Posted by ChairmanOfTheBored on 01/06/08 17:15

On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 18:58:22 -0800, "T.B." <Partyslammer@socal.rr.com>
wrote:

>"willbill" wrote:
>>
>>> Blu-Ray was winning the HD format war in North America and Asia,
>>> but not Europe, until the Dreamworks/Paramount buyout.
>>
>>
>> up front, i'm in the USA and recently
>> bought a 3rd gen Toshiba A35 player
>>
>> what on earth is Warner thinking of?
>>
>> i mean, how on earth is this Warner
>> decision going to reduce BD standalone
>> player prices in the USA?
>>
>> as far as i can tell, it won't
>>
>> Warner has just shot themselves
>> in the foot
>>
>> i wonder how Europe will take this?
>
>Good Lord, get a grip.
>
>Warner Bros made the right move. At least they didn't pull a Paramount and
>stop releasing titles the week they made the announcement.
>
>If this stalemate continued into '09 or beyond, it would have likely
>consigned both formats to the dustbin of other failed competing formats like
>DVD audio and SACDs. As it stands, it already may be too late but at least
>with the possibility of only one HD disc format by the end of this year, HD
>via blu-ray has a chance of gaining a decent hold on the home video
>marketplace in a couple years.
>
>And really, the same misguided hair-pulling was made at the end of the 90's
>by laserdisc fans when dvds first hit the consumer marketplace. Software and
>especially hardware prices eventually dropped, just about every obscure
>movie imaginable has been released on dvd (some, half a dozen times or more)
>and the media quickly outgrew the initially crummy transfers that dogged
>many releases the first few years of the media's existence.
>
>And really, blu-ray is technically a better format than hd-dvd.
>

The ONLY thing about BluRay that I have found to be "technically
superior" is the hard coat finish on the discs. THAT is the single most
important thing in optical disc technology I have seen come along in
years.

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