War is over -2008 will be "Blu"
Posted by: Robert Woj on 08 February 2008
Looks like blu ray won over hd dvd -Warner choose not to support hd dvd any more, new Denon "Blu" machine is on the horizone ,so we have winner. I Hope soon we will have announcement from our favourite "Green" company about new product.
Posted on: 08 February 2008 by Neill Ferguson
blu ray is good
just finished ghost rider tonight and the picture in 1080p is stonking
neill
Posted on: 09 February 2008 by Chumpy
Seems like correct Sony PS3 is best value internet-upgrad(e)able player ...
Posted on: 09 February 2008 by Mike1380
quote:
Originally posted by Neill Ferguson:
blu ray is good
just finished ghost rider tonight and the picture in 1080p is stonking
neill
Yeah, but resolution can't compensate for a woeful movie, can it?
I'd rather watch that film in a res of 2i... or better still, not at all
Nicholas Cage can do better....
Seeing as he's a Naim owner I hope he comes on here and reads this.
Posted on: 12 February 2008 by Frank Abela
Nicholas Cage is a Naim owner??? Really?
Posted on: 12 February 2008 by ightenhill
hes been in a few Omar Naim penned films. A time when Naim definatly does not equal quality
Posted on: 12 February 2008 by Mike1380
quote:
Nicholas Cage is a Naim owner??? Really?
So I'm reliably informed....
Heard about it when visiting my local dealer.... The Naim BFG that is Jason was there and the topic wasbeing discussed....
500 series apparently! Mind you, he can afford it!!!!
Posted on: 14 February 2008 by KRM
It's true
Cage has a very tasty Naim + B&W system
Keith
Posted on: 14 February 2008 by djh1697
Micro$oft and Bill Gates support Blue Ray, when did Bill ever make a mistake and back something that failed?
Posted on: 14 February 2008 by Mark R
quote:
Micro$oft and Bill Gates support Blue Ray, when did Bill ever make a mistake and back something that failed?
Erm ... when they were one of the original backers of HD DVD perhaps? Microsoft have not (yet) endorsed Blu Ray.
An HD DVD link-Mark
Posted on: 15 February 2008 by Brucie
NEWS: 15 February 2008 8:57 GMT - "A movie news site is reporting that Toshiba is a matter of weeks away from conceding defeat of its HD DVD format in the next-gen high-def disc format war, giving in to Blu-ray's market dominance.
The Hollywood Reporter states: "Toshiba is widely expected to pull the plug on its HD DVD format sometime in the coming weeks, reliable industry sources say, after a rash of retail defections that followed Warner Home Video's announcement in early January that it would support only the rival Blu-ray Disc format after May".
"An announcement is coming soon", the site quotes one source close to the HD DVD camp. "It could be a matter of weeks."
Jodi Sally, VP of marketing for Toshiba America Consumer Products is quoted as saying: "Given the market developments in the past month, Toshiba will continue to study the market impact and the value proposition for consumers, particularly in light of our recent price reductions on all HD DVD players".
This news comes as two more American retailers voiced support for Blu-ray this week, and sales figures appear to steadily support the Blu-ray camp's claims that they are winning this thing. "
Posted on: 15 February 2008 by Adrian F.
quote:
Originally posted by djh1697:
Micro$oft and Bill Gates support Blue Ray, when did Bill ever make a mistake and back something that failed?
djh1697 you are mistaken here!
HD-DVD uses HDi for interactivity programming, which is a closed source MicroSoft development.
Blu-Ray uses open source Java for interactivity (which runs on almost any platform).
I'm happy that the "dark force" of IT is not taking over the consumer electronics too...
Posted on: 15 February 2008 by djftw
I'm all in favour of BluRay winning out. The format has a higher capacity, and hence more potential for very high quality video and audio formats without having a movie split over two disks!
Posted on: 17 February 2008 by Hardy
Is there a blu-n-vi on the far horizon now (which starts without any bug from the beginning
).
Or at least an AV3?
Posted on: 18 February 2008 by TomK
According to
Reuters it's now official.
Posted on: 18 February 2008 by Blueknowz
Good job I only have 5 :King Kong , Blade Runner,Transformers,300& Planet Earth otherwise I would be well pissed off!!
Posted on: 18 February 2008 by neil w
quote:
Originally posted by Blueknowz:
Good job I only have 5 :King Kong , Blade Runner,Transformers,300& Planet Earth otherwise I would be well pissed off!!
im still buying them , no reason not to really as the players are probablys worthless now
Posted on: 18 February 2008 by TomK
Apparently our local HMV is selling HD DVDs at 7 quid each, or 3 for the price of 2!
Posted on: 18 February 2008 by Frank Abela
Good money after bad? I don't see the point of increasing your disc collection when the Blu-ray discs are fast coming down in price as are the players. You could be buying discs on a supported format instead...
Posted on: 18 February 2008 by JonR
There's just been a story about this on Channel 4 News tonight. It was pointed out that one thing in particular that clinched it for Sony is their decision to include Blu-Ray playback with their PS3 which apparently has itself now outselling rival HD-DVD by almost 10:1.
But of course the
real reason Blu-Ray is winning out is because it's easier to say than "HD-DVD" - well, that's my preferred reason anyway!
Posted on: 18 February 2008 by Jono 13
More news:
Toshiba shares rise on speculation that it will quit HD-DVD
John Lewis, respected UK department store chain, stops ordering HD-dvd players
Nails and coffins springs to mind.
Jono
Posted on: 18 February 2008 by neil w
quote:
Originally posted by Frank Abela:
Good money after bad? I don't see the point of increasing your disc collection when the Blu-ray discs are fast coming down in price as are the players. You could be buying discs on a supported format instead...
some films if you want them have to be purchased on hddvd , at this time
neil
Posted on: 18 February 2008 by Clay Bingham
Neil
Key is your statement "at this time". Shortly everything will migrate to Blue Ray.
Posted on: 18 February 2008 by Bahnburner
Posted on: 19 February 2008 by Mark R
Posted on: 19 February 2008 by Derek Wright
I like marketing speak eg
"Toshiba will begin to reduce shipments of HD DVD players and recorders to retail channels, aiming for cessation of these businesses by the end of March 2008. "
really means - we have stopped production (actually last month) we have sacked the workers and scrapped the plant and we are now in the process of dumping our remaining stock into the retail channel.
or we have now switched our manufacturing to produce Blue Ray devices (which only required a few small changes from our previous product line and we had already reverse engineered the technology just in case)
