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01-05-2008, 10:15 PM
| | |  Warner Brothers drops HD-DVD, opts for Blu-ray
Warner Brothers has recently made a decision to release their DVDs in the Blu-Ray DVD format rather than in both the Blu-Ray and HD DVD formats as they had previously been doing during the long-lasting format battle between Sony (Blu-Ray) and Toshiba (HD DVD). The change will take place at the end of May 2008. Harry Potter fans can imagine how this decision might very well influence their shopping for DVDs in the next few years, in regards to Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows. Quote:
With Warner Brothers' backing Sony's Blu-ray, high-definition format now has about 70 percent of the DVD market locked up.
Hollywood's squabble over which of two technologies will replace standard DVDs skewed in the direction of the Sony Corporation on Friday, with Warner Brothers casting the deciding vote in favor of the company's Blu-ray discs over the rival format, HD DVD.
Mr. Barry Meyer, Warner Brothers chief executive states that "We’ve been monitoring the situation with consumers for a while now and they have clearly made their choice. We followed."
Toshiba, Sony’s rival company, have been putting quite a bit of effort to lure Warner Brothers to their side, and get them to release their DVDs in the HD DVD format. Quote:
In a prepared statement, Toshiba said it was "quite surprised" and "particularly disappointed" by Warner's decision. "We will assess the potential impact of this announcement with the other HD DVD partner companies," the company said.
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01-06-2008, 04:58 PM
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I don't have blu-ray  They better still release the double-disk special edition DVDs on ... well, DVDs! 
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01-06-2008, 05:38 PM
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I don't have a Blu-ray player either, but my PS3 can play them. Man,but when I travel my portable DVD player won't play them.
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01-06-2008, 05:56 PM
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| | Romanian Longhorn
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I don't have a Blu-Ray player ><
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they're gonna try and tell me this wasn't, that none of this happened,
but you know what? It was real. It did happen.
We spent time here. We made friends here. That's a part of us.
Cause Hogwarts is bigger than any of us, of any of it's founders,
and it's going to be around long after we're gone.
Maybe we'll see our kids come here one day.
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01-06-2008, 06:22 PM
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| | Knarl
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Aww....Taylor has no blu-ray either.  This makes me sad...
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01-06-2008, 06:41 PM
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| | Pygmy Puff
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Umm, well, either way, as long as they release a 2-disk DVD compatible with my PC, I'm fine. XD | |
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01-06-2008, 06:49 PM
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I'm with ya on that one.  As long as the 2-Disc are normal, it's all good.
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01-06-2008, 06:52 PM
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I'm with everyone else.. I am not about to go out and spend hundreds on a
Blu Ray DVD player.. I am quite happy with my old reliable dvd player.. Plus there
is always my laptop..
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01-06-2008, 08:21 PM
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Sweet.
But I don't have Blu-ray either... 
But I got a new computer in the summer so I think it'l play Blu-Ray. I'd love to try that out now that I think about it...
But I got the Order of the Phoenix on DVD (two-disc special edition... in Walmart), so I don't mind. I just hope I won't have to be the one getting a new system if the next two movies will all be only Blu-Ray. Then I'd be sad... (cause I'd have to rely on the computer and then I won't be able to watch the movies in the early morning hours  )
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01-06-2008, 09:26 PM
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That's very interesting. Blu-ray is quite nice, I must admit!  | |
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01-06-2008, 11:19 PM
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| | Veela
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oh man! I dun have blu-ray! y'know unless I go beg my parents to get one and they take pity.... | |
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01-07-2008, 12:00 AM
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Don't worry kiddos. Eventually we will all have Blu-Ray DVDs when they become afforable. Back in the 70s when it was Beta vs. VHS they were expensive too until VHS won out and was able to drop their prices.
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I don't have a blue ray!! ohh my what I'm I going to do
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01-07-2008, 12:08 AM
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| | Mackled Malaclaw
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I don't have it so for me it's not a problem, sorry to those who do
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01-07-2008, 12:18 AM
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| | Chizpurfle
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That's not cool. I'll have to get a Blu-Ray, and we only got the DVD player two years ago! | |
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01-07-2008, 01:04 PM
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i dont have a Blu-ray player!!!
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i like blu-ray ovr HD
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01-07-2008, 09:10 PM
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I don't have Blu-ray and I can't afford to get a player either, so hopefully they'll release standard DVDs too. | |
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