Will Warner Brothers go exclusive?

I just would like to add 1 more thing. Ever since this whole war began consumers have fallen into the typical A vs B stance. The fact is we as consumers are getting the shaft, having to deal with 2 competitive formats that offer the exact same picture quality whose only difference is capacity and price and then having to deal with DRM which limits our rights all this while expecting us to re-purchase our extensive DVD collection at a significant price.

Instead of picking from one of the camps we should acknowledge that this whole war is about COntrol and money and that we the consumers benifit little from it. Even though I own a top of the line Blu-ray player, it\'s main task in my house is collecting dust since the library is dry. I own 2 movies on blu-ray: ROBOCOP, and LAYER CAKE


All I ever wanted was the ability/technology to watch my favourite films in pristine HD quality while only having to pay a small extra fee for the hardware. Blu-ray and HD-DVD is all about the studios attempting to regain control over the media market with DRM. Just like how SONY introduced SACD shortly after the CD patent expired.

The only instance that I prefer Blu-ray is for the PC.

[Titan]

^^^Who said you have to re-purchase your DVD collection? That\'s why there\'s upverting.

[GmanJoe]

Blu-ray movies from $10-$15

http://www.jr.com/JRSectionView.process?Section_Path=/Promos/Movie03/
http://www.jr.com/JRSectionView.process?Section_Path=/Promos/Movie04/

The up convert goes only so far. Sometimes looks worse depending on the TV.

wow those are good prices, unfortunately most retail outlets are charging $25-$35 us depending on the movie.

As for scaling even with the best Converters it\'s meh! 32 inch and below looks Fantastic up-converted but once you move into the 42inch arena things change. Usually the movies that have a top tier mastering and transfer with good bit-rate look best scaled up. Upscaling\'s results are highly dependent on 3 things.

#1 The scaling chipset
#2 Size of your TV
#3 Viewing distance, the further away the more image looks HD(flaws become hidden)

MM = King of making LIC waste his time.

:running:


indie != crap
stealing plotlines from various films, adding horrific british accents, and calling it a film = crap

then again, most modern UK films are crap so lets settle on hot fuzz being a shiny piece of crap.

[Titan]

wow those are good prices, unfortunately most retail outlets are charging $25-$35 us depending on the movie.

As for scaling even with the best Converters it\'s meh! 32 inch and below looks Fantastic up-converted but once you move into the 42inch arena things change. Usually the movies that have a top tier mastering and transfer with good bit-rate look best scaled up. Upscaling\'s results are highly dependent on 3 things.

#1 The scaling chipset
#2 Size of your TV
#3 Viewing distance, the further away the more image looks HD(flaws become hidden)

Good point. However, I remember DVDs were like 25-35 bucks when they first came out. New technology is expensive. I see blu-ray and hd dvd falling to like 20 in the next year or so.

[GmanJoe]

$15 BR! *high five*

Luckily, I didn\'t splurge into the DVD collection to much unless it was a major hit for me.

Will WB go Blu-ray exclusive? Why yes they will indeed.

http://www.dvdtown.com/news/breaking-news-warner-goes-blu-ray-only/5061

Good.  Screw HD-DVD, and Toshiba, and whoever else was backing that format.

As much as I hate Sony and their fucking Blu-Ray, that seals it. Once \'The Dark Knight\' comes out, I\'ll go ahead and go dual format.  About to buy my second HD DVD player next week, as they have a deal with buy one, get 10 free.

This is too awesome. :thumb:

I was expecting the news at CES, but this is better. Toshiba&Microsoft will look very dumb now.

[Viper_Fujax]

This is too awesome. :thumb:

I was expecting the news at CES, but this is better. Toshiba&Microsoft will look very dumb now.

yea..because MS put OH so much money and effort into hd-dvd,lol. the player is a piece of shit..they just kind of threw it in there because they could

i havent invested in either..but im happy for the news since ill get a ps3 at some point..hoping the good exclusives and blu-ray winning out happens at the same time

yea..because MS put OH so much money and effort into hd-dvd,lol. the player is a piece of shit..they just kind of threw it in there because they could

i havent invested in either..but im happy for the news since ill get a ps3 at some point..hoping the good exclusives and blu-ray winning out happens at the same time

Its pretty clear Microsoft was the number 2 on HD-DVDs train, sometimes it even appeard as if they were number one, making decisions for Toshiba.

Anyway, HD-DVD is filled with MS tech, so yeah it is a failure for them.

Microsoft has also been suspected of trying to sabotage this whole affair (BD+HD-DVD) war so their shitty downloadable service could take off.

[Paul2]

even Microsoft doesn\'t want to include the HD-DVD-ROM drive built in their XBOX360 says a lot about their concerns if the format turns out a failure.

I wouldn\'t say HD-DVD is a piece of shit, becasue it isn\'t.  Technically, HD-DVD format is a good product.  its just that Blu Ray is a much better format.  The specs speak for itself.

even Microsoft doesn\'t want to include the HD-DVD-ROM drive built in their XBOX360 says a lot about their concerns if the format turns out a failure.

Rumours for this CES were about MS introducing a 360 Ultimate with a built in HD-DVD drive.. but then again we have had "360 + HD-DVD drive" rumours for the past 2 years.

Im just happy this is coming to an end. Toshiba should start making BD players now.