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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 254 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Ascended_Saiyan: Quote:
Why do you keep showing everyone that I'm right and then act like you proved me wrong about something? Funniest post of the day. As if anyone who reads a word you type thinks "ooo he's right". Newsflash: 95% of this forum develop instant narcolepsy when they read your posts. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting stefc: Quote:
Newsflash: 95% of this forum develop instant narcolepsy when they read your posts. I must be one of the 5% who develops nausea instead. Mindless shills are nauseating. | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 106 |
| | Posted: | | | | It looks like Paramount & Dreamworks will be Hd dvd only:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070820/ap_on_hi_te/dueling_dvd_formats;_ylt=Avyiq1znBvA61M311YWV25ms0NUE
Since I have HD DVD I'm happy to see this annoucement. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting xradman: Quote:
Official announcement from Viacom. Paramount and DW are now HD DVD exclusive!
Viacom Press Release The best part of that news story is that they plan on releasing Transformers soon! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,127 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting VibroCount: Quote:
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Newsflash: 95% of this forum develop instant narcolepsy when they read your posts.
I must be one of the 5% who develops nausea instead.
Mindless shills are nauseating. If some people can't deal with FACTS I provide, that makes me a mindless shill? What kind of logic is that? | | | To err is human...
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,127 |
| | Posted: | | | | Desperation Move and Cash Grab? Or Bloodier Blu-ray/HD DVD War?Quote:
Here's the official announcement being made later today. Note how there's no mention of the money Paramount (I'm told $50 million) and DreamWorks Animation (I'm told $100 million) is receiving for "promotional consideration" from the HD DVD side to continue with what is widely recognized as the losing high-def format. Also note that Steven Spielberg is still fence-sitting (although this fall Sony will release in Blu-ray its catalogue title Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, the first of Spielberg's pictures to do so in either format). Sources are telling me these moves are "really out of desperation" and "a callous cash grab". Hollywood is lopsided in favor of Blu-ray: until now, 7 of the 8 major movie studios (Disney, Fox, Warner, Paramount, Sony, Lionsgate and MGM) supported Blu-ray, and 5 of them (Disney, Fox, Sony, Lionsgate and MGM) release their movies exclusively in the Blu-ray format. Only Universal was exclusively HD-DVD. The $100 mil is a huge $$$ infusion for the Shrek-dependent public company DreamWorks Animation -- especially curious because, earlier this year, Jeff Katzenberg told a Bank of America conference that he expected "neither" high-def DVD format to win the war "because they're not going to become the next platform." I have more analysis below:... Anything to keep Blu-ray from pulling the plug on HD DVD (looking at you MS)...  Isn't this what HD DVD had Blu-ray investigated from (they had no such findings BTW)? Maybe it's time HD DVD is investigated for this one. Blu-ray consistently outsells HD DVD 2:1 on Paramount/Dreamworks titles. It doesn't make business sense to drop your biggest HD money maker (Blu-ray) unless they are paid off...period. | | | To err is human...
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,127 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 54 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Ascended_Saiyan: Quote:
Anything to keep Blu-ray from pulling the plug on HD DVD (looking at you MS)... Isn't this what HD DVD had Blu-ray investigated from (they had no such findings BTW)? Maybe it's time HD DVD is investigated for this one. Blu-ray consistently outsells HD DVD 2:1 on Paramount/Dreamworks titles. It doesn't make business sense to drop your biggest HD money maker (Blu-ray) unless they are paid off...period. mmm you are a bit naive. You really think Sony didn't pay the BR exclusive studios anything?? Oh no they just bought the studios... talking about a monopoly |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,127 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting harry tasker: Quote:
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Anything to keep Blu-ray from pulling the plug on HD DVD (looking at you MS)... Isn't this what HD DVD had Blu-ray investigated from (they had no such findings BTW)? Maybe it's time HD DVD is investigated for this one. Blu-ray consistently outsells HD DVD 2:1 on Paramount/Dreamworks titles. It doesn't make business sense to drop your biggest HD money maker (Blu-ray) unless they are paid off...period.
mmm you are a bit naive. You really think Sony didn't pay the BR exclusive studios anything?? Oh no they just bought the studios... talking about a monopoly Did you read the BusinessWeek article just above your post? If that were true, the European investigation (on MS and Toshiba request) would have found something...which they didn't. The studios signed up with Blu-ray due to the extra security and flexibility with region encoding, space, and bandwidth. ...And let's not forget install base with the PS3. | | | To err is human...
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 54 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Ascended_Saiyan: Quote:
flexibility with region encoding..... You must be retarded man.... region encoding just sucks... it's just another way to control the consumers, not allowing them to have a choice where to buy their movies |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,127 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting harry tasker: Quote:
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flexibility with region encoding.....
You must be retarded man.... region encoding just sucks... it's just another way to control the consumers, not allowing them to have a choice where to buy their movies It is something that will ALWAYS happen with a format. HD DVD has basically worked out their region encoding for a future date. Region coding helps to keep money going to the studio that is releasing the titles. Just like titles distributed through Universal in the US and not Universal titles throughout the rest of the world. Maybe you didn't understand that before now. Just like you wouldn't want someone else to take credit and paid for your work, other studios don't want that either. Now, you know. | | | To err is human...
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 844 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Ascended_Saiyan: Quote:
If some people can't deal with FACTS I provide, that makes me a mindless shill? What kind of logic is that? Your 'facts' are a sad yet humourous combination of delusions and lies.  |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 254 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Ascended_Saiyan: Quote:
HD DVD has basically worked out their region encoding for a future date. This is a story that dates back to early 2006, claims were made that RPC would be added to HD DVD early 2007. Still no sign of it. Why would the format start without it and then add it later? The past 10 years of DVD has taught the studios executives with half a brain that disc importing does not affect sales. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,127 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting bob9000: Quote:
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If some people can't deal with FACTS I provide, that makes me a mindless shill? What kind of logic is that?
Your 'facts' are a sad yet humourous combination of delusions and lies. Then prove them wrong...starting with the HD DVD and Blu-ray disc pricing. I'm waiting. Now, you get to prove that your statements are full of delusion and lies.  | | | To err is human...
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,127 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting stefc: Quote:
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HD DVD has basically worked out their region encoding for a future date.
This is a story that dates back to early 2006, claims were made that RPC would be added to HD DVD early 2007. Still no sign of it. Why would the format start without it and then add it later? The past 10 years of DVD has taught the studios executives with half a brain that disc importing does not affect sales. You base that on what...current DVD sales numbers? Did you think that it could have been a lot more for some regions over others? | | | To err is human...
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