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BluRay vs. HD-DVD

Discussion in 'Technology Forum' started by Ace13, Jan 7, 2008.

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Jan 8, 2008 at 11:20 AM #21

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I hope that Toshiba will continue making combo players for some time, assuming eventually they have to make a Blu Ray player.

I'll also be filling out my HD-DVD collection with cheap fills as stores clear their inventory.
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Ditto. Got some more news today. Not looking good for HDDVD..
Jan 8, 2008 at 11:22 AM #22

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Paramount poised to drop HD DVD format support -FT
Tue Jan 8, 2008 2:05am EST

TOKYO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Paramount studios is poised to drop its support of the high-definition DVD (HD DVD) format after Warner Bros studio said it would back the competing Blu-ray format, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

The loss of support from Paramount, which is owned by Viacom Inc (VIAb.N: Quote, Profile, Research), would likely deal the final blow to the HD DVD format backed by Toshiba Corp (6502.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and put an end to the format war, the newspaper said on its Web site.

Time Warner Inc's (TWX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Warner Bros studio on Friday said it would exclusively release high-definition DVDs in Sony Corp's (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) Blu-ray format, marking a major setback to the HD DVD camp. [ID:nN04446354]

Blu-ray discs outsold HD DVD by nearly two-to-one in the United States last year, but HD DVD had secured major allies in August when Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc said they would go exclusively with HD DVD.

But Paramount is understood to have a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp that would allow it to change sides if Warner Bros backed Blu-ray, the Financial Times said, citing people familiar with the situation. (Reporting by Nathan Layne)
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North American HD DVD Player sales hit 1 million: Toshiba
Sun Jan 6, 2008 11:20pm EST

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp (6502.T: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Sunday sales of HD DVD players in North America, including other brands' HD DVD drive sales, totalled 1 million units last year, driven by demand for Internet-delivered content.

Toshiba, reeling from Warner Bros studio's announcement that it would exclusively release high-definition DVDs using the rival Blu-ray format instead of Toshiba's HD DVD technology, sought to stress instead the potential of its recent alliance with Sharp Corp (6753.T: Quote, Profile, Research) on TV panels.

Toshiba executives made the comments at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

The high-stakes DVD format battle has made consumers hesitant about buying DVD players and has acted as a damper on an industry now hit by declining sales of traditional DVDs.

(Reporting by Mayumi Negishi, editing by Phil Berlowitz)
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With a million players on the shelves, there is still a reason to support the format. Declining niche market, but a real one nonetheless.
Jan 8, 2008 at 11:40 AM #23

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LOL, this is worse than politics:

Bloomberg said:

Paramount Denies Report It Will Drop Toshiba's HD DVD (Update2)

By Andy Fixmer and John Liu

Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures denied a newspaper report that the studio is poised to follow Time Warner Inc. in abandoning Toshiba Corp.'s HD DVD technology.

``Paramount's current plan is to continue to support the HD DVD format,'' Brenda Ciccone, a spokeswoman for Paramount, said in an e-mail today.

Toshiba, the leading promoter of the HD DVD format for high- definition video discs, fell in Tokyo trading after the Financial Times reported Paramount is poised to adopt Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray format instead.

Paramount can defect because a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp allows the studio to switch to Blu-ray if Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. dropped its support of Toshiba's standard, the newspaper reported today, citing unidentified people familiar with the plan. Warner Bros. said on Jan. 4 it would drop its support of HD DVD.

Keisuke Ohmori, a spokesman for Tokyo-based Toshiba, said the report is speculative. Masayo Endo, a spokeswoman for Sony, declined to comment on the report.

Toshiba's shares fell 0.1 percent to close at 782 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange after dropping as much as 1.3 percent. Sony's stock rose 3.4 percent.

To contact the reporters on this story: Andy Fixmer in Los Angeles at [email protected] ; John Liu in Shanghai at [email protected]
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Jan 9, 2008 at 2:55 AM #24

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seems bluray win, but i don't think so
Jan 17, 2008 at 11:02 AM #25

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For those that have kept up with the battle, this sums up the (losing) HD DVD side pretty good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=friS4OOcdgQ
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so just buy a ps3?

i was looking at the whole blu ray/hd dvd battle going on this is the conclusion i've come to...just buying a ps3.

good move / bad move?
Jan 26, 2008 at 2:53 PM #27

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Yesca said: ↑

so just buy a ps3?

i was looking at the whole blu ray/hd dvd battle going on this is the conclusion i've come to...just buying a ps3.

good move / bad move?
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its what I did
Jan 26, 2008 at 3:06 PM #28

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its what I did
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seems the more logical choice at this point
Jan 26, 2008 at 7:23 PM #29

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I have an HD-DVD player and I love it. It looks like it's going to lose, but it also up-converts all the regular DVD's that I have. For that reason, I think that it was a better investment than BR.
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its what I did
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i just bought a ps3 today. fucking big difference.

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