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

[DPyro]

Problem is, not only did Warner go Blu but so did New Line Cinema.

[MicroNut]

The news was posted in the PS3 News section, PS3 has Blu-Ray.

Where else is this going to be posted on DCEMU?
The Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD section?

Any chance you get you post something negative about the PS3.
M$ vs. $ony fanboy crap is so lame.
Get over it.
Move on.

Microsoft made the right choice by not binding their console to any potentially dead format.
Now they can support both with any political fallout.

Toshiba's only hope to make anymore money on HD-DVD is for Microsoft to license the 360 platform to them.

So far its Paramount and DreamWorks remaining in the left corner.
I don't think they stand a chance.
Its only a matter of time... 05/08

[The Hombrew Hunter]

So they're committing sales suicide?

Think about it. BluRay players are insanely expensive and most average movie buyers have HDDVD as it's the cheaper solution.

Switching to only Blu-Ray is just dropping sales insanely.

[Accordion]

So they're committing sales suicide?

Think about it. BluRay players are insanely expensive and most average movie buyers have HDDVD as it's the cheaper solution.

Switching to only Blu-Ray is just dropping sales insanely.

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what?

BLu-ray is outselling HD-DVD even with the higher price of players. If that doesn't show an investor there is a problem something is very wrong. Even with $100 HD-DVD players Blu-ray outsold it.

[bah]

I dont know about movie sales, but in terms of player stats that I've seen it was always the PS3 that pushed Blu-ray well ahead of HD-DVD.

Using that as a guide is just stupid as how many people used their ps2 to play DVDs?
The standalone market for the winning format will dwarf the console-with-drive market in time, I dont think either format is doing all that well as most people are sticking with DVD. Much of DVDs popularity came after players reached very cheap prices, and most people who buy DVDs watch them on low-mid range players.

Personally I'm just pissed because I wanted the format with less DRM and cheaper blank media to win.

EDIT:
"Sony recently announced that Blu-ray was outselling HD DVD by a 3-to-1 margin in Europe, which is a reversal of previous trends. That shift, of course, is entirely due to the fact that the PS3 was released recently in Europe.

The PS3 accounts for over 95% of all Blu-ray playback devices, which means Blu-ray’s fortunes are tightly linked with the success of the PS3 as a game console." - Link.

[The Hombrew Hunter]

Whatever.

Well, as long as there's still normal DVD format I have no problem with it.

HD is overrated.

[F9zDark]

Thanks to DCErgo for providing this:



Clearly Blu-Ray has beaten HD-DVD for the entirety of the past year. This isn't just from the PS3...

Added:

Also, from Wikipedia:

Blockbuster, the largest U.S. movie rental company, offers Blu-ray exclusively in 1450 stores. Previously, the company test-marketed both competing formats at 250 stores and found that more than 70% of high definition rentals were Blu-ray discs. They continue to offer both formats at those initial 250 stores, as well as on its online rental service.

[JKKDARK]

Well lets take a step back, for about as long as I can remember you have bad mouthed the PS3 and PSP, for really no reason.

so the quality games, the console price and the backward compatibility issues are not "reasons" for you. Fantastic, or probably you didn't read my posts correctly.

I am just so sick of it by now. Don't like a system fine, whatever. Want to come on here and DEBATE INTELLIGENTLY the merits of a system over the other, fine, I am happy with that. But to come on here and be as ignorant as a drunken 5 year old who smoked a gram of pot, and post flamebait after flamebait for no rhyme or reason; then yes I have a problem with that.

Yes, but insulting members doesn't mean you are debating "intelligently".

Where else is this going to be posted on DCEMU?
The Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD section?

We have a section called DCEmu Blog, if you didn't notice.

[Cloudhunter]

so the quality games, the console price and the backward compatibility issues are not "reasons" for you. Fantastic, or probably you didn't read my posts correctly.

...Here we go again. Take a hint from the moderators and stop, lest you get an infraction. Heaven knows how you got newsposter status here.

Anyway, back on-topic - it can't be argued that PS3 has helped Blu-Ray - XBox 360 hasn't helped HD-DVD on the other hand. Maybe if it had had HDMI and HD-DVD built in, the story may have been different.

Either way, I don't think HD-DVD is dead yet - but it isn't looking good.

Cloudy

[F9zDark]

...Here we go again. Take a hint from the moderators and stop, lest you get an infraction. Heaven knows how you got newsposter status here.

Anyway, back on-topic - it can't be argued that PS3 has helped Blu-Ray - XBox 360 hasn't helped HD-DVD on the other hand. Maybe if it had had HDMI and HD-DVD built in, the story may have been different.

Either way, I don't think HD-DVD is dead yet - but it isn't looking good.

Cloudy

Not dead yet, but damn close. Really Paramount and Dreamworks are the last companies supporting HD-DVD that are "important" to Hollywood.