Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
 

http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/p...hd-dvd-exclus/



:rofl:

Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
 

A bit more detail here...

Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
 

Some movies which should now be HD DVD only....


Gladiator
Braveheart
Saving Private Ryan
Forest Gump
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Godfather
The Godfather: Part II
The Godfather: Part III
Friday the 13th Series
Star Trek
Minority Report
Collateral
A Series of Unfortunate Events
War of the Worlds
Antz
Chinatown
Shrek
Shrek 2
Shrek 3
Shark Tale
Madagascar
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Over the Hedge
Flushed Away
Apocalypse Now
Catch me if you Can

Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
 

So what does this mean for the ordinary punter?Won't most people wait and see which format has wiped the floor with the other before committing themselves?:shrug:

Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
 

The rate they are going, they deserve a 3rd format to come along and wipe the floor with them, maybe using the conventional DVD process with a new codec, since MPEG2 is far from the be all and end all of codecs.

Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
 

This is exactly why I don't think either Hi Def format will succeed.

Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
 

There is a 3rd format, The Internet. Space and Bandwidth is increasing, by the time HDTV is standard enough, the internet distribution of video content will be all ready to roll.

Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
 

That's what is holding the market back. The fact that Joe Soap is waiting to see which format wins.

Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
 

That puts a rather different spin on it!

Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
 

Wot he said.

Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
 

So in reality this means the format that can provide the cheapest and largest access will be the one that wins...not necessarily the technically best option.

At this rate the wait we face until we get to install a chip in the head and operate all media by brain power alone seems to be a very long way off.

Though it has to be said that sometimes what goes on inside my head is far more entertaining than much of the crap currently on offer.;)

Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
 

Some fall-out from this...


It's allegedly annoyed Michael Bay so much that he's refused to make Transformers 2 :rofl:

http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/m...-blu-ray-no-t/

Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
 

:rofl:! Oh god, lmao. He could always go to Sony and make it with them. :erm:

Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
 

Seems he may have been the worse for wear when he posted that!

He's now reconsidered...

Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
 

Same thing happened with vhs and betamax - betamax had a better picture quality - but vhs had a longer run time....

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Although it wasn't a factor at the time of the format war, I believe Betamax tapes later proved difficult to get stereo sound onto, so it could be argued in the end that the better format really did win, if you take better to be a measure of all the factors, such as recording length, picture quality and sound quality.

Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
 

Wiki claims the biggest issue was run time:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax

Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
 

So any consumers with any sense won't be rushing out to buy the hardware just yet and we are at the start of the conflict not the end..Let me know when something REALLY significant happens...:zzz:

By the way just how long do you think it will take before the dust truly settles?

Could this spell the end for Blu Ray
 

Paramount and Dreamworks go HD only

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...nG=Search&meta=

http://whathifi.com/home-cinema/arch...o-blu-ray.aspx

please delete if already posted

Re: Could this spell the end for Blu Ray
 

The thing that got me on this was the fact that Microsoft paid Paramount around 150 million dollars to release on HD only. Anything to **** on Sony!

Re: Could this spell the end for Blu Ray
 

Paramount, thats like massive, could be the end of the war right there.

Re: Could this spell the end for Blu Ray
 

Wal-Mart are selling players for $99, ASDA for £293 :erm:

I know they're slightly different models, but why doesn't that surprise me? :td:

Re: Could this spell the end for Blu Ray
 

We live in rip off Britain, what can I say. :td:

Re: Could this spell the end for Blu Ray
 

Sony are greedy money grabbing *aherms*

so good on em i say.

You seen the price of blu-ray players against HD-DVD players?

Huge difference.

Besides, cheap always wins.

Re: Could this spell the end for Blu Ray
 

Few months late, Zing ;)


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