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Big Releases Heat Up High-Def Format War
An anonymous reader writes "Choosing sides in the high-def format war becomes that much harder today, as two powerhouse movie franchises hit store shelves on opposing formats. Exclusive to Blu-ray are the first two 'Pirates of the Caribbean' flicks, while exclusive to HD DVD are two different configurations of the 'Matrix' Trilogy. So which format wins this battle? According to High-Def Digest, this one's a draw. The article has capsule reviews of the four releases ('The Ultimate Matrix Collection' & 'The Complete Matrix Trilogy' on HD DVD, and 'POTC: Curse of the Black Pearl' & 'POTC: Dead Man's Chest' on Blu-ray) with links to excruciatingly in-depth reviews. In the end the site says both sets of releases boast benchmark video and audio, but a preponderance of standard-def supplements prevent all of the above from being the perfect high-def package."
I'm no fan of the Republicans, but early adopters are probably Democrats. After all, the MAFIAA's biggest allies in Congress are Democrats.
Both parties are corporate-owned. The difference is the corporations:
Republicans: Big Oil, Tobacco
Democrats: RIAA, MPAA
This is what I'm hoping for. Then I can laugh at all the morons who bought either HD-DVD or Blu-Ray and are now stuck with useless players that cost them a fortune.
Early adopters of this stuff are such idiots. If you can't remember the debacle that was the VHS vs. Betamax format war, then you deserve to lose your money.