with HD-DVD along with Fox. Fox decided to nitch it and go BR, then Warner got cold feet too.

http://xboxer.tv/2008/01/hd_dv..._binned_because_1.html

Honestly - I'm glad I didn't buy that HD-DVD player. I really just want one side to win or the other because I'm sick of this crap. (Even if that means giving money to Sony)

 

[TheAdvocate]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Honestly - I'm glad I didn't buy that HD-DVD player.

Why? I did buy one. Even if you were a cynical fanboy, I still got a kickbutt upscaling unit, and that's ignoring the fact that my current library of HD DVDs is not going away, and the format isn't done until the fat lady sings.

I really don't care who wins either, aside from my distate for fanboys like jpeyton, but with a whopping $98 invested, big flipping deal even if I zOMGTEHLOOOSE.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: LegendKiller
I see absolutely no market for high-def digital downloads for the next 5-10 years. Nobody really has the connection speed to download 30-40gb of files on demand.

Are you sure about that??

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: LegendKiller
I see absolutely no market for high-def digital downloads for the next 5-10 years. Nobody really has the connection speed to download 30-40gb of files on demand.

Are you sure about that??

Well, it's still about 40 minutes even if you assume in ridiculous fashion that you get the entire 160mbps throughput at all times.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: LegendKiller
I see absolutely no market for high-def digital downloads for the next 5-10 years. Nobody really has the connection speed to download 30-40gb of files on demand.

Are you sure about that??

Well, it's still about 40 minutes even if you assume in ridiculous fashion that you get the entire 160mbps throughput at all times.

That's next year, what's the mps going to be like in 4 or 5 years? If anything's been constant is that technology has always delivered and there's no reason to believe that the capability to download HD Movies in mere minutes won't possible in the near future.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
That's next year, what's the mps going to be like in 4 or 5 years? If anything's been constant is that technology has always delivered and there's no reason to believe that the capability to download HD Movies in mere minutes won't possible in the near future.

Won't that require major infrastructure changes? Getting 1600mbps to your provider is one thing... but getting it to netflix or some other random dust particle in the internet cloud is going to require that the entire infrastructure be able to support millions of people sucking data at that speed.

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
my point was the odds were NOT against sony in this round.
they have the better technology (meaningless since Beta was superior to VHS, though in the HD world storage is more important now), they had better studios from the start (sony, disney), and they have the PS3 with onboard BD support.

Storage doesn't seem that important. The cost of the media is still apparently quite low, considering that Blade Runner is on 5 discs and still costs $30 or less most places, which is the same or lower than most BD/HD DVD.

uncompressed audio.

Which has an advantage over losslessly compressed audio because... it takes up more space?

Bingo!

That's also why I take and store all my digital pictures as uncompressed TIFFs. JPGs are 4 noobz!