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Paramont might drop hddvd now.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc409afa-bd75-11dc-b7e6-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=e8477cc4-c820-11db-b0dc-000b5df10621.html?nclick_check=1

Jan 07, 2008 7:40pm PST

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Paramont might drop hddvd now. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc409afa-bd75-11dc-b7e6-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid... : ant_hillbilly
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  transformers on bluray please : Chandler55
  - Agreed : TastyWheat
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    - what the >:( the sequel is gonna 0wn. or, it better : Downforce
  - Hell yes! : Magus
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  lol nice article. : skinlab133
  - Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Why are they going to drop it? It doesn't say SHIT. : TastyWheat
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  - ya lol , though imo paramount will go bluray at the end of their 18 month exclusive or whatever : Chandler55
- Final nail in coffin if that happens. : Serpico74
- "Hello, please to be reading this unsubstantiated rumor which we totally didn't make up. We're not going... : slickdoody
- Wouldn't be surprising but that article looks more like a blog post than news. : Sailor of Fortune
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  i think they have a contract, i don't think it's as easy as "dropping" HD-DVD. : cltcprd
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    It's indicated that Warner switching has triggered escape clauses. : Jonathan
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      indicated how? I doubt anyone but MS/Toshiba/Paramount really know the ins and outs of the contract. : cltcprd
      
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      However, Paramount, which is owned by Viacom, is understood to have a clause in its contract with the HD : Jonathan
      
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      http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/DreamWorks/Paramount/CES_2008/Paramount/DreamWorks:__Still_Support... : cltcprd
      
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      Remember that Warner was saying they would be loyal to HD-DVD only a week ago. Things can change with Par... : Serpico74
      
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      For some weird reason I believe MS has a little more security in their $150 million than ft.com seems to ... : cltcprd
      
      I don't think Paramount would commit to a contract that didn't have any early exit clauses. I somehow sus... : Jonathan
      
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      http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Warner/Warner_Says_Blu-ray_Comments_Misquoted_and_Misconstrued/113... : Jonathan
      
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      Warner doesn't have a contract. : cltcprd
      
      or didn't rather. : cltcprd
      
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      that's from November : Old_Fart
      
      Yes... and? It's just proving that what a company says today may not been even close to what they announc... : Jonathan
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    - No way. More Gobot than anything else. :) : Optimus Prime
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  - I can kinda rap these lyrics to a Warren G beat : tomservo
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  - Hahahaha this post is awesome. I would assume it's a typo except that he says it twice. : Chris Remo
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    So you're Turbo-Teen! : Prozium
    - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UevBVGMap4 : ChibiJosh
  - I love it. What else do you have? : ieGod
  - You are not your car. You are not your HD-DVD player. : deveus1
  - Rudyard Kipling? Haha, Not sure why this is so hilarious :P I've read this 6 times, and I can't figur... : rotten element
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      Ok, once, but twice? : Githyanki
      
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    - but that takes all of the existential mystery out of it : mallrice
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  - The mother fucking Wraith over here : Mondo
  - i have to post here on principle. : biskits
  - just shut it down now, it can only go downhill from here : judge
  - Did Ron Silver and his NASA goons shoot you with an "experimental ray", fusing you with your car? : Bold
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    Song incoming:
    
    http://www.shacknews.com/extras/remo/chrisremo_iwasmycar.mp3
    
    Jan 07, 2008 10:28pm PST
    
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    Song incoming: http://www.shacknews.com/extras/remo/chrisremo_iwasmycar.mp3 : Chris Remo
    - The woman and I are laughing so hard. :( : pupismyname
    - This should be a song to the credits of a game based one cars and shit. : Sailor of Fortune
    - Perfect :) : Lightbulb
    - maximum ha : ant_hillbilly
    - hahahah, so awesome. : Ctrl-Phreak
    - Wow. A++ would listen again. : Sgt_Boomstick
    - hahahaha this is awesome : deject
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    - excellent. : pyide
    - I think my favorite part is how you sing your own backup : mikecyb
    - There's a bit of a Morrissey vibe running through this one. : systatic
    - beautiful. thanks. : burgertime
    - A delicious morsel sir. : spazzium
    - yes. : hobbespanache
    - Never get a better job, Remo. : skankcore
    - this whole thread is great : FushigiDenki
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    - This is pretty much the best thing in the history of things : OverloadUT
    - *stands up and applauds frantically* Whooo! :D : SilverSnake
    - hahahaha oh man, thank you for this, i needed a good laugh tonight! : choppp
    - Oh god Remo hahahahahaha this is on my fucking playlist now thanks you bastard : TastyWheat
    - fan-fucking-tastic. : yosemiteclimber
    - epic! : timaste
    - Headline from January 8, 2008: Chris Remo Hired by Valve to Write Witty Ending Songs : snagger
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      Very nice, although not quite as good as I fight dogs. Anyway, keep it up, at one point you will be able ... : razorblade79
      
      I would so buy this. : Agrona
    - i so have to listen to this once i get home. : Flinz
    - LOL. Best heard while staring out the window in sadness at the falling rain. : freezejeans
    - You made my day, Chris. Dang, you are the man. : sHugamom
    - This whole thing is just too funny. : Jobos
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      Me too, I never saw this. The future is still crying from laughter... Thank you. : bawbeh
      
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      Agreed, this needed to be in the intro to Firewatch : Dimmona
      
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  - Lie down on the Couch please. So... how long have you "been your car" ? : Lightbulb
  - Heh. Interesting. : seven
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    i like how he hasn't replied. I like to think he is oblivious to what's going on : moshman
    - escapegoat*d : spazzium
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      what can he say that could possibly add anything positive to the event : xil-reno
      
      where do I say he has to add something? : moshman
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  - I saw this in my INF rss feed and thought WTF... Now I laugh out loud at work and still think WTF : razorblade79
  - Haha. What? : project13
  - Trippiest post of 2008! o_O : thetangent
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    what? : Maddog_Delphi97
    - hi maddog! : deviantpaul
  - this one never gets old : naabster
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      Still funny, Nov. 2 2009 : Dschinghis Khan
      
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      November 20, 2009. Still the best. : re-verse
      
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      i'm reading this for the first time and am trying my best to lol in silence. . : j0nchan
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    Loling in the future 6/20/10 : DM7
    - Lolling my past self. 11/1/15 : DM7
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    I did not witness this. I came after. Nonetheless, my people will talk of it for years to come. : DeBurgo
    - I am a time traveler from the lands of February in 2011 and this is still golden :D. : Malku
  - Update: Still his car in 2011 : mrblarg
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- I hope they do it and end the war. Format wars are stupid. : FPSDavid
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  Everyone wanted an end to the format war. Can we stop talking about it now? : Priest77
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    - The more you know. Dah-dah-da-ding. : Priest77
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      if you didn't ignore history like all the kids do these days you could have reflected on the beta vs vhs ... : bfzzzz
      
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      Based on history, HD-DVD should have one. : Priest77
      
      and two. Won. : Priest77
      
      i guess you're right on that part, i just meant maybe it was better to wait it out instead of being f'd l... : bfzzzz
      
      I don't know. BR players were made by many manufactuers, they had much better support from the studios, t... : jcupitt
      
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      Funny thing is Beta was a better system all together than VHS. : L0opet
      
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      Sony has tried to sell so many different formats over the years, some good some not. Blu-Ray is a huge w... : Priest77
      
      Uh I think so, I know about Betamax because my parents had an electronics shop also repaired electronics,... : L0opet
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  Not possible because their exclusive contract locks them in till 2009 unless they can get out. I bet they... : K1Bond007
  - They supposedly have an exit clause based on what Warner does. The only downside would probably be having... : Serpico74
- Whoever wins, we....win? : Magus
- I bought a HDDVD player at xmas, because my regular DVD player died. It was one of the Toshiba ones for $... : theamazingrand0
- I got an hd-dvd player about a month ago and this doesn't bother me at all. I got 10 free movies out of i... : shred.
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    - Well, they also picked the side that the consumers picked month over month. That always helps. Sucks t... : Serpico74
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  - woah CES event cancelled. Thats quite significant. : filthysock
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  Why did the format with the strongest DRM stuff and most evil behavior (Sony rootkit) win :-(? : matthaeus
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    - yeah, region locking makes me a sad panda. It would be alright if it didn't affect availability. But it m... : filthysock
  - Yeah why would the industry ever want that one to win :( : razorblade79
  - there aren't any rootkit exploits for Blu-ray, IIRC -- besides, while the rootkit on music CDs was clearl... : Postal
- i hate sony soooo much: They fucked me with betamax, minidisk, umd and my av receiver. If not for the ps... : dfz0r

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