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Originally posted by christos lol have a listen to yourself....imagine getting the complete season of seinfeld on 1 disc? that a simple enough reason? fuck man, for someone who claims to be intelligent, 1+1 does not equal window

so instead of one disc, you have two. oh the humanity!!

im much more interested in video/sound quality, region coding, prices of the discs and players.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN so instead of one disc, you have two. oh the humanity!! im much more interested in video/sound quality, region coding, prices of the discs and players.

+1

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there's a rumour that paramount are using a "get out" clause in their exclusivity contract and switching to bluray.

looks like the the game could be over folks.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN there's a rumour that paramount are using a "get out" clause in their exclusivity contract and switching to bluray. looks like the the game could be over folks.

yeah but that's a rumour
just like there were rumours warner was going hd dvd. I suppose they would've, had HD DVD paid them more than they got from BDA for bluray ($500 Mil USD?)

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN there's a rumour that paramount are using a "get out" clause in their exclusivity contract and switching to bluray. looks like the the game could be over folks.

Sounds like HD-DVD should have a "no givseys backseys" clause in theirs

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TOKYO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Paramount studios is poised to drop its support of the high-definition DVD (HD DVD) format after Warner Bros studio said it would back the competing Blu-ray format, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The loss of support from Paramount, which is owned by Viacom Inc (nyse: VIA - news - people ), would likely deal the final blow to the HD DVD format backed by Toshiba Corp (other-otc: TOSBF.PK - news - people ) and put an end to the format war, the newspaper said on its Web site. Time Warner (nyse: TWX - news - people ) Inc's Warner Bros studio on Friday said it would exclusively release high-definition DVDs in Sony Corp (nyse: SNE - news - people )'s Blu-ray format, marking a major setback to the HD DVD camp. Blu-ray discs outsold HD DVD by nearly two-to-one in the United States last year, but HD DVD had secured major allies in August when Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG (nyse: DWA - news - people ) Inc said they would go exclusively with HD DVD. But Paramount is understood to have a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp that would allow it to change sides if Warner Bros backed Blu-ray, the Financial Times said, citing people familiar with the situation. (Reporting by Nathan Layne) Copyright 2008 Reuters, Click for Restriction

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wow what a coincidence, sunrise who told ps3 owners to get a 'real console' is backing hd-dvd.. no surprise there

lets face it mate bluray fits more, has a faster read rate, is outselling hd-dvd, and nearly has all the studio's support

you lose.. get the fuck over it

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Originally posted by Aesthetic lets face it mate bluray fits more

it used to... like a year ago, hd dvd supports (insignificantly) a size 1gb bigger

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is outselling hd-dvd

thanks to idiots and anti-competitive practice by sony? (e.g. how many months was it before hd dvd's were sold in retail in australia with all those major chains having an exclusive contract to sony)

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nearly has all the studio's support

yes, sadly it does, and for two reasons.
1) it's not the consumer format - studio's like that region coding is enforced - where as on hd dvd it's not (this enticed Fox to go bluray), and you can't create a backup of the disc
2) they paid out a shit load of money (such as in the case of warner bros, reportedly $500 million..)

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you lose.. get the fuck over it

it's not over, but it is a major blow.. the rumours of paramount going bluray only too would likely to spell the end, well for movies anyways. Maybe HD DVD will become a cheap data storage format instead, who knows. but I'll certainly never get a movie in bluray.

so now, be constructive or stfu

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Last edited by sunrise3500 on Jan-09-2008 at 08:43

I can't believ how worked up Sunrise is getting

its a bloody DVD, not a competition

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Originally posted by Trance Nutter I can't believ how worked up Sunrise is getting its a bloody DVD, not a competition

but it is a competition! ... between sony and toshiba

and actually im not that worked up
it sounds like aesthetic is though lol - puts on a stackhat for his next post

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