Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
20-08-2007, 19:49
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20-08-2007, 20:27
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Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
A bit more detail here...
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20-08-2007, 20:37
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Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
Some movies which should now be HD DVD only....
Gladiator
Braveheart
Saving Private Ryan
Forest Gump
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Godfather
The Godfather: Part II
The Godfather: Part III
Friday the 13th Series
Star Trek
Minority Report
Collateral
A Series of Unfortunate Events
War of the Worlds
Antz
Chinatown
Shrek
Shrek 2
Shrek 3
Shark Tale
Madagascar
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Over the Hedge
Flushed Away
Apocalypse Now
Catch me if you Can
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20-08-2007, 21:03
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Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
So what does this mean for the ordinary punter?Won't most people wait and see which format has wiped the floor with the other before committing themselves? 
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Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
The rate they are going, they deserve a 3rd format to come along and wipe the floor with them, maybe using the conventional DVD process with a new codec, since MPEG2 is far from the be all and end all of codecs.
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20-08-2007, 21:30
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Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
This is exactly why I don't think either Hi Def format will succeed.
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21-08-2007, 09:29
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Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
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The rate they are going, they deserve a 3rd format to come along and wipe the floor with them, maybe using the conventional DVD process with a new codec, since MPEG2 is far from the be all and end all of codecs.
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There is a 3rd format, The Internet. Space and Bandwidth is increasing, by the time HDTV is standard enough, the internet distribution of video content will be all ready to roll.
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21-08-2007, 09:57
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Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
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So what does this mean for the ordinary punter?Won't most people wait and see which format has wiped the floor with the other before committing themselves? |
That's what is holding the market back. The fact that Joe Soap is waiting to see which format wins.
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21-08-2007, 10:04
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Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
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That puts a rather different spin on it!
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21-08-2007, 10:05
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Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
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There is a 3rd format, The Internet. Space and Bandwidth is increasing, by the time HDTV is standard enough, the internet distribution of video content will be all ready to roll.
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Wot he said.
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21-08-2007, 14:12
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Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
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That's what is holding the market back. The fact that Joe Soap is waiting to see which format wins.
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So in reality this means the format that can provide the cheapest and largest access will be the one that wins...not necessarily the technically best option.
At this rate the wait we face until we get to install a chip in the head and operate all media by brain power alone seems to be a very long way off.
Though it has to be said that sometimes what goes on inside my head is far more entertaining than much of the crap currently on offer. 
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21-08-2007, 23:53
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Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
Some fall-out from this...
It's allegedly annoyed Michael Bay so much that he's refused to make Transformers 2 
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/m...-blu-ray-no-t/
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21-08-2007, 23:59
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Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
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! Oh god, lmao. He could always go to Sony and make it with them. 
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22-08-2007, 06:50
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Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
Seems he may have been the worse for wear when he posted that!
He's now reconsidered...
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22-08-2007, 08:54
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Re: Paramount & Dreamworks to drop Blu-ray & go HD DVD exclusive
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So in reality this means the format that can provide the cheapest and largest access will be the one that wins...not necessarily the technically best option.
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Same thing happened with vhs and betamax - betamax had a better picture quality - but vhs had a longer run time....
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