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Big Releases Heat Up High-Def Format War

Posted by kdawson on from the still-a-dead-heat dept.

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."

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  1. A draw? Really? by Pluvius · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

    I guess they didn't watch the second and third Matrix movies.

    Rob

  2. Re:My deciding factor.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "I'll vote with my pocket book"

    Either this is a chick or he likes his man-purse!

  3. 'The Ultimate Matrix Collection' by Megaweapon · · Score: 5, Funny

    So just the first movie then?

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  4. Powerfull Summary by GreggBz · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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."
    Imagine movie trailer voice guy reading this. Cripes I almost drove my workstation through a cinder block wall of flames at 95MPH.
  5. That is easy by rimcrazy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Which ever format the majority of Porn distributors pick will win.

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  6. Re:Did you know? by jandrese · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's because you have to get the last two movies if you pick up the Trilogy box. They're reimbursing you for the time and effort of throwing away those discs.

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  7. Red-ray vs. Blu-ray by LunaticTippy · · Score: 3, Funny

    HD-DVD doesn't have enough repetitive letters in its name to be successful. I'm going to wait for HHD-DVVDD-BVD. Or Red-ray.

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    1. Re:Red-ray vs. Blu-ray by firestorm980 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Nice Red vs. Blue reference.

  8. Re:Blu-ray the winner? by billiam247 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't believe a word of what you just said.