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No HD-DVD Movies Until April
Jed from Pan and Scan writes "It's official: when the first HD-DVD players are released on March 28, there will be no movie titles available in the new high-def format for at least another three weeks, and far fewer than initially announced. Warner, the only studio that was planning on having HD-DVD movies to accompany the format's much ballyhooed debut, will now release just three initial HD-DVD titles -- and not until April 18."
...the format's much ballyhooed debut...
If it was during the full moon on April 13th, it wouldn't be ballyhoo but skullduggery.
You can get HD content right now, with no added cost to yourself. I am sure there are a torrent of options that could be found with a bit of searching.
"Did they just have a monkey throw a dart at the board for those picks?"
It would have been someone in the marketing department who made these choices, so that's a yes.
Sorry, there is no such thing as HD-DVD - APRIL FOOLS!
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Uhm, duh, before there can be a Star Wars release, George Lucas has to rewrite the script again.
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Well, yeah. I had no interest in watching $1M Baby before now, but at quadruple the resolution...wow! And checkout those blemishes on Tom Cruise's chin! I knew it!
If Warner Bros was smart, they'd consult a lawyer before distributing a 20th Century Fox film :-)
Which format has porn?
I read the internet for the articles.
No matter how much you increase the resolution, it still won't make people appear on the screen in a movie they weren't in ;-)
HD = Highly Delayed
DVD = Da*n, Very Delayed
Why wasn't one of the first titles available that Penguins movie? Seems like that would have actually moved units. That and something cinematically georgous along the lines of "House of Flying Daggers" or "Hero".
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But trust me, there are plenty of movies out there that are much, much worse.
Indeed they are called Revolutions and Reloaded.
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I just ordered this movie (off cduniverse) and it ships with a DVD, a special features disc, and the movie in HD-DVD. If this movie doesn't hold you over for the three weeks after the player is released, nothing will.
Wait...let me get this straigh....so you're saying I should stop holding out for new releases on my Beta Max?
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Most of those people are too busy yelling at the neighborhood kids to get off the damn lawn. Damn whippersnappers.
Besides, when you're wearing trifocals, the resolution difference is less perceptible.
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Since I'm pretty sure there are no human beings on the planet that can tell the difference between a normal CD and a SACD or DVD-Audio in a blind test (apart from the additional channels, I suppose) this is not the same thing.
I'm pretty sure there are no human beings that can tell the difference between DVD and HD-DVD in a blind test either!
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