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There's still one last vestige left from the format war and when that occurs then the fat lady has sung. I'm referring, of course, to Paramount and Universal officially announcing a release schedule. They will have to have some titles available for …
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Quote: Originally Posted by marzetta7 Looks like someone needs a Coke and a smile... Chill man. Give it time, and you'll see Blu-ray will win in the market place. Patience. Nah, BD doesn't stand a chance because Paramount won't release Star…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Jules LP was "good enough" for most people back in the day. Times change and most people want to keep up with the times. Yes you will have to buy a new piece of hardware to play it with, and the big deal there is? Ok, …
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There's an interesting thread over at AVS where someone asked the question "Can you guarantee that BD will be a success" because he didn't want to buy discs if it was going to to be another failure like laserdisc. The overwhelming response was that …
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Quote: Originally Posted by bitemymac I'll have my doubts on having high hopes for 4th quarter 2008. I would expect the bad US economy would exacerbate the HDM adoption plans/hopes for most except for the enthusiasts who has already committed. …
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I kind of agree with vinea that 4th quarter 2008 should be an interesting time for BD. Player prices should be down, probably a $199 figure is unrealistic, $299 on sale might be more likely. By that time Universal and Paramount should have released …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Guartho I'm curious. Is anyone here excited about any of the new features that will require a profile 2.0 player? Every time I see an article like the one Frank777 linked I see the features and go "meh." Downloading…
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Careful with that age bit Vinea, broad generalizations usually aren't accurate. In fact a strong case could be made for the supposition that HDM isn't doing as well as it could because too many of the movies that have been released so far are meant …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Frank777 As usual, you have two sides talking at each other, but neither is listening to the other's point. Point 1: The disc rental market is effectively over. The new rental fight is between AppleTV, Xbox 360 and …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jimmac Like I've said my Laser Disc player still works ( it should I paid enough for it ). However they no longer make the discs for it. So I really don't think BR should follow the same path or it may die the same kin…
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I think way too much is being made that BD has to supplant DVD or it's a failure. I'm not sure if that will happen but I'm pretty positive that BD will gain enough critical mass and gain enough support from studios that it will at least become a fai…
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Come on, Marz, gentlemen? We fight down and dirty here, nothing gentlemanly about it. Seriously, music on BD as a replacement for CD IMO will never fly. While downloading HDM movies is a pie in the sky for most people because of lack of sufficie…
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Jim, while I do agree with you that Paramount and Universal need to begin releasing on BD HD exclusive titles and soon, all the titles you mentioned in post #1624 are non-starters for me. Of course, YMMV. Cory, I see Profile 2.0 as a smoke screen…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cory Bauer That really isn't good enough. The longer Blu-Ray is too costly for general consumers, the closer we get to no longer needing physical media at all. It's sad that it'll be another two years before Blu-Ray …
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My guess is that initially Pioneer made a bad marketing decision and decided to go after the high end plasma market. However, Panasonic and to a lesser extent Samsung were able to produce outstanding quality plasmas at much lower prices and at a pri…
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Another vote for 160GB. I'd much rather spend the extra $100 and get an external drive that you can use for backups, etc.
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Quote: Originally Posted by marzetta7 Nielsen/VideoScan Numbers ending February 24th http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ques...0208/index.php WE: BD-77% HDD-23% YTD: BD-76% HDD-24% SI: BD-65% HDD-35% Actually those numbers look pr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross I think the two years came from misunderstanding that the individual phone contract was two years. It's interesting. I think that Cooks remarks gives us hope that CDMA might be a possibility. Could be. O…
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Is there even a current IE for the Mac? I thought Microsoft stopped supporting it for the Mac sometime back?
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross It's been thought to be five years. So far we have 10 years and 5 years. I thought I had read somewhere when the iPhone first came out that it was 2 years. Pick a number and take your chances. In our par…