Choze Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Thats true' date=' obviously the major factor is MS don't want to support one of their most public rivals formats. They've never denied that they would support blu-ray should it become the dominant format though.[/quote'] That was only ever suggessted by Peter Moore that they would support Blu Ray if they had no choice. Right now HDDVD is alive it wont die until Toshiba kils the format themselves. The current events just really push more sales to Blu ray's side. Which it has always been winning. MS have been acting as a nuissance in this war prolonging it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Its been suggested by a few other executives within Microsoft also. Its not really up to Toshiba at all, they can carry on making players for the next hundred years, if no-ones releasing anything to play on them then the format is as good as dead. With the recent happenings can you really say HD-DVD is alive even now? I don't keep up with the battle too much but will anything of note now be coming to the format exclusively? If blu-ray wins the battle, which it almost certainly has given the recent events, and it seems people are buying a PS3 soley for blu-ray support I'd say its a pretty safe bet that MS won't be too far away from releasing an add-on for the 360. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmellow Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 From reading the last couple pages, would it be a good move to sell my HD DVD drive and HD DVDs asap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Well its really up to you, I'm not going to personally. These type of things wont fetch anywhere near what you paid for them and its not like they're suddenly going to stop working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 From reading the last couple pages, would it be a good move to sell my HD DVD drive and HD DVDs asap? Don't! You might have something rare in your possession. No really, why would you need to sell them? You've got some movies and you've got the player, so you have some use for it. There's no reason to sell it like it's your atari stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fex Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 From reading the last couple pages, would it be a good move to sell my HD DVD drive and HD DVDs asap? I know a few people have said to keep it, but I think perhaps you should get rid of it, unless you've got some HD-DVD exclusives that aren't out on Blu yet. You might as well sell your HD-DVD drive, grab some cash for it and clear up some space, it's pointless having something that will be next to useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choze Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 From reading the last couple pages, would it be a good move to sell my HD DVD drive and HD DVDs asap? Sell them ASAP for best value. Unless you have a good reason. If blu-ray wins the battle' date=' which it almost certainly has given the recent events, and it seems people are buying a PS3 soley for blu-ray support I'd say its a pretty safe bet that MS won't be too far away from releasing an add-on for the 360.[/quote'] Its will be a long time if they even decide to do so tright now. They are a key HDDVD player and were suppossed to present at the conference. They are nothing like Warner who were courting both sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domstercool Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 While it may of been "evil" to force it in the PS3, it was a smart move. I'm happy they did it, for games anyway. Even without the PS3 though, Blu ray players were outselling HD-DVD by 2-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pit-Jr Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Looks like Blu-Ray is the next big thing, but once i eventually own a PS3, i still wont buy Blu-Ray movies until the prices get down to DVD level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razz Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 How much is it to rent the average blu-ray? It seems that's the way for me at the moment. Way too expensive at the moment to buy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caris Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Live from Toshiba's CES press conference 10:10 - Director of Corporate Communications just took the stage - Next up: Jodi Sally to "address" their HD DVD business, but first, President & CEO Mr. Ozaka 10:12 - Great success for Regza LCDs and HD DVD, strong Q4 sales for HD DVD - Really, it says so on the slide. 10:13 - "Very surprised by Warner announcement about HD DVD...etc", basically the same as the press release issued earlier. 10:15 - Jodi Sally is on stage "It's been a tough day for me (laughs)". 10:16 - "Only HD DVD has deliver on its commitments to the market, bringing advanced functionality and affordability" "We've been declared dead before...unit sales in Q4 were the best to date. Nearly 1 million dedicated HD DVD players are in the market" "HD DVD has always put the interests of consumers ahead of companies" 10:18 - "Thanks for your continued support, a slide of all the awards HD DVD has gotten in the past year" -- and that's it. To me it sounds as if there saying that's it for HD-DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten10 Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Its a shame too since it is the spiritual successor to the dvd. But really I don't think even with this HD movie war that either will succeed for a while even when a clear winner has been announced. Because the DVD format is so popular its not dying for now. Even the video lasted quite some time into the DVD's life time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McPhee Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 DVDs are too cheap at the moment. I, like most people, will stick with those until someone can offer blu-ray movies for under a tenner. More likely there'll be some other format long before that happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choze Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 DVDs are too cheap at the moment. I, like most people, will stick with those until someone can offer blu-ray movies for under a tenner. More likely there'll be some other format long before that happens Blu Ray is in the early adopter stage. Its basically replacing high margin dvd products (expensive dvd products). It will take years to overtake DVD ofcourse but growth has been faster than dvd's first years so far. Format wise it has a ton of support so dont expect any rival format to emerge anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 But DVD replaced a previous, analog format. The switch from VHS to DVD was much more logical than the one to BluRay. I personally think that, before the time everyone's switched to a next-generation format, digial downloads will be the real future. Let's wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero-of-Time Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 You should see the Streetfighter 4 topic on the PS3 boards at gametrailers its made of pure win. Matt if you read this try post the pics on here. I cant as im using the PS3 to type this. EDIT-Matts gone offline it appears, still worth a cheeky look though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caris Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McPhee Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 lol gah! you beat me to it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jordan Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Keeping fanboys at bay on both sides here. Why the hell would MS actually care who won or not? Their codecs power both formats! They make money either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caris Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Keeping fanboys at bay on both sides here. Why the hell would MS actually care who won or not? Their codecs power both formats! They make money either way. I think it's something to do with the members subtitles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McPhee Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 They win both ways, but HD-DVD had the added bonus of pissing Sony off. Now they'll just have to settle for making lots and lots of money. Hard life, ain't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jordan Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 I think it's something to do with the members subtitles. Oh yeah... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fex Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 The switch from Video to DVD happened alot easier (maybe quicker, maybe higher adoption rate, whatever) because you didn't need to buy a new swanky television to watch it on. A 1080p tele plus a blu-ray player costs alot, alot more than the majority of people are willing to pay especially when DVD quality satisfies them. Gimmie Ultra High Definition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emasher Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 People were more eager to move from VHS to DVD because there was no rewinding and there was the fancy new menu system. You didn't need a new TV to benefit from it. The only new thing Blu-ray really offers is higher quality video for HDTV owners and since 90%(?) of people are still using SDTVs there's no advantage to getting a Blu-ray player for the average consumer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blender Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 People were more eager to move from VHS to DVD because there was no rewinding and there was the fancy new menu system. You didn't need a new TV to benefit from it. The only new thing Blu-ray really offers is higher quality video for HDTV owners and since 90%(?) of people are still using SDTVs there's no advantage to getting a Blu-ray player for the average consumer. i'd say the main reason was that your VHS video collection would degrade with time and humidity. Otherwise agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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