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It’s all over but the crying now, the fat lady has sung. With HD DVD now out of the way, can Blu-ray win over the standard DVD crowd before the next big thing comes along?

In a statement on it Web site, Wal-Mart said that over the next few months it will phase out sales of HD DVD systems and discs, and by June will sell only Blu-ray products.
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Still way too much, upscaled normal dvd is still the way to go for me imo.
 
It's snowballing like crazy now. Everyday there's a company jumping ship, because the HD-DVD ship is shinking - quick.
 
so who is gonna deliver the eulogy for HD?

i just want this format war to be over...:rolleyes:
 
Theres only a few movies at the moment that I would be able to justify the higher price for, and it would be well worth it for the quality. However until the war is more over I wont buy any, upconverting will get me by for now.

Good news though that the end is it sight hopefully.
 
Yeah, thats right the format war will drag on because of support for HD-DVD in Canada. :rolleyes:

I am in Canada, where is all this support you speak of? I don't even think anyone is bothering to track stats/sales in Canada.

Basically Canada just has franchises of US retailers and will likely do whatever the US parent does, so you won't notice a Press releases about what Futureshop does (Canadas number one electronics outlet), and they are owned by Bestbuy who already announced downscaling of HD-DVD.

It is completely and utterly over. It only remains to see how Toshiba, Paramount and Universal save face on this. I expect Paramount/Universal to stick for thier payola money which the probably get to keep more of if Toshiba pulls the plug first.
 
Well, now Blu-ray has to get a toehold on the industry. Beating HD DVD just means there is ONE Ferrari on the block, that doesn't mean the Ford and Chevy guys are gonna step up any time soon so they need to get down in price on both players and movies.

Our position on this since the beginning has been that just because one format beats the other one, that doesn't mean it "won" anything. It still has standard DVDs to contend with.

HD DVD owners can still use their units to upscale and in the coming weeks the deals on current movies should be awesome!
 
Steve said:
Well, now Blu-ray has to get a toehold on the industry. Beating HD DVD just means there is ONE Ferrari on the block, that doesn't mean the Ford and Chevy guys are gonna step up any time soon so they need to get down in price on both players and movies.

Our position on this since the beginning has been that just because one format beats the other one, that doesn't mean it "won" anything. It still has standard DVDs to contend with.

HD DVD owners can still use their units to upscale and in the coming weeks the deals on current movies should be awesome!
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The current deal on Blu-Ray's are awesome too!

I don't think I've spent more than $20 even on any Blu Ray I own and I own pretty much all the new releases... I'd gladly spend a few dollars over standard DVD for this type of quality.

Granted, most of the sheeples will just buy the $30 - $35 Blu Ray's at Best Buy, and for that, I weep :(
 
I read on Engadget the rumor of Toshiba bailing on HD-DVD too. Again rumor, but it does show the state of hd-dvd at this point.
 
I'm gonna make a new format and call it [H]DVD in honor of Steve and Kyle.

Who's with me?
 
Igg said:
Still way too much, upscaled normal dvd is still the way to go for me imo.
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Unless you're filthy rich or dirt poor, it just comes down to priorities for most people.

I'm fine driving a Toyota Corolla. It's one the best selling cars. Still plenty of business for Lexus, Porsche, Accura, Hummer, etc.
 
Give it another year and Sony will $$$convince$$$ the studios to release Blueray well b4 DVD or to release Blueray only, no DVD at all. That will force the upgrade to Blueray on consumers. HDDVD just had to be out of the way first so that Sony would have the guaranteed influence, umm, err, revenue stream needed to $$$convince$$$ the studios. The consumer is their bitch now. Not that the other camp would have done any differently.
 
I'm glad I got my HD-DVD player for under $100. At least it's still a great dvd upscaler.
 
electech98 said:
You got something on your nose there...it's kinda brown in color...

;)
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is there a particular reason why someone can't admire someone else without being called a brown-noser? Or do you just like going around insulting people because you have a small penis?
 
Another few hundred nails. Funny enough, I am sad to see HD-DVD go.... the format war was kinda fun.
 
Steve said:
With HD DVD now out of the way, can Blu-ray win over the standard DVD crowd before the next big thing comes along?
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Not for me until they price a player I can afford, or perhaps better phrased, one that I will afford. With no effective competition now other than SDVD, it will be interesting to see how long before there is the Blu-Ray equivalent of the $98 HD-A2. Black Friday 2008? Sooner? Perhaps with the war being over, the battle can shift to the player manufacturers to get the hardware costs down to a reasonable price point. If not, it won't be for me.
 
MrLonghair said:
How much money did the Blu Ray Group give to the Wal-Mart powers that be this time?
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Hahahaha... The writings on the wall, I think that at this point they don't need to pay anyone off, better yet, people should be paying them for their endorsement...
 
MrLonghair said:
How much money did the Blu Ray Group give to the Wal-Mart powers that be this time?
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I tend to look at it from the retailers view. Do you dedicate twice as much aisle space for two formats? Or, do you recognize the fight is over and begin reclaiming the HD-DVD shelves.

B&M retail margins have to be pretty high on HD media right now because movies cost almost twice as much as they do online. I won't think about going BR until the prices come down... a lot. I certainly understand Walmart, BB and the rest of the retailers trying to get extra cash on those high-def movies while the early adopters / sheep are still willing to pay it though.
 
My condolences to the people who buy a Blu Ray player without realizing they're getting something that isn't even a final product.
 
Give me an Affordable BD-R for the PC and sell me a spindle of blanks for $50 and then Ill buy in to the whole thing.
 
Looks like to me the retailers and movie companies got too pissed off waiting and are ending the war because consumers aren't picking sides. Kick HD-DVD while it's down and maybe we can finally move on from DVD?

It be nice for the war to be decided because DVDs look terrible on my 1080p TV and the selection of both Bluray and HD is quite small atm. Perhaps once there's a winner the flood of titles will come :confused:
 
GORANKAR said:
Give it another year and Sony will $$$convince$$$ the studios to release Blueray well b4 DVD or to release Blueray only, no DVD at all. That will force the upgrade to Blueray on consumers. HDDVD just had to be out of the way first so that Sony would have the guaranteed influence, umm, err, revenue stream needed to $$$convince$$$ the studios. The consumer is their bitch now. Not that the other camp would have done any differently.
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I am a huge blu ray fan and I will admit this will never happen.

What will happen is you will see special features that aren't on the standard DVD version, or the Blu Ray cuts having both regular + extended versions of movies, rather than two seperate DVD's (we sometimes see that already, look at Spider-Man 2).

No studio would ever take a payoff large enough to give up on regular DVD though, no way.
 
VIC-20 said:
Looks like to me the retailers and movie companies got too pissed off waiting and are ending the war because consumers aren't picking sides. Kick HD-DVD while it's down and maybe we can finally move on from DVD?

It be nice for the war to be decided because DVDs look terrible on my 1080p TV and the selection of both Bluray and HD is quite small atm. Perhaps once there's a winner the flood of titles will come :confused:
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Im not really digging the HD thing, Watching HD Sci-Fi Movies is tough, the added resolution makes all of the special effects "flaws" pop-out really bad..

It takes away from my enjoyment quite a bit..

Now, Up-converting from DVD to 720p on my Projector looks FANTASTIC.
 
Old_Way said:
I tend to look at it from the retailers view. Do you dedicate twice as much aisle space for two formats? Or, do you recognize the fight is over and begin reclaiming the HD-DVD shelves.
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Not to mention you don't want to be the last one out. If you can be out as soon as you see it coming, you get less angry customers coming back at you saying you sold them a dead end product. If I was a small retailer I would have been ditching HD-DVD the moment Warner made it's imminent death obvious to just about everyone.
 
Lawdog said:
Not for me until they price a player I can afford, or perhaps better phrased, one that I will afford. With no effective competition now other than SDVD, it will be interesting to see how long before there is the Blu-Ray equivalent of the $98 HD-A2. Black Friday 2008? Sooner? Perhaps with the war being over, the battle can shift to the player manufacturers to get the hardware costs down to a reasonable price point. If not, it won't be for me.
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I seriously doubt it will happen at $98. Remember that the HD-A2 was 1080i only. Even if HD-DVD did win, that still means you bought something for a 720p TV only. The Oppo 1080p upscaling DVD player will upscale regular DVDs better than the HD-A2 or HD-A3.
 
TheBluePill said:
Im not really digging the HD thing, Watching HD Sci-Fi Movies is tough, the added resolution makes all of the special effects "flaws" pop-out really bad..

It takes away from my enjoyment quite a bit..

Now, Up-converting from DVD to 720p on my Projector looks FANTASTIC.
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For the most part I agree, but Transformers on 1080HD is sweet magic. That one movie is what prompted me to get the TV to begin with. Don't regret it either.
 
Snowdog said:
Not to mention you don't want to be the last one out. If you can be out as soon as you see it coming, you get less angry customers coming back at you saying you sold them a dead end product. If I was a small retailer I would have been ditching HD-DVD the moment Warner made it's imminent death obvious to just about everyone.
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This is why I think Paramount / Universal will be screwed when HD-DVD does fold, because unless they have been planning Blu-Ray titles all along to release almost immediately when HD-DVD folds, they are going to be waaaaaaay behind the loop in terms of releases, both old and new.

I still think they could end up doing decent just because some of the movies were things Blu-Ray owners never thought they could have, but how many Blu-Ray owners just bought Paramount / Universal movies on regular DVD and don't feel like upgrading? Probably plenty.
 
To all the peeps that hated on 4saken and I for being pro blu-ray...

all i can say is...




TOLD YA SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :p
 
MrMike said:
I seriously doubt it will happen at $98. Remember that the HD-A2 was 1080i only. Even if HD-DVD did win, that still means you bought something for a 720p TV only. The Oppo 1080p upscaling DVD player will upscale regular DVDs better than the HD-A2 or HD-A3.
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WRONG! You obviously don't understand the difference between 1080i and 1080p or how modern displays work.

You would be VERY hard pressed to see the difference. If anything, very fast horizontally moving images the might appear to flow smoother in 1080p, and that's it. The resolution is the same bud. So no, the HD-A2 is not just for 720p screens.
 
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