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Warner Backs Blu-Ray. End Times For HD-DVD?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sure-why-not dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The NY Times reports: In addition to Apple, Warner Brothers is now going to throw its weight behind the Blu-ray format for high-definition disks. Warner has been the only major studio to publish its movies in both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats. Today, the studio announced that from now on, it would only issue movies in Blu-ray. Richard Greenfield, the media analyst with Pali Research, wrote that this marks the end of the format wars: "We expect HD DVD to 'die' a quick death.""

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  1. Re:Not likely by The+Living+Fractal · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Indeed, there's a couple of companies working on dual format players right now. So it very well could work out that both formats continue to be released by different studios.

    Welcome to last year, when LG released the first dual-format player. BTW, are you aboslutely sure these 'couple of companies' (reference please?) are still going to be working on these players now that Warner has said they're going Blu-Ray only? Absolutely?

    You sound like someone who either 1) Owns a 360 w/HD-DVD player and no PS3 OR 2) Owns an HD-DVD player AND a bunch of movies in that format. Well, it was a gamble. I gambled buying the PS3 and a bunch of Blu-ray movies. Seems like a good idea now. Not so much for yourself. Oh well, shit happens.
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  2. Re:Not likely by fotbr · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yawn, another schmuck who has to convince himself that the money spent on his HD setup was worth it.

    I've got a 1080p display, HDDVD (via laptop & HDMI) and BluRay (PS3), and ya know what? I don't give a damn about HD. The quality improvement (and yes, there is a difference) doesn't fucking matter to me. There's so little thats actually WORTH buying, that the quality of the picture is a moot point.

    But go on with your elitist attitude about how fucking special you are and how anyone who doesn't agree that HD is the most amazing thing in the world is just a kid who doesn't know any better.

    Of course, I'm also in the camp that thinks the Wii is every bit as as good as the PS3 and 360, because graphics don't matter as much to me as content, which pisses other elitists off as well. I'd guess from your posting that you see the Wii as a toy, and think that "real" gamers won't touch it.