ST Alpha - "when was blu-ray declared the winner of the format wars? are any HD DVDs still available? (did anyone here make that mistake?) -- nm" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Login
Create Account

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 158

when was blu-ray declared the winner of the format wars? are any HD DVDs still available? (did anyone here make that mistake?) -- nm

Posted by amanda Oct 26 '09, 10:37

(No message)

Responses:

thanks pumpkins! -- nm - amanda Oct 26, 10:49 4
- btw, at the moment, Tim Horton's up here are selling pumpkin spice doughnuts that are mega-yummy -- nm - zork Oct 26, 10:51 3
  - amanda rejected the pumpkin spice Tim's donut. - Andie Oct 26, 10:51 2
    - too sweet! -- nm - lkf Oct 26, 10:52 1
      - but you can taste the pumpkininess! it's like pumpkin pie in doughnut form. -- nm - zork Oct 26, 10:53
Warner Bros announced it was giving up HD Jan 4, 2008, and I put a note on my calendar Feb 19, 2008 as the end of the format war. -- nm - Max Oct 26, 10:43 2
- wow, so it hasn't even been two years? -- nm - Andie Oct 26, 10:47 1
  - interesting how long it took to catch on. according to wikipedia, the first consumer BR device was Apr 2003, but the first titles were out Jun 2006. -- nm - Max Oct 26, 10:54
Warner announced they'd be dropping HD DVD (pretty much killing the format) at CES in January. - Mop (232 lbs) Oct 26, 10:42 12
- My brother's girlfriend's parents still have a working Betamax player. They just will not give up on that thing. -- nm - Ender Oct 26, 10:52
- The format is fine. Unfortunately, I don't think any new stuff is being pressed for it .. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 10:45
- Eventually? -- nm - TFox Oct 26, 10:44 8
  - Got something that does better than 1080p/60? -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Oct 26, 10:46 7
    - really it's just a placeholder until we get true HD streaming. -- nm - znufrii Oct 26, 10:47 2
      - There will always be a market (albeit diminishing) for physical media. Although "packaged" digital media (like the iTunes Album) may kill even that. -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Oct 26, 10:53 1
        
        I don't disagree. There will always be a standard that can only be met with the data capacity of physical media. - znufrii Oct 26, 10:57
    - 32000p! woo! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 10:47 2
      - 3k, 5k... won't be long. 5 years, max. Once HDTVs hit a certain market penetration, the electronics manufacturers will need something new. - Mop (232 lbs) Oct 26, 10:55 1
        
        "3k" and "5k" should actually be "2k" and "4k". I always get those mixed up. -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Oct 26, 11:04
    - I have something that is getting produced, that makes the hardware worthwhile. -- nm - TFox Oct 26, 10:47
- January... 2008. -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Oct 26, 10:43
i still haven't got a blu-ray player. but i never buy discs, and regular dvd is fine for me. (i am SO not using my tv like it's meant to be used.) - Andie Oct 26, 10:42 1
- you say that until you see CBC Battle of the Blades on hi-def tv - lkf Oct 26, 10:45
I got a dual-player and picked up a few dozen HD-DVDs when they were on clearance after Blu-Ray won. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 26, 10:39 2
- LG still makes dual Blu-ray/HD DVD players (specifically for computers). - Mop (232 lbs) Oct 26, 10:47
- so you're the one snagging them away from me! -- nm - lkf Oct 26, 10:40
just bought Lost in Translation and Casablanca on HD - lkf Oct 26, 10:39
when all the hddvd studios jumped on the bluray bandwagon (no idea on the date). umm, not sure.. probably. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 26, 10:38 1
- What do you mean, I have no internal dialo.... ohhhhhh. -- nm - truman si Oct 26, 10:39
in the spring IIRC -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 26, 10:38
Mop was the HD-DVD adopter here I think. HD-DVD is no longer being produced AFAIK but you may find existing inventory. Bluray won when Toshiba - kilboooo! Oct 26, 10:38 1
- inetvideo still has a healthy and affordable stock of HD DVD's. -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Oct 26, 10:43

Post a message top

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.