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The format war: Pirates vs The Matrix {Engadget HD}
Jun 1st 2007 12:20PM Does anyone even care about the Matrix? The first movie was okay, the other 2 sucked. That's why they force people to buy those damn 3 packs.
Engadget HD giveaways: win another Philips 42PF9631D 42-inch plasma! {Engadget HD}
Oct 12th 2006 10:26AM Don't use cable card yet. My SXRD doesn't support it. When I add an HD set in my bedroom I will probably look for a set that supports cable card to avoid having the box in there.
Engadget HD giveaways: win a Samsung HL-S5679W DLP with LED backlight {Engadget HD}
Oct 5th 2006 10:29AM Cablevision HD
Paramount's second wave of Blu-ray titles {Engadget HD}
Aug 22nd 2006 12:50PM #2,
Could you show me where that article is? I can't find it on thedigitalbits.com. I'm slightly confused because I thought Paramount and Universal were different, and the only thing I see is Paramount releases not Universal for BD.
Thanks.
Paramount's second wave of Blu-ray titles {Engadget HD}
Aug 22nd 2006 12:18PM Matt,
You said "Universal is set to release a whole slew of Blu-ray titles this fall." is this true? or a typo? I thought Universal was the only "exclusive" studio in the HD DVD camp.
Final VC-1 patent licensing terms set by MPEG group {Engadget HD}
Aug 18th 2006 4:37PM Erik, Matt, or Ben,
I was just wondering why would a studio, like Warner Brothers for instance, want to create a movie in 2 different codecs? It seems to me that once the film was created /converted in a codec whether it be VC-1 or Mpeg-2 that it would not make sense for them to convert that film again in a different codec? They would have to pay royalties to one of the codecs being used why pay both? Both players seem to support all the codecs? I guess I'm missing something here? Thanks.
Why Blu-ray will win {Engadget HD}
Aug 16th 2006 12:56PM Ben,
Is there any truth to the Samsung NOT being able to play the 50gig discs?
Why Blu-ray will win {Engadget HD}
Aug 16th 2006 12:27PM #6
I read your post and wanted to respond to your ideas of why you think HD DVD
will be less expensive?
1. Going back to the whole BETA vs. VHS, in fact this is a great analogy! HD DVD
is like BETA, Sony was basically the only company manufacturing hardware for
the format, kind of like Toshiba is now. The format was PERCEIVED to be better,
although with VHS having tons more hardware support, this IS what drove down
the prices of VCR's in the day. Blu-Ray is a very similar model to VHS, they will
have the most hardware manufactures producing equipment which will bring
down the cost of the equipment through competition. I would not be surprised
if we see a stand alone Blu-Ray player by the end of 2006 or 1st quarter 2007
at the same price point or cheaper than HD DVD.
(The PS3 will be $499 - $599, so your right there already)
2. I also think that Blu-Ray will most likely (with the inclusion of the PS3) have
approximately 2 million players in homes by this Christmas, to possibly 50,000
HD DVD players. I think some studios (universal) will definitely start to
reconsider the idea of why am I producing titles for 50K customers when I could
be producing titles for 2M customers. Most studios I believe will also really start
supporting Blu-Ray with tons more content. Because content sold for the
studios = $$$
3. The PS3. Regardless of whether or not you think the system is overpriced or
not is really not the issue. The bottom line is that by all accounts this machine
will sell out when it arrives, and even if only 1/4 of those people are movie
watchers it will add up to significant sales for Blu Ray.
Blu Ray and BDA definitely need to start marketing this product better though,
most people are correct with the whole name issue thing. Most people
recognize DVD and if you throw in HD it's just easier to understand. Blu Ray
needs to come out swinging and just start getting the print, TV, and other
media outlets covered with informative literature regarding their format.
Why Blu-ray will win {Engadget HD}
Aug 16th 2006 10:50AM Amen Brother!
NuVision's 52LEDLP 1080p LED based DLP priced and dated {Engadget HD}
Aug 11th 2006 3:42PM There are no reviews yet.
The Samsung uses wobulation, and matt if you could please check but I'm pretty sure the HL-S5679W has been pushed back AGAIN!!
