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Quote: Originally Posted by e1618978 Microsoft discontinued the 360 HD-DVD add-on, and dropped the price to $49.95 to clear stock. I am actually thinking of buying one, since 2nd hand disks will be $3 on ebay and there are still a couple hundred…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cam'ron What the hell are you talking about? It has been, what, two years? There was a format war going on as well. Prices will fall, I don't know why you seem to think $500 is where they will stay. You can already see…
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Quote: Originally Posted by OldCodger73 onlooker, just for the record I'm a BD owner so don't get your knickers in a uproar. I did buy some of the firesale LDs as many of those titles didn't make it to DVD for years. Do you not enjoy those f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cam'ron Why even make a comment like that? It hasn't been a week. I know you are just trying to be a smug prick but I don't see the point. Blu-Ray WILL take off, it was evident already via Warner choosing sides. No…
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haha.... troll feeding can turn into a habit. Anyway, for those with HD-DVD players with future plans to set up a media server can take advantage of the HD-DVD software discounts being offered. I saw Discovery Planet Earth series being offere…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Guartho I'll be really surprised if combo players see any further development. Perhaps, the newer model combo players will not be developed, but the price drops on the current combo players may soon be a popular ite…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kupan787 If you think that Walmarts core demographic has an HDTV, can spend $400 on a movie player, and $20 on disks you are sadly mistaken. Walmarts core demographic shops the bargain $5 DVD bin, buys a cheap $39 Chin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kupan787 It was the movie Next. Some stats: Size: 2.99 GB Time: 1:36:20 Total Bitrate: 4430kbps Resolution: 1280x530 interesting... does this mean that 16:9 aspect ratio format movies will come at a bigge…
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Quote: Originally Posted by OldCodger73 I suppose if the format I bought into went down the drain I'd feel a little testy too. It's hard to be philosophical in situations like this, especially when it initially looked like BD was going to be a no…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SDW2001 This pretty much sums up what HD-DVD adopters are all about. It never really got close to mainstream. People that went Blu-ray actually wanted to watch movies for the sake of watching movies. HD-DVD folks ha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by OldCodger73 The Netflix announcement is a shocker and definitely catastrophic for HD-DVD. Now maybe Netflix will increase their stock of of BD titles and the long waits will disappear from the queues. It's also good…
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I think you're bit of a troll feeder yourself. Try being more of a troll to a troll, it's actually quite entertaining. Perhaps, this thread may find it's way back to being on topic once the troll feeding ends, eventually.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Walter Slocombe F**K ME you are obtuse. I'd REALLY hate to be married to someone like you. "tea or coffee bite?" "All beverages either hot or cold are contenders in the race towards an answer to the question,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism You are muddling the confrontations here. Blu-ray won against HD-DVD in the fight for the HD optical media format. DVD isn't HD so it's not a contender. Streaming isn't an optical format so it isn't a contend…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Walter Slocombe Not content with seeing one format die, you want the other one to die as well? odd attitude for a supposed HDM format fan look, Sony obviously did something REALLY bad to you early on, or your siste…
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Hm... Were they giving away free DVD players with new TV purchases in 1998 or 1999? or were they counting PS2 as a designated DVD players in the market? If Blu-Ray backers can manage to move 4 million standalone Blu-Ray players this year alone,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jimmac Ok I'll say it for you again so maybe you'll understand. The numbers for BR or HD DVD are really small in comparison to DVD. Would you not agree? So Either one is a long way from replacing the mainstream product…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism ? Amazon: XBOX 360 HD-DVD Player $80 incl. 6 Free HD-DVD Titles and Free Shipping Oh damn.... let's see where this goes. And the offer includes 5 free HDM MIR... Thanks for posting the news.
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Quote: Originally Posted by JLL That strategy didn't really help Toshiba. It is still working. If you remember to remove the free give away blu-ray players. The HD-DVD players are still outselling Blu-ray standalone players, but when you sta…
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Quote: Originally Posted by OldCodger73 Let's move on from the bickering and sour grapes and discuss what the BD Association, manufacturers and studios need to do to gain a wider penetration into the market. Please note, I'm not talking about the…