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Unfortunately, Blu-ray sales advantages have more to do with studio support and PS3s....

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In Reply to: RE: Ole's not "politically correct". He has (correctly) identified the superior format and makes no bones about it posted by Jazz Inmate on December 06, 2007 at 19:30:52

than the technical superiority of the format. I'm afraid Toshiba's strategy of cheap standalone players and the (badly needed from HD DVD'S POV) Paramount defection has leveled the playing field so-to-speak.

I'm a firm believer that HD DVD is crippling Universal/Warner/Paramount releases because of bandwidth/storage limitations (including Warner Blu-ray's because they are saving money using HD DVD-crippled encodes) but that argument doesn't mean anything to J6P with typically modest HT systems. >95% of the people out there couldn't care less about lossless/uncompressed audio and high bitrate video encodes. In fact, i suspect they (and the studios) care more about special features which, unfortunately, is an area Blu-ray is still playing catchup on.

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well stated analysis - Ole Lund Christensen 22:31:57 12/06/07 (8)
Only if Blu Ray wins will we get good sound from most movies. So staying neutral is wrong if you care about quality.
- Have you read this Businessweek tidbit concerning Warner ? - oscar 06:24:31 12/07/07 (7)
  Every other bit of news would pale in comparison to Warner's making an announcement to go format-exclusive.
  
  Attach rates ? Wal-mart sales?, Nielsen pie charts ? Australian sales, HD DVD in China ? Forget about it. what matters is studio support.
  - yet another Warner's rumor. (Open in New Window)
  - Very informative, thank you - Ole Lund Christensen 14:10:59 12/07/07 (0)
    Warner can end the game, and they know it. Price?
  - High Def will go as Warner goes. - Jack G 09:47:24 12/07/07 (4)
    either way.
    Jack
    - I don't see Sony/Disney/Fox defecting no matter what Warner's does. - oscar 10:04:58 12/07/07 (3)
      Warner going HD DVD still maintains the stalemate.
      - I disagree - Jack G 10:41:20 12/07/07 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I don't see Sony/Disney/Fox defecting no matter what Warner's does. posted by oscar on December 07, 2007 at 10:04:58
        
        Warner is the number 2 studio in BD, one title shy of Sony (94 Vs. 95). They are putting out 1/4 of the BDA's titles, much more than most. Add the fact that *if* they were to go HD DVD way (that's a big if), it would be the second major studio to defect. As you know, perception is everything.
        Time will tell.
        Jack
        
        The Blu-ray studios like BD+/region coding as well as the bandwidth/storage advantages. - oscar 11:23:00 12/07/07 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I disagree posted by Jack G on December 07, 2007 at 10:41:20
        
        And virtually all their releases won't fit on a 30G disk without a re-encode process (in addition to the quality hit). It would be painful for those Studios to switch.
        
        Aren't these the same studios that supported DIVX for many of the same reasons? - Jack G 12:02:30 12/07/07 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: The Blu-ray studios like BD+/region coding as well as the bandwidth/storage advantages. posted by oscar on December 07, 2007 at 11:23:00
        
        Security has been cracked on DVDs for some time now-yet I don't see them stopping production. And as stated before, 1/2 of their discs are BD-25s. They just won't be able to use MPEG-2. No loss there.
        The truth is, regardless of what side the studios are on now, they will change if its in their best interests. Some will take longer. I think Disney was the last to adopt DVD-and I believe they were VHS exclusive for quite a while.
        Jack
  - That would be awesome NT - Jazz Inmate 09:05:55 12/07/07 (0)
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