HD Format Wars = Over!

[Peanut]

Paramount next one to leave the sinking HD-DVD ship.

So, Warner leaves and then Paramount jumps, leaving HD-DVD with absolutely no one on their side, making HD-DVD all but a dead format. FINALLY!

I'm so glad this stupid f*cking format war is finally at a close. Not for any care of either format, but because the idiots at Sony have made this a videogame industry thing, and I'm sick and tired of reading about it where games are concerned. Another thing, give it a couple weeks and all the HD-DVD's will be cut to ridiculously low prices, and I'll be able to stock up on the cheap sales!

WEEEEEE!

So, does anyone else even care about this in the slightest? Or am I one of the few who has completely jumped into the HD format generation around these parts?

[GK Punk]

I'm ****ing stoked that its finally over.

[Mecha Cow]

Nice. I don't think DVD has run its course just yet, but the biggest reason I haven't adopted an HD format yet was because of the retarded format war.

Maybe now the ridiculous prices will finally go down too.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Peanut

I'm so glad this stupid f*cking format war is finally at a close. Not for any care of either format, but because the idiots at Sony have made this a videogame industry thing, and I'm sick and tired of reading about it where games are concerned. Another thing, give it a couple weeks and all the HD-DVD's will be cut to ridiculously low prices, and I'll be able to stock up on the cheap sales!

Listen. i'm glad everyone's happy and everything, but I just don't get the big woop about HD/Blue DVD's anyway. I mean, to notice a difference, you need an expensive TV, connected to an expensive Sound System on an expensive DVD player (or expensive Video Game system). I'm stuck watching a Taiwanese produced regular DVD play on a 12" TV I got 8 years ago. And it's in ear blistering mono too.

But that said, does HD/Blu make White Chicks any less sucky a movie?

Anyway, I agree. This "format War" was devised by Sony and Microsoft to try to outsell their stupid video game systems when they first came out (and who wants to buy a video game system when it first comes out? Didn't half of them have faulty wiring at one point?). And aren't regular DVD's outselling those things anyway?

I'm just glad one of the stupid formats is faultering.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

Anyway, I agree. This "format War" was devised by Sony and Microsoft to try to outsell their stupid video game systems when they first came out (and who wants to buy a video game system when it first comes out? Didn't half of them have faulty wiring at one point?). And aren't regular DVD's outselling those things anyway?

LOL! Your ignorance is showing. Gotta love people who talk about things they clearly don't know sh*t about.

[Barkworm]

The amount of ignorance in Drtooth's post is mind-blowing.

But yeah, I'm glad this crap is over. It went on way too long. Isn't this the first time Sony succeeded with a format? I bet they can't believe it themselves.

[Mecha Cow]

I'm pretty sure Sony is partially responsible for the CD.

[Kendamu]

The only reason I haven't jumped to either of the new formats yet is because of the "format wars" and everything that came with them.

I'm glad Bluray one, though, because that puts the USA and Japan in the same region and I'd love to be able to watch Bluray movies from both countries on the same player.

[Jon]

^ Huh?! How would they be in the same Region-code just because of BluRay, when they haven't been before?

[Kendamu]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc#Region_codes

Apparently there's some sort of profit to be made from grouping the Americas and various parts of Asia into the same region that wasn't there when the original DVD regions were made.

Besides, it's not like Regions were these hardcore laws that Congress made just to mess with us. It's all about the studios producing this stuff.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Peanut

LOL! Your ignorance is showing. Gotta love people who talk about things they clearly don't know sh*t about.

Pardon me for not having rich parents, a decent job or credit cards I want to maxx out and have to spend the rest of my life paying the hell off.


Okay? I'm sick of hearing people complain about having enough damn money to buy all the useless crap they can because they can.

Then of course, waiting fifty years, and find out they have no decent retirement plan.

"Ooh, the picture in Norbit is so much better." may I ask you, who cares? HD doesn't make a crap movie better, much like a high class chef can't make a dish sponge edible.

[Jester]

Can you explain where Doc is wrong, for those of us who are also ignorant.

[Mecha Cow]

Because he grossly exaggerates the costs of an HD setup, assumes the average consumer shares his lack of funds and interest, assumes the format was created as a marketing ploy to sell video game systems and tries to use the quality of the content to discredit the quality of the presentation; all seemingly because of some grudge he bears against the format.

Did I miss anything?

[愛]

You got everything, man. Tooth's post took two years off my lifespan. Thanks!

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Mecha Cow

Because he grossly exaggerates the costs of an HD setup, assumes the average consumer shares his lack of funds and interest, assumes the format was created as a marketing ploy to sell video game systems and tries to use the quality of the content to discredit the quality of the presentation; all seemingly because of some grudge he bears against the format.

Actuall, what I got was thus:

The HD/Blu ray thing was basically a spat between Microsoft and Sony, as they are both fearce competitors in the console wars. Now, this is just my absolute F*** stupidity on this part, but I just came up with the wacky notion that they both wanted to create a way to sell video game machines, and making certain products incompatible with each other so both sides can stake a claim in trying to get profits. hense the whole reason why they need 2 similar formats.

Secondly, I never even understood the point of HD/Blu ray for one reason. Why improve on a medium that's very very close to being obsolete? I mean, Cd's are on their way out, due to MP3's. So it's a safe guess that the DVD, in any form, is going to fall into the same fate, as a lot of studios are actually turning to the internet to combat pirates. So we're seeing more movies and TV shows legally popping up on company websites. Now, I feel that it's a few years before it gets perfected, sure. But even still, the DVD has, what? 5 good years left tops? I mean, the fact that many companies let you download HD movies on your computer pretty much is digging a grave for the DVD itself anyway.

So yeah, you can see my faulty logic. next time, I'll explain why these high tech toys encourage mindless greedy people to max out their credit cards, and not actually save for the future.

[Barkworm]

God, just just up. Seriously.

[ThirdMarioBro]

I'm glad its over. I picked Blu-Ray as the winner, and now me and my PS3 get to reap the rewards.

Originally Posted by Drtooth

Actuall, what I got was thus:

The HD/Blu ray thing was basically a spat between Microsoft and Sony, as they are both fearce competitors in the console wars. Now, this is just my absolute F*** stupidity on this part, but I just came up with the wacky notion that they both wanted to create a way to sell video game machines, and making certain products incompatible with each other so both sides can stake a claim in trying to get profits. hense the whole reason why they need 2 similar formats.

Secondly, I never even understood the point of HD/Blu ray for one reason. Why improve on a medium that's very very close to being obsolete? I mean, Cd's are on their way out, due to MP3's. So it's a safe guess that the DVD, in any form, is going to fall into the same fate, as a lot of studios are actually turning to the internet to combat pirates. So we're seeing more movies and TV shows legally popping up on company websites. Now, I feel that it's a few years before it gets perfected, sure. But even still, the DVD has, what? 5 good years left tops? I mean, the fact that many companies let you download HD movies on your computer pretty much is digging a grave for the DVD itself anyway.

So yeah, you can see my faulty logic. next time, I'll explain why these high tech toys encourage mindless greedy people to max out their credit cards, and not actually save for the future.

God, its like hearing a technology report from a local access TV news station. Confident as anything, but clearly doesn't have a ****ing clue.

The market is going to eventually get segmented into two groups, the smaller high-end HD market (Blu-Ray), and the larger mass-market (DVD). I'll be camping in the HD group now that this format war bullsh*t is over.

First purchase, Pirates 1-3 Blu-Ray.

[Mr. Snackpants]

God I love how he used "Norbit" and "White Chicks" as examples. I'm positive nobody has gone around saying how good "Norbit" looks in HD.

[AquaParade]

Really glad to hear this. I've had a Miramax hd tv since last year, and have been endlessly waiting for this war to end. Now I can be more serious about that ps3.

[Dr. Doom]

I'm still fine with DVDs, I guess. I hardly ever watch them anyways. I'd rather play my movies, right guys?