EvaUnit02 wrote:
I'll stick with PS3 and 360 addon, which will be cheaper than the Samsung dual format players. I have no such "space for stuff" paranoia like you do. "Oh fuck, can't have a desktop PC or a TV larger than 32" in a tiny flat, since space is premium!" Your thinking is such bullshit. You can comfortably fit a 40"+ TV, a desktop computer and many many set-top players into a tiny 2-bedroom flat and still have heaps of room.
Gotta agree, I have more stuff in my one "tiny" bedroom than god could fit in the world and my 40 inch LCD screen takes up NO room at all. If anything I wish I had went for the 46 incher and I would still have loads of room as they take up such a small amount of space.
More expensive, not region-free, copy-protected to the point of insanity... and now without Universal, Dreamworks and Paramount.
I feel the end coming.
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I used to be "the man who loves the movies you hate".
Now I'm just "that weird french guy with a cat avatar who comes to BnB once a year for no reason and then disappears again".
Bah, can't hurt to have the same piece of news in two different places.
I used to be "the man who loves the movies you hate".
Now I'm just "that weird french guy with a cat avatar who comes to BnB once a year for no reason and then disappears again".
The thing is I cannot see it making a huge difference to the uptake of HD. Most people by HD Ready LCD TVs for the size first. They like the idea of it being HD Ready but don't even realise all the content they're using is SD.
What will really help is when HMV and the like stop selling HD Discs for such a ridiculously high price. I cannot believe how much they're charging. I don't remember DVDs being this much.
Apparently, a new australian firmware update from Toshiba renders the XE1 HD player region free on SD DVDs ! it's name is "XE1_fw251_regionfree" :mrgreen:
That's crazy. Obviously the HD-DVD camp is trying to squash Blu-ray, not that I have a problem with that. It's all business at the end of the day.
If they were that price here I wouldn't buy one but I'd recommend others too. The trouble is for most the discs are still too expensive. Those who mostly buy in shops are looking at £25-30 a pop and it's that market that this will appeal to most.
Microsoft exec says that their company ain't trying to fuel the HD format war.
Microsoft Exec Says Company Isn't Trying to Fuel HD Format War
>> From homemediamagazine.com:
In response to this week's Blu-ray Disc Festival in Los Angeles, Kevin Collins, director in the Microsoft Consumer Media Technology Group, defended the company's backing of the next-generation HD DVD format.
"The [Blu-ray] camp's claims about Microsoft's desire to have a format war are baseless," Collins said. "Microsoft has over 100 people working on HD DVD interactivity and we believe that HD DVD is the next-generation optical format."
During a presentation to journalists and home theater enthusiasts at the Blu-ray Festival earlier in the week, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment worldwide president Mike Dunn intimated that the format war is being perpetuated by Microsoft in the hopes of confusing consumers so much they don't support either format and ultimately buy their entertainment online. He didn't mention the computer giant by name, but blasted "the orchestrated campaigns of confusion and anti-consumerism fueled by an 800-pound gorilla that would prefer to force us all into the practice of paying tolls for the right to exchange information and enjoy entertainment."
Collins said Microsoft did not and will not bundle the HD DVD drive in Xbox 360 because the company believes that gamers are first and foremost gamers.
"If you look historically at the attach rates (i.e. the number of DVDs purchased per DVD player) you will see that game consoles have a single-digit attach rate, while dedicated DVD players have an attach rate in the mid-20s," said Collins. "Microsoft knew if we put in an HD DVD drive that we would have to raise costs and disenfranchise our customers (that are primarily gamers) as the unit would become too expensive."
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US chain K-mart goes HD-DVD exclusive
Kmart Goes HD DVD Exclusive
>> From betanews.com:
Kmart has decided not to carry Blu-ray players due to their high prices, instead focusing solely on HD DVD this holiday. While it may no longer be the bastion of discount stores it once was, Kmart's move highlights the problems facing Sony's format as HD DVD continues to get cheaper.
The HD DVD Promotions Group said that Kmart's decision to go exclusive wasn't related to an end-cap purchase (where vendors can buy specific shelf space and lock out competitors), but rather because the cost of Blu-ray players are more tailored to home theater enthusiasts. HD DVD meanwhile, will have players under $200, with even deeper discounts after Thanksgiving.
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If MS are an 800 pound Gorilla, what does that make Fox a 750 pound Gorilla . Please all companies who're picking sides are by their nature fuelling the format war that in reality doesn't really exist.
Microsoft are just as much to blame as Sony for wanting their "own" format. Both companies hate using other people's technology.
HD DVD drive in Xbox 360 because the company believes that gamers are first and foremost gamers.
No shit and good on them.
but rather because the cost of Blu-ray players are more tailored to home theater enthusiasts.
And what does that make HD-DVD? Just as much a home theatre format too. The average joe will look at HD-DVD disc price and even if they buy a HD-DVD will only maybe buy 1-2 titles to go with it.
how much are the discs instore in the states? about £11-£12 in the likes of best buy.if people can get a cheap player then they'll buy hd rather than sd. blu-ray need to release a cheap player themselves.
and my 40 inch LCD screen takes up NO room at all. If anything I wish I had went for the 46 incher and I would still have loads of room as they take up such a small amount of space.
ahhh to live in america.
. Please all companies who're picking sides are by their nature fuelling the format war that in reality doesn't really exist.