Warner Bros. picks Blu-ray over HD-DVD

[bushranger]

just rent blu ray movies

thats what im doing
blu ray movies are avalible at blockbuster now

 

[beaumont911]

The BR forum is

Matsushita (Panasonic) - the worlds largest CE company
Dell
HP
Hitachi
Phillips
LG
Samsung
Sony
Sharp
Pioneer
TDK
Mitsubishi
NEC
Acer
Canon
JVC
Kenwood
Lite-On

Apple is on that list too, although they are also on the DVD-Forum too.

 

[Mr Magoo]

Rumors to the effect that Paramount are also jumping ship back BR.

If that is the this is really over.

and why does everyone think Blu-ray is Sony. You really need to get a ****ing clue.

The BR forum is

Matsushita (Panasonic) - the worlds largest CE company
Dell
HP
Hitachi
Phillips
LG
Samsung
Sony
Sharp
Pioneer
TDK
Mitsubishi
NEC
Acer
Canon
JVC
Kenwood
Lite-On

etc full list at link
http://www.blu-raydisc.com/general_information/Section-14009/Index.html

Like DVD, many of these companies share the patents and royalties.

Also like DVD, all of these HW companies will release drives, transports, players and compete against each other like they do with DVD. You'll have all the choice you like from that above group which is something like 90% of the CE market.

Now that the war is won, I'd expect that there will be a rush of new HW.

Sony took one for the team by releasing the PS3 with BR, and they'll get a fair chunk of the money too as the PS3 is a very good BR player.

If Paramount jump over to bluray so will Universal.

over 20 companies who were previously backing HD dvd are also thinking of defecting over to bluray in light of Warner brothers move to bluray.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article3153038.ece

I do feel sorry for the guys who have brought a HD dvd player in the last few months & perhaps they could do some sort of rebate deal to trade their machines in & upgrade to a bluray recorder.

Here's the link to Paramount's rumored defection back to bluray

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc409afa-bd75-11dc-b7e6-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1

 

[beaumont911]

And Paramount is denying it.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aZzib5lwheBc

Who knows, and who cares?

 

[Borgsta]

Paramount won't be able to defect so quickly, thats why they are denying it.

 

[ManWithNoName]

MICROSOFT could introduce Blu-ray support for the Xbox 360 gaming console if consumers wanted it, an executive said at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

The Xbox 360 currently supports HD-DVD, the rival to Blu-ray in the high-definition DVD format wars. A HD-DVD player for the Xbox 360 can be bought separately to the console.

Group marketing manager for Xbox hardware Albert Penello said Microsoft would have to consider introducing a Blu-ray accessory in the event that HD-DVD failed.

"It should be consumer choice; and if that's the way they vote, that's something we'll have to consider," he said.

Interesting.

 

[Mancey]

Interesting.

I don't think Microsoft have any allegiance either way, they probably just choose HD DVD initially because it was the opposite was sony.

Thats the thing about using an external drive i guess. It

A. Gives customers the choice to not buy it at all, therefore not charging them for something they do not want or need.

B. Offers the flexiblity to go over to Blu Ray if HD DVD becomes obsolete.

Microsoft haven't made bazillions of dollars by making dumb decisions.

 

[beaumont911]

If MS release a Blu-Ray drive and 360 games come out on Blu-Ray discs, I will buy it.

The 4.7gb DVD capacity will start to limit the 360 soon, unless something is done.

 

[Mancey]

The 4.7gb DVD capacity will start to limit the 360 soon, unless something is done.

360 games use DVD DL, which actually has 7GB of space for game content.

But your point is sound. I sorta doubt it will happen tho, with any drive probably only being used for media playback imo, like the HD DVD add on.

Dual disc games are probably more likely

 

[beaumont911]

360 games use DVD DL, which actually has 7GB of space for game content.

But your point is sound. I sorta doubt it will happen tho, with any drive probably only being used for media playback imo, like the HD DVD add on.

Dual disc games are probably more likely

Oh right, forgot the double layer.

But the devs said Assasins Creed filled the disc as much as possible, and multiple discs just aren't possible as it is a sandbox game.

 

[Mancey]

Yes it would be difficult for sandbox games. But of course that is only one genre.

It'd be fine for fps's, rpg's etc

 

[Karl Pilkington]

I don't think Microsoft have any allegiance either way, they probably just choose HD DVD initially because it was the opposite was sony.

Thats the thing about using an external drive i guess. It

A. Gives customers the choice to not buy it at all, therefore not charging them for something they do not want or need.

B. Offers the flexiblity to go over to Blu Ray if HD DVD becomes obsolete.

Microsoft haven't made bazillions of dollars by making dumb decisions.

Microsoft are firmly in the HD-DVD camp, and a founding member of it. They paid Paramount 150 million to go exclusively to HD-DVD over Blu-Ray and were trying to lure Warner and New Line with similar money, and failed.

 

[Karl Pilkington]

If MS release a Blu-Ray drive and 360 games come out on Blu-Ray discs, I will buy it.

The 4.7gb DVD capacity will start to limit the 360 soon, unless something is done.

Not soon. It's already happening.

360 is not a long-term console. It will have a shelf life of about another 18 months imo. They really limited it with having no standard HDD or at least making it HD-DVD as standard.

 

[Mancey]

Not soon. It's already happening.

360 is not a long-term console. It will have a shelf life of about another 18 months imo.

lol

 

[B-Rock]

The way people are cheering for a particular format as if its a football team is really quite disturbing. Its not often consumers sit around and cheer as a monopoly forms.

The best thing for consumers would have been for both formats to get equal marketshare... then dual players would be prominent and the two formats would have to try and beat each other for price on disc sales.

That was never going to happen. Rather than having the risk of backing the wrong horse, consumers have a clear cut choice that will soon have the backing of all major movie stuidos.

Why would consumers want dual formats? If thats the case, the only way you could own the movies you want is to purchase two seperate players.

 

[beaumont911]

lol

Fanboys... will they ever learn