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No HD-DVD Movies Until April

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the very-expensive-paperweight dept.

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."

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  1. If the Debut by hkgroove · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...the format's much ballyhooed debut...

    If it was during the full moon on April 13th, it wouldn't be ballyhoo but skullduggery.

  2. Or another alternative.. by saboola · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:Or another alternative.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      If not that, you could Use the Net instead. :)

  3. Re:Movie Selection by Basehart · · Score: 5, Funny

    "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.

  4. Re:Movie Selection by timster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Uhm, duh, before there can be a Star Wars release, George Lucas has to rewrite the script again.

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  5. Re:Movie Selection by jferris · · Score: 4, Funny

    How on eArth caN you Say tHat? NO, That can't be right. FrIckin' Retard. There! I Said iT!

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  6. Re:Look at it this way... by mzieg · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!

  7. Re:Look at it this way... by donnyspi · · Score: 4, Funny

    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 ;-)

  8. Re:Movie Selection by shawn(at)fsu · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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  9. Re:Marketing Idea? by Cat_Byte · · Score: 3, Funny

    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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  10. Re:Who cares? by ultramk · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

    m-

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  11. Re:How do I upgrade my current DVDs? by Patik · · Score: 3, Funny

    You are just adorable!!