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Have you read this Businessweek tidbit concerning Warner ?

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oscar

In Reply to: RE: well stated analysis posted by Ole Lund Christensen on December 06, 2007 at 22:31:57

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)

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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)
    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)
      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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