"at least Warner didn't quit HD DVD cold turkey like when Paramount went red."
Jeez, Ben. Bitter much?
Anyway, is anyone surprised by this? Everyone knows that Warner is leaving and that HD DVD is just about one foot away from "archival status", so why should Warner put more into HD DVD releases than they otherwise would?
They probably rendered the video files (since BD and HD DVD use the same codecs) and realized that they didn't have enough room on the 30 GB HD DVD disc. So, rather than go through a re-rendering process they dropped something to fit the movie onto the disc.
Well, as Profile 1.0 Blu-Ray player owners could tell you, most people don't care about special features, so this doesn't matter. Run right out and buy a player of your choice; everything will be obsolete by the end of the year. Have fun.
Seriously, I just came to EngadgetHD to see if they'd posted anything about Circuit City refuting the rumor that they were dropping HD DVD and, rather than dropping it, saw favorable trends on HD DVD.
Instead, I see a story about eHD's parent company pressing inferior HD DVD discs.
I'm sure it'll hit EngadgetHD sooner or later, and it'll be spun as yet another death knell for HD DVD (easy, of course, since the favorable trend was during a clearance sale and that Blu was still outpacing HD DVD) along with some Gartner or more leaked NPD data skewed to make it look worse than it is.
I'm not denying that Blu is dying; I'm just a little tired of the extreme tactics being used to rush the process. Let the market decide. Or y'all could just go on telling 40% o f the HD disc buying public that they're "stupid." That'll win their hearts...
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John B @ Jan 31st 2008 1:26PM
"at least Warner didn't quit HD DVD cold turkey like when Paramount went red."
Jeez, Ben. Bitter much?
Anyway, is anyone surprised by this? Everyone knows that Warner is leaving and that HD DVD is just about one foot away from "archival status", so why should Warner put more into HD DVD releases than they otherwise would?
They probably rendered the video files (since BD and HD DVD use the same codecs) and realized that they didn't have enough room on the 30 GB HD DVD disc. So, rather than go through a re-rendering process they dropped something to fit the movie onto the disc.
regeya @ Jan 31st 2008 3:44PM
Well, as Profile 1.0 Blu-Ray player owners could tell you, most people don't care about special features, so this doesn't matter. Run right out and buy a player of your choice; everything will be obsolete by the end of the year. Have fun.
Seriously, I just came to EngadgetHD to see if they'd posted anything about Circuit City refuting the rumor that they were dropping HD DVD and, rather than dropping it, saw favorable trends on HD DVD.
Instead, I see a story about eHD's parent company pressing inferior HD DVD discs.
I'm sure it'll hit EngadgetHD sooner or later, and it'll be spun as yet another death knell for HD DVD (easy, of course, since the favorable trend was during a clearance sale and that Blu was still outpacing HD DVD) along with some Gartner or more leaked NPD data skewed to make it look worse than it is.
I'm not denying that Blu is dying; I'm just a little tired of the extreme tactics being used to rush the process. Let the market decide. Or y'all could just go on telling 40% o f the HD disc buying public that they're "stupid." That'll win their hearts...
JimC @ Jan 31st 2008 4:11PM
@regeya
"I'm not denying that Blu is dying;"
Is this a typo? Just want to make sure what you *really* mean here....