Slashdot Mirror
NYT Confirms Movie Studios Paid to Support HD DVD
An anonymous reader writes "The New York Times has confirmed the story that Paramount and DreamWorks Animation were paid $150 million for an exclusive HD-DVD deal that will last 18 months. 'Paramount and DreamWorks Animation declined to comment. Microsoft, the most prominent technology company supporting HD DVDs, said it could not rule out payment but said it wrote no checks. "We provided no financial incentives to Paramount or DreamWorks whatsoever," said Amir Majidimehr, the head of Microsoft's consumer media technology group.'" We discussed Paramount's defection on Monday.
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
45 5F E1 04 22 CA 29 C4 93 3F 95 05 2B 79 2A B2
I did. (Nah I'm just kidding)
Control is an illusion, order our comforting lie. From chaos, through chaos, into chaos we fly
the checks were actually written by some Canadian company called BayStar Capital.
I have a 720p projector. It looks fantastic showing HD-DVD, which I picked at random. It is really nice to get away from lame DVD artifacts, and I figure if blu-ray wins, I'll finally have an excuse to buy a PS3. But let's summarize the other options, based on previous slashdot articles:
0) "I haven't watched anything on a TV since 1970 and now I'm Jesus Christ"
1) "Even if you don't watch broadcast TV, all movies are crap too. Ditto for music."
2) "I watch TV and movies, but who would pay for them when you can steal, I mean find them online?"
3) "I've never bought a DVD, so they'll pry $25 out of my hands for a blu-ray/hd-dvd disc when hell freezes over - I get them from the library, which is also my only social outlet"
4) "I'll buy hd-dvd/blu-ray when it costs $10 and the discs are $1. My VCR is still running."
5) "Physical media is dead anyway, in fact I don't even _type_ anymore because it involves physical contact."
6) "All video formats are the same, and anyone who says otherwise is blind... I love my 12" vga monitor!"
7) "LINUX LINUX LINUX!!!! Microsoft can suck my dick."
8) "They all use DRM, so I'm going to boycott life, as soon as I get one."
9) "First post!"
10) "All companies are run by Nazis who also control your congresspeople, and you live in a police state that just wants to monitor what you watch. It's too late to do anything about it, but I'm Canadian, which means I'm an expert on how the US sucks."
11) "DVI / HDMI / HDCP / WTF"
So in summary, I have seen an actual HD-DVD played back on a quality LARGE screen, and it looks very very nice.
Probably too good for you, if you don't care about movies. Or if you have anything less than a 60" screen,
which is the same thing. I am COMPLETELY PISSED that there are two formats, and that the movie studios won't do both formats. Is it that big of a deal to master two discs? What a cluster fuck. If money changes hands, whatever. Hopefully there will be a decent dual format player soon. And don't get me started on why I can't rip a movie I paid for legally!
Because?? Sony may have put a rootkit on your machine.. but Microsoft put WINDOWS on it!!
We don't eat humans because that would be a huge disease vector. Duh.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo.
Sure! I need someone to look after the place when I am gone. First week of October good for you?
No, I put Windows on it. I (unfortunately) knew what I was getting when I installed Windows. When I put in a Sony music CD, I was expecting to get music, not spyware. Slight difference.
Using openSUSE instead of Windows since 9th of October, 2007 and liking it.
Mike: No Neil, that's sex, captitalisn is about making money.
we need an "-1 Plain wrong" moderation option!
NYT confirms? Is that like the Netcraft York Times?
+5, Truth
My property is protected by a Smith and Wesson granted monopoly.
To boldly use to and too two times and get it right too! They're not gonna believe their eyes when they see it there!
Or? Isn't And more appropriate?
(Mods, I kid, I kid!)
You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.
Microsoft [...] said it could not rule out payment
but said it wrote no checks yet
"We provided no financial incentives [...] yet
fixed it...
The MAFIAA is a bunch of mindless jerks who will be the first up against the wall when the revolution comes
"Slashdot - News and Chat Sites Deviant". (Click "homepage" link above for details).