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Popular HD DVD Disc Hits a Snag
An anonymous reader writes "Following weeks of headlines touting strong sales for Blu-ray discs, rival next-gen format HD DVD looked like it had its own success story in the making with this week's HD DVD release of the cult hit 'Children of Men.' The disc recieved a stellar review at High-Def Digest, and went on to out-sell the most popular Blu-ray discs on Amazon. But now comes word of apparent incompatibility issues with the Xbox 360 HD DVD player, with some (but not all) consumers reporting that even multiple returns of the disc are unplayable on the format's leading playback device."
I saw this movie over the weekend. It wasn't even that good. It might be the best thing available on HDDVD, but I wouldn't rush out and buy it. Personally I think they did a really bad job on a story with really good potential.
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
re: "Children of Men" for those who haven't noticed it:
It's just another holywood blockbuster based on a book the moviemaker didn't understand.
Read the book. Skip the movie.
There were two issues. One was games at 720p. They fixed that. The other was Blueray at 720p. They did NOT fix that. There are links in the thread. Please follow them for more details.
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