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92. "THE WAR IS OVER....according to aicn.com (double swipe)"
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http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35643

HD DVD dead... No More Format War... Go Buy A Blu Ray Player

Hey folks, Harry here... Depending who you are... you're either jubilant or morose today - because it's pretty much over. Sources inside Toshiba have begun leaking to the press - that Toshiba is no longer going to be manufacturing HD DVD players - and is abandoning the format altogether. Apparently, this decision is going to cost Toshiba hundreds of millions of dollars -

In the last few months, Sony has completely and totally flanked and surrounded HD-DVD. It started with the Warner Brothers move, when Warner's announced their decision to become dedicated to the BLU RAY format beginning this June - the world could feel a seismic shift. Then in a series of announcements from BEST BUY to NETFLIX to the most recent WAL-MART support for Blu Ray and abandonment of the HD DVD format... well, the rush to bury HD DVD has become quite aggressive.

How do I feel about this?

I love both formats - but generally I prefer the HD DVD discs. I have around 300 titles in hi def - a mixture of HD DVD and BLU RAY. I have 4 HD DVD players - and 1 BLU RAY player - and now that it has ended - I hope that the focusing upon BLU RAY means that the format becomes better. That the prices can begin dropping on their players - and their discs. MORE SO - I hope that BLU RAY winning the "war" means that a wider and greater supply of titles begin to be released. In the upcoming months - as the various outlets blow-out their remaining HD DVD titles - there will be added shelf-space for BLU RAY to take up. I'm hoping for many more vintage titles. Just yesterday I was at FRY'S to buy Quint his BLU RAY birthday presents - and I wanted to buy him some older titles - and there wasn't much to choose from.

Now that the Format war is over - there's still another war for the companies to wage... the war to get the populace to abandon standard def DVD and en masse convert to BLU RAY. The only way that'll happen is if Blu Ray lowers their prices significantly on their titles. There's a lot left for SONY to do - but now that they've slain their biggest enemy - all that is left is to win the hearts, minds and dollars of the rest of the consumers to make the big conversion. Click

http://gizmodo.com/357311/its-official-toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd


i guess i have to get a ps3 this year huh?

  

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FYI: Netflix just dropped HD-DVD [View all] , budz4zo, Mon Feb-11-08 02:08 PM
 
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now games on the ps3 are better by a factor of 3.2%
Feb 11th 2008
1
^^^ Bought a $180 HD-DVD *ATTACHMENT*
Feb 11th 2008
9
      ^^^ BOUGHT A PS3 AND ROCK BAND FOR IT
Feb 11th 2008
10
           meh. The drums work and that's all I give a shit about.
Feb 11th 2008
26
                it's fun too...fook what you techno-snobs think. /nm/
Feb 11th 2008
27
                jet, shut the fuck up with the slashes, we're all fans of RB
Feb 11th 2008
29
                     :)
Feb 12th 2008
54
                cool, lets compare our scores in game and play together
Feb 11th 2008
28
damn. I guess I'll have to buy American Gangster now
Feb 11th 2008
2
Would have been nice if they actually told their customers
Feb 11th 2008
3
I'm glad I didnt pay much for my player
Feb 11th 2008
4
      ^^L^^
Feb 11th 2008
7
      not really. $149 isn't much
Feb 11th 2008
18
      Sony must have paid the studios real good because...
Feb 11th 2008
8
          
Feb 11th 2008
15
           lol
Feb 11th 2008
16
           kinda like how M$ paid EA and Rockstar
Feb 11th 2008
17
                What does HD-DVD (by Tobshiba) have to do with Microsoft?
Feb 11th 2008
30
bwhahahaha rjcc is a dumb ass muhfucker for supporting that shit
Feb 11th 2008
5
I kinda feel bad for Toshiba.
Feb 11th 2008
6
why, they have power of the cell to rely on
Feb 11th 2008
11
They must have heard me hahaha*
Feb 11th 2008
12
:)....losers. lmfaooooooooooooooooooo! /nm/
Feb 11th 2008
13
all i care about at this point is getting the big lebowski on blu ray
Feb 11th 2008
14
this is exactly why I am waiting this war out
Feb 11th 2008
19
the war is over.
Feb 11th 2008
20
      pretty much I have to admit.
Feb 11th 2008
21
      you're right. buy while high priced players with already obsolete specs
Feb 11th 2008
22
           sounds like the launch xbox 360 consoles
Feb 12th 2008
35
how did blu ray get such a big lead anyway
Feb 11th 2008
23
PS3
Feb 11th 2008
24
      it's revenge for BetaMax. /nm/
Feb 11th 2008
25
done deal. Sony wins
Feb 11th 2008
31
wins what?
Feb 11th 2008
32
      a delicious cake
Feb 11th 2008
33
      The cake is a lie!
Feb 11th 2008
34
      the format war
Feb 12th 2008
36
      lol
Feb 12th 2008
38
           and u think Microsoft woulda been better?
Feb 12th 2008
39
           MS wasn't trying to control this format war tho
Feb 12th 2008
40
                i don't buy bootleg movies so all that shit u crying bout mean nothing
Feb 12th 2008
41
                You, my friend, is a dumb dumb nigga
Feb 12th 2008
42
                DID MICROSOFT SUPPORT HD DVD OR NOT?
Feb 12th 2008
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                     THEY DID AND THE FUCKING LOST! ITS SOOOOOOO
Feb 12th 2008
47
                     MicroLost
Feb 12th 2008
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                          RE: MicroLost
Feb 12th 2008
50
                     Still a dumb dumb nigga...
Feb 12th 2008
48
                          who owns a 360?
Feb 12th 2008
53
                and no one is talking about your corner bootleg man either
Feb 12th 2008
44
               
Feb 12th 2008
45
                     dont give them FACTS
Feb 12th 2008
46
                     true but..
Feb 12th 2008
55
                     this is incorrect and I need not to point out facts
Feb 13th 2008
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Feb 14th 2008
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           HDCP. /nm/
Feb 13th 2008
58
      RE: wins what?
Feb 12th 2008
37
           ^ infidile
Feb 12th 2008
51
LOL @ Netflix REALLY not giving a damn about either...
Feb 12th 2008
52
RE: LOL @ Netflix REALLY not giving a damn about either...
Feb 12th 2008
56
I predict folks will be surprised at how fast I am in the majority.
Feb 13th 2008
60
ok agree to disagree
Feb 13th 2008
63
      OK, i can agree with that...
Feb 13th 2008
64
the same dudes talking this digital download shit be the same people
Feb 14th 2008
68
      I've never rode for either dawg...all this win/lose shit is lame...
Feb 14th 2008
69
      netflix is proposes to start doing rentals over your PS3/360
Feb 14th 2008
70
slow down homie
Feb 13th 2008
57
when the last time you were in a Blockbuster?
Feb 13th 2008
62
      Zacklee
Feb 14th 2008
71
      that just means ppl don't wanna get up to RENT shit, you're
Feb 14th 2008
72
      LOL...dawg...what point are you arguing here?
Feb 14th 2008
73
           ur alone on this one
Feb 14th 2008
76
           basically, $5 for 24 hour rental <<<<$19 to own that shit forever
Feb 14th 2008
77
           lol...yall some simpleminded muthafukas man.....
Feb 15th 2008
90
           who is arguing against that fact?? Yall some non-comprehending cats..smh
Feb 15th 2008
89
           AppleTV aint up to par
Feb 14th 2008
78
           ^^^^totally doesn't get it.
Feb 15th 2008
91
           ^^^ dont underestimate the sneakiness
Feb 14th 2008
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      <--- netflixes only
Feb 14th 2008
80
they are a business
Feb 13th 2008
59
      ???? you lost me dawg....
Feb 13th 2008
61
           both.
Feb 14th 2008
75
Netflix to offer movie streaming on 360/PS3??? (SWIPE)
Feb 13th 2008
65
RE: Netflix to offer movie streaming on 360/PS3??? (SWIPE)
Feb 14th 2008
67
50% off mad HD-DVDs at amazon
Feb 14th 2008
81
damn I might have to pick up a few. I want that Matrix Tril
Feb 14th 2008
82
      I just want the first one
Feb 14th 2008
83
           RE: I just want the first one
Feb 15th 2008
84
           i thought the same when i first watched um
Feb 15th 2008
85
                your philosophy professor is an idiot. it was a shitty movie
Feb 15th 2008
86
                     ^got an L on the final...
Feb 15th 2008
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           the third matrix was garbage
Feb 15th 2008
88
^preaching to the choir. /nm/
Feb 16th 2008
93
oh, so those bitches at gizmodo ripped off my headline?
Feb 16th 2008
94

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