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Quote: Originally Posted by e1618978 Way to fail your response - you didn't answer his question at all... I wasn't aware that I'm obligated to answer someone else's hypothetical questions. I thought it was just childish rant as usual.
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Quote: Originally Posted by OldCodger73 What's that old saying, the world will end in a whimper rather than a bang? That appears to be what's happening here. You're right, the war still continues and will pretty much do so until Universal and to …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Walter Slocombe Don't know if you saw the Stevenote, he said the rentals would be avalible 30 days after the DVD went on sale, I would assume it would be similar when it comes to BD, it getting released first THEN 30 d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jimmac Tell that to the movie industry. They aren't likely to budge anytime soon ( think in terms of decades ) and would probably like the pay and pay again control where you watch idea. I believe the download idea …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Olternaut I think it was either engadget or gizmodo that had a post about a major vendor working to tie DRM with the latest Divx-HD codec for movie downloads......but I forget which. Anyways, how would Divx-HD perfor…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Olternaut Is the service available now? Could someone who is really a video expert rent a few of these "HD" movies and play them on their big screen and post a review? Isn't there expert reviews on apple's rental ser…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cory Bauer No one will be serving up 1080p movie downloads that can match the quality of a Blu-Ray disc for many, many, many years. Bandwidth speeds and costs are nowhere near acceptable for 25GB-40GB per-movie downlo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Olternaut You would love to think so wouldn't you. But when I ran that movie whichever I chose on my 52" and started to see artifacts here and there and noticed the quality wasn't that great (for my eyes not yours) I …
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Quote: Originally Posted by onlooker For fuck sakes now your bringing the economy into it? Give it up the thread should be closed. Okay, buddy.... Perhaps, I should copy and paste Sony brochures and all the quotes from Bill Hunt, then cla…
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Quote: Originally Posted by e1618978 I know what average means, but your point is unclear. I stand by my previous estimate (probable under-estimate, actually) of 10 million blu-ray players sold in 2008, do you want me to go back and find out how…
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Quote: Originally Posted by e1618978 Do you want to re-phrase that into something that makes sense? don't know what average means?
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Quote: Originally Posted by e1618978 usa sales = 47k/week worldwide sales = 110k/week And that was last week, not holiday sales www.vgchartz.com now calculate the average for the year 2007. It's about the same for the US market.
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Quote: Originally Posted by e1618978 30K/week + PS3 sales of 110K/week = 140K/week. Once you count the run up to Christmas, this amounts to probably 10 million units a year. Not a niche market. 30K units was both HD-DVD & Blu-Ray togethe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Walter Slocombe yup, looks like I won't get an answer. before: 30k units after: 23k units yeah, before and after xmas You just don't get what this format war means in a niche of the niche market. It's lik…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Olternaut Perhaps I will try it. But I'm sorry I'm not going to run those "HD" movies on a 1080p 52" screen. And this is especially so since I've been hearing its not even 720p but more like "720p....ish". But the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Walter Slocombe What consumer would buy a player that only plays 25% of the high def movies available? Another wrong information. Even when not counting what Warner has released on HD-DVD's, the actual number of …
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Quote: Originally Posted by JLL The numbers are (from The Digital Bits): Blu-ray Disc - 15,257 units HD-DVD - 14,558 units So... 30K HDM units moved before Warner announcement. (Even smaller niche than I thought) Quote: Originally Pos…
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Quote: Originally Posted by marzetta7 Blu-ray Hardware Sales Pick Up After Warner Announcement http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=883 There ya go bite. And NO, lets make it clear, I HAVE NO RESERVATIONS "about the future of Blu-Ray as HDM opti…
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Quote: Originally Posted by onlooker It doesn't, but sony does make a killer one. I have it. Isn't PS3 only compatible with Bluetooth remote made by Sony?... Or are the newer PS3 models compatible with IR programable remotes?..
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Quote: Originally Posted by OldCodger73 bite, it's beginning to sound as though you wouldn't take a BD player/PS3 if someone gave it to you. Think of all the BD exclusive movies you're missing. Maybe you and marz should make a pact; you'll buy on…