Blu-Ray Thread

HD Movies : What floats your boat?

  • Dont really care about HD Movies

    Votes: 3 16.7%

  • Have a Blu Ray player

    Votes: 1 5.6%

  • Have a HD-DVD player

    Votes: 1 5.6%

  • Have a PS3

    Votes: 11 61.1%

  • Have 360 HD-DVD

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I download all the movies I ever need

    Votes: 5 27.8%

  • TV supplier and On Demand movies do me

    Votes: 1 5.6%
  • Total voters
    18
  • Poll closed .
Re: Blu Ray/HD-DVD war

The article mentions that only two titles were released in January - both being on Blu-Ray. Additionally, it wasn't a great month for total BD/HD-DVD sales - so the difference (in number) is prob ain't that much between the 1:2 ratio.

Regardless, I'm sure there are many who'll say that the "war" is irrelevant...it's particularly annoying that there are exclusives either side - so most'll prob invest in a Dual player (HD-DVD + BD).

With price per GB/TB dropping everyday with HDDs, there are many who'll be happy to move onto digital storage. Gone are the days where you have to get up and plug in a disc...we are the 21st century you know! ;)
 
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Nah they are probably fabricated facts and figures in all honesty, from what I heard HD/DVD is out gunning Blu Ray at the moment.

Dj
 
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Early days still. I still don't see people downloading films to store on HDDs. I and many others love would prefer to have like a HARD copy of the film.
 
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Yea..I used to feel the same but after plenty of scratched DVDs (usually by pesky kids playing with em and friends borrowings), I'll love to move onto a fixed storage. And lazy as it sounds, sometimes I can't be bothered to go upstairs to get a DVD out :mrgreen:
 
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rockykabir said:
The article mentions that only two titles were released in January - both being on Blu-Ray. Additionally, it wasn't a great month for total BD/HD-DVD sales - so the difference (in number) is prob ain't that much between the 1:2 ratio.

Regardless, I'm sure there are many who'll say that the "war" is irrelevant...it's particularly annoying that there are exclusives either side - so most'll prob invest in a Dual player (HD-DVD + BD).

With price per GB/TB dropping everyday with HDDs, there are many who'll be happy to move onto digital storage. Gone are the days where you have to get up and plug in a disc...we are the 21st century you know! ;)
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no, it's clear now

http://www.dvdempire.com/Content/Features/hidef_wars.asp
 
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Sony chops prices on Blu-Ray player

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070226-8925.html

Sony drop the price from $1000 down to $599. Still does not beat the PS3 which can be gotten for $499, but there is a huge market for those just wanting a dedicated player which doesn't heat up as much as game consoles.

The prob with Blu-Ray players have been the price. This step taken by Sony is likely to have a significant effect on the outcome of this format war. With exclusives like 24 and the Spider-man movies, I'll prob say that HD-DVD's fight could soon be over (glad I didn't invest in the 360 HD-DVD addon!)
 
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I think the future should be just buying the discs and having a player let you copy them to a massive (1TB) hard drive.

Basically something like XBMC. They would have to get better DRM if they were to do this though, to stop people just copying the film and then selling it on.
 
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rockykabir said:
Sony chops prices on Blu-Ray player

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070226-8925.html

Sony drop the price from $1000 down to $599. Still does not beat the PS3 which can be gotten for $499, but there is a huge market for those just wanting a dedicated player which doesn't heat up as much as game consoles.

The prob with Blu-Ray players have been the price. This step taken by Sony is likely to have a significant effect on the outcome of this format war. With exclusives like 24 and the Spider-man movies, I'll prob say that HD-DVD's fight could soon be over (glad I didn't invest in the 360 HD-DVD addon!)
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Good news and bad for Sony. They will be taking losses I think if they drop prices like that I think.

And as for digtal storage, I'm not a fan especially with reliability and ease of use, there are a lot of average Joe's who wouldn't understand how to do all this. Easier just to play via disc and I prefer it, so you can show off your collection... aminly of TV boxsets :lol:
 
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They'll ALWAYS lose money in the beginning. That's a given. The trick is to have people buy the hell out of their console/players for many years to come.
 
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I still think consoles won't be the lynch-pin in deciding the outcome, more about the players and content.
 
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ashmufc said:
I still think consoles won't be the lynch-pin in deciding the outcome, more about the players and content.
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yep truesay...some analysts are even saying that the ongoing ramblings of the PS3 isn't exactly helping Bluray.

Whether it be HD-DVD or Bluray, I hope that there is one winner from all this. I don't want to think about having to wait another 3 months for a film already out on HD-DVD to come out on Bluray and vice versa.
 
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rockykabir said:
yep truesay...some analysts are even saying that the ongoing ramblings of the PS3 isn't exactly helping Bluray.

Whether it be HD-DVD or Bluray, I hope that there is one winner from all this. I don't want to think about having to wait another 3 months for a film already out on HD-DVD to come out on Bluray and vice versa.
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LOL! I think the war will be over in 2 years minimum. And if not, then multi players here we come....
 
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Some upcoming releases on HD-DVD:

April - The Good Shepherd, Smokin' Aces, The Game, The Jerk, The Hitcher, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Nutty Professor

May - Alpha Dog, The 40-Year-Old Virgin: Unrated, Smokey and the Bandit, Hurricane, Skeleton Key, The River, Midnight Run, The Frighteners, The Big Lebowski, Dragonheart, Lost in Translation

June - Breach, Bruce Almighty, Liar Liar, Sneakers, Born on the 4th of July, Scent of a Women, Daylight, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Meet Joe Black, Mallrats, Being John Malkovich, Mystery Men, American Me, The Watcher, Bulletproof

July - Billy Madison, The War, The Wedding Date, Dante's Peak, Cat in the Hat, Dead Silence, The Bourne Identity, The Nutty Professor 2, In Good Company, Streets of Fire, Hot Fuzz, Sea of Love, Darkman, Shaun of the Dead, Deliver Us from Eva

August - Heroes: Season One

September - The Last Starfighter, Legend, Battlestar Galactica: Season One, For the Love of the Game, Knocked Up, Evening, The Getaway: Unrated, Patch Adams, Cat People
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Not getting so one sided now...Heroes on HD-DVD & 24 on Blu-Ray, Bourne Identity on HD-DVD and Spiderman on Blu-Ray :( :( :(
 
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And don't forget, Smallville comes out on HD-DVD!!!!

Though, 24 is on Blu-Ray :(
 
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Top seller


1) "The Departed" Blu-ray
2) "Casino Royale" Blu-ray
3) "The Departed" HD-DVD
4) "The Prestige" Blu-ray
5) "Crank" Blu-ray
6) "Saw 3" Blu-ray
7) "Superman Returns" Blu-ray
8) "Batman Begins" HD-DVD
9) "Black Hawk Down" Blu-ray
10) "Underworld Evolution" Blu-ray
11) "The Fifth Element" Blu-ray
12) "X-Men: The Last Stand" Blu-ray
13) "Talladega Nights" Blu-ray
14) "The Guardian" Blu-ray
15) "Open Season" Blu-ray
16) "Ice Age: The Meltdown" Blu-ray
17) "Babel" Blu-ray
18) "Flyboys" Blu-ray
19) "House of Flying Daggers" Blu-ray
20) "Mission Impossible" 3-pack Blu-ray
21) "Click" Blu-ray"
22) "The Terminator" Blu-ray
23) "The Covenant" Blu-ray
24) Gridiron Gang" Blu-ray
25) "Kingdom of Heaven" Director´s Cut Blu-ray

23 Blu Ray for 2 HD-DVD
 
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JayM said:
I think the future should be just buying the discs and having a player let you copy them to a massive (1TB) hard drive.

Basically something like XBMC. They would have to get better DRM if they were to do this though, to stop people just copying the film and then selling it on.
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nah mate, the future is streaming..... bandwith obvisouly needs to catch up, but this would be ideal...
 
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HD-DVD Winning the European Race
Despite stong sales of Blu-ray in North America, a Financial Times report is claiming that HD-DVD appears to be winning the next generation format war in Europe. The news comes due to a large number of independent studios such as Filmax opting to exclusively release titles on HD-DVD.
Next-Gen.biz said:
While admitting that there is a long way to go before a clear victor emerges, Rodolphe Buet, Studio Canal's chief marketing officer, states that the marketing strategies employed by HD-DVD backers were far superior to those of Blu-ray manufacturers.

"I have met much more commitment from partners involved with HD-DVD than Blu-Ray. I met Sony in mid-2006 but the support was far below what was offered by the HD-DVD partners.”

However, “I am totally agnostic," he continues. "All the work we are doing on High Definition will be useful for making Blu-Ray discs if the Blu-Ray standard wins. It will be easy to change position."
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http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5168&Itemid=2
 
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RuneEdge said:
HD-DVD Winning the European Race
Despite stong sales of Blu-ray in North America, a Financial Times report is claiming that HD-DVD appears to be winning the next generation format war in Europe. The news comes due to a large number of independent studios such as Filmax opting to exclusively release titles on HD-DVD.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5168&Itemid=2
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Thats also due to the por Blu-Ray releases in Europe. This will soon change. I still think MS should of put the hd-dvd in the Elite 360.
 
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Worrying for those who bought standalone BD playes, because they are releasing the new BD-J players soon, and this will mean features on new discs won't work on first gen players.

http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6427147.html?nid=2705
Then October 2007 should have been the right time for them to launch blu ray. Even for their summer release not to have it is really a disservice to their customers. IOW, people who have been buying BD since it launched has been shortchanged eversince. Seems to me that the full capability of HD DVD has been there since day one. It will only be in October, almost a year after it launched, when the full capability of BD will be available. Now the BD market have no choice but to upgrade one year after if they want those features. And BD will soon be releasing new title versions with the BD-J feature for them to double dip. Nice strategy.
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And those who have Blu-Ray, buy The Prestige! Great film!
 
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ANd those who have HD-DVD and want The Prestige, just wait a hile for the European release!
 
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I dont think any HDDVDs are region locked though.
 
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....prob because only Universal, Warner Bros and a few random arthouse production companies are supporting HD-DVD. Maybe someone can confirm this, but if the same companies supporting Blu-Ray were to support HD-DVD, it's likely that we'll see region locking in HD-DVD too?

(or maybe, the other companies didn't go with HD-DVD as it didn't allow region coding? those greedy buggers!)
 
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