Morning Discussion
Over the weekend we had a few article go up that you might not want to miss, as Faylor brought us this week's Release List and Nick challenges everyone in Sunday School. Nick also recently questioned the place of VOIP in modern gaming, if you haven't caught that article.
Finally, fresh from the ShackBlog
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replySo I just read that Netfilx is going Bluray only. I really don't think that HDDVD has a chance of winning this. Sucks that they are going to keep dragging this out as long as they can.
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Dude, Amazon half-priced a whole lot of HDDVDs. It isn't really dragging anymore.
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The way that I see it though, you cant rent any HDDVDs unless you have a small place near you, both Netflix and Blockbuster only have Bluray. Also HDDVD is only getting 25% of the sales each week. You can only go for so long with a quarter of the market and expect your product to survive.
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"it will only buy Blu-ray discs going forward and will phase out stock of HD DVD by about the end of the year." http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSWEN388420080211
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HD DVD lost a while ago. Buy your blue ray players now.
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Or wait for the price to inevitably drop.
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Don't buy a Blu-Ray player until the Blu-Ray 2.0 stuff comes out this summer. Or buy a PS3.
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That's the plan since you 360 red ringed last week.
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I can't wait for George Lucas to patch Star Wars 4-6 again.
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It's not. Or, at least the way HDDVD did it, it's not.
Every one of my HDDVDs that had online content either just had more movie trailers for download or deleted scenes that should've been on the fucking disc.
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sd dvds on a good upscaling dvd player look pretty damn good, imo.
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i can see the difference but the extra cash for a blu-ray isn't proportional to the increased viewing pleasure.
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actually, this technology update has led me to reconsider my DVD collection and my habit of purchasing movies altogether. I own about a hundred of them, and I may watch one every six months. I don't think I'll be buying movies in any format ever again. Just not worth the "investment".
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The only standard def stuff I buy now are TV shows.
Otherwise, I'll either buy it in high-def, or wait for it to inevitably be released in high-def as a "special" edition. -
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le sigh.
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DAMN!
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HDDVD has been stabbed in the heart, it is just taking a little while until the blood completely stops pumping.
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I am still fence sitting, I had a PS3 for a bit and while the Blu Ray playback looked good, I was more impressed on how it made my DVDs look. Also, $30 for movies makes me :'(
After I sold it to randomnull, I picked up a cheap, but very good, upconverting player and have been pretty happy with that.-
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Yes. Hell, many DVDs are *STILL* marked for retail at $30, but most stores (Amazon, Best Buy, and the like) mark them down tremendously.
Then again, no one in their right mind is paying retail for high-def stuff either, since at least Amazon pretty much always has a decent price.
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Unless it provides further motivation for those studios to stop holding out and release their HDDVD exclusives on BR.
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Ugh, Can we just end this stupid war and move on please.
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It is pretty much over, even if Toshiba won't admit it.
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Annoying though because their Bluray discs take forever to become available
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I just got an email saying the following:
Dear Sailor of Fortune,
You're receiving this email because you have asked to receive high-definition movies in the HD DVD format. As you may have heard, most of the major movie studios have recently decided to release their high-definition movies exclusively in the Blu-ray format. In order to provide the best selection of high-definition titles for our members, we have decided to go exclusively with Blu-ray as well.
While we will continue to make our current selection of HD DVD titles available to you for the next several months, we will not be adding additional HD DVD titles or reordering replacements.
Toward the end of February, HD DVDs in your Saved Queue will automatically be changed to standard definition DVDs. Then toward the end of this year, all HD DVDs in your Queue will be changed to standard definition DVDs. Don't worry, we will contact you before this happens.-
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What?
Toward the end of February, HD DVDs in your Saved Queue will automatically be changed to standard definition DVDs. Then toward the end of this year, all HD DVDs in your Queue will be changed to standard definition DVDs.
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ok, that makes sense then. :D
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I really want some HD-DVD people to spin this for me on how they will still win.
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Yeah, I know, I just want this to be over and enjoy HD content. I am just amazed at how much hatred there is on either side.
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Individual consumers can come out alright but I dunno who's gonna argue about winning the format war. I don't have a PS3 (but probably will due to blu-ray) but have the 360 HD-DVD drive. I haven't put any money into an HD-DVD collection but I'm renting bunches of them. I was worth getting for me.
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