LOL @ HD-DVD

[George]

You could poll the retards at IMDB on whether or not they like breathing oxygen and most would respond "What is oxygen?" Next up would be "I don't use oxygen so I don't care."

[cka]

yeah, this threads description/tag kinda fits now

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Commando-Blu.../dp/B000K0YLM8

[Port]

!!!!!!!!!!

My PS3 purchase has officially been justified.

[nixhex311]

Great, another company wants to drag this out even longer
http://www.nmeinc.com/press_main.aspx

I guess at least it's a lot cheaper than the others at launch, but how well supported will it be?

[Wildkat]

A few months ago I thought the war was over and Blu-Ray had won. I even told a few people who were shopping to get a Blu-Ray player. But now... not so sure.

In case you havent been paying attention..


1) Paramount goes HD-DVD exclusive, just in time for Transformers to be a HD-DVD only title, and breaks sales records.

2) The Xbox 360 add-on drive is selling like hot-cakes after the Heroes Season 1 deal.

3) Rumors are flying that warner is going HD-DVD exclusive as well, as thier membership in the BDA expires today.

4) BD+ has been cracked, so there goes the "exclusive security" advantage.

5) Now, today http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/11/01...iday-wal-mart/

Wal-mart has a deal on the toshiba A2 HD-DVD player @ $100 this friday and a ton of titles on sale for $15.

So i guess.... LOL@Blu-ray all over again.

[George]

I told my folks to get a Blu Ray player as well, since Disney supports it and I have a really young brother who would benefit. But I'm sending them over to Walmart this weekend to take advantage of that deal and I think they'll be satisfied. Does the A2 have HDMI?

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

I've never seen any HD DVD stuff at walmart. Just the occasional Bluray in with the PS3 games.

[Shin Johnpv]

Holy Shit I hope the walmart by me has that this Friday I will be snatching it for sure if it does.

[Wildkat]

I told my folks to get a Blu Ray player as well, since Disney supports it and I have a really young brother who would benefit. But I'm sending them over to Walmart this weekend to take advantage of that deal and I think they'll be satisfied. Does the A2 have HDMI?

Yeah it does. its a pretty nice player actually, worth it for the upscaling of regular DVDs alone.

[mollipen]

1) Paramount goes HD-DVD exclusive, just in time for Transformers to be a HD-DVD only title, and breaks sales records.

Paramount lied about the sales numbers for Transformers. Sales were around 115k, instead of the 195k that Paramount tried to say.

2) The Xbox 360 add-on drive is selling like hot-cakes after the Heroes Season 1 deal.

Sales took off for the player once people found out you could get two free box sets with the add-on... which, I mean, who wouldn't pick one up at that point?

3) Rumors are flying that warner is going HD-DVD exclusive as well, as thier membership in the BDA expires today.

Keep up on the rumors... initially it was thought that they'd go HD-DVD, but then after the comments of Warner at the Blu-ray show on Tuesday, it sounded more likely that they'd go Blu-ray only. (Unless what was said was a blatant lie.) Of course, it's all still totally rumor as of now.

Wal-mart has a deal on the toshiba A2 HD-DVD player @ $100 this friday and a ton of titles on sale for $15.

Too bad Wal-mart's ad (at least one version that's been show) lists it as a standard DVD player.


The Paramount switch was a big deal, yes. But nothing else has happened as of late to seriously turn the tide. Everybody knew that Toshiba was pushing for a $199 HD-DVD player - they've been going for that for months. Non-hardware sales wise, Transformers wasn't the dominating force that Paramount wanted people to believe, Blu-ray STILL won the week sales wise thanks to Blu-ray sales that took place that week, and for the rest of the year, if you look at HD-DVD releases versus Blu-ray releases, HD-DVD is going to get absolutely killed.