I'd love to go buy one of those players, but I just sold my Xbox 360 add on drive because I can see where things are going. It doesn't matter how cheap it is if you can't watch movies on it in a few months.
AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! WTF is with people like you!?!
"if you can't watch movies on it in a few months." STOP IT! NOW!
FACT: **ALL** HD DVD players upconvert DVDs
FACT: **ALL** HD DVD players play HD DVD
FACT: Even if HD DVD media is no longer sold, **ALL** HD DVD players will continue to play HD DVD and standard DVD media until the day that each unit breaks
FACT: **ALL** statements that HD DVD players will not be able to play anything in the near or distant future are absolutely, positively, 100% WRONG!
Jesus %$@#*^# Christ! If you are the kind of person that was primarily the purchaser of HD DVD, then maybe it deserves to die!
@John B.: The gratuitous use of "FACT:" and "**ALL**" do not make a statement more credible. Please learn how to discuss a topic like a proper grown-up.
What a ridiculous post. What Boostjunkie should have said is; It doesn't matter how cheap it is if you can't watch *new* movies on it in a few months.
Yeah, you can watch DVDs all you want, but I'll venture a guess that 99.9% of people that bought HD DVD players already had a DVD player. They bought it for the HD, not the DVD. No need to jump up and down screaming like a little girl. He forgot one simple word. Get over it.
I'm pretty sure when they say it won't play movies in the near future, they mean NEW movies (in that studios will soon cease production of HD-DVDs in favor of Blu-ray).
I'm with you, even if your arguement is a little too focused.
Y'see, here's the problem I see with this move. HD DVD, no matter what any BD fanboy has to say, is the superior format. It beats out Blu-Ray in every aspect SAVE ONE...cost of production. It has superior capacity, superior capability, and a higher pricetag to produce than Blu-Ray. THAT is where Blu-Ray is winning, the studios want to use the format that offers the best cost-benefit scenario. Now, while a price drop at the consumer end MAY give it enough commercial appeal to convince the studios to pick HD-DVD up, that's a very difficult point to position on, as it really leaves everything up to opinion. And when it comes to money, opinion can be VERY short sighted. The best, and safest, move that can be made to bump HD-DVD popularity is to cut the price for studios to produce the movie disks. Problem is, as I don't know the ACTUAL cost of production versus the cost charged to movie makers, I have no idea what the margin is to work with, so a price cut at that end may not be feasible.
*sigh* What a shame. It really pisses me off when Sony dominates with an inferior product.
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Go gentle into that good night, of course.
Choose your mode of death.
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I'd love to go buy one of those players, but I just sold my Xbox 360 add on drive because I can see where things are going. It doesn't matter how cheap it is if you can't watch movies on it in a few months.
@Boostjunkie:
AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! WTF is with people like you!?!
"if you can't watch movies on it in a few months." STOP IT! NOW!
FACT: **ALL** HD DVD players upconvert DVDs
FACT: **ALL** HD DVD players play HD DVD
FACT: Even if HD DVD media is no longer sold, **ALL** HD DVD players will continue to play HD DVD and standard DVD media until the day that each unit breaks
FACT: **ALL** statements that HD DVD players will not be able to play anything in the near or distant future are absolutely, positively, 100% WRONG!
Jesus %$@#*^# Christ! If you are the kind of person that was primarily the purchaser of HD DVD, then maybe it deserves to die!
@John B.: The gratuitous use of "FACT:" and "**ALL**" do not make a statement more credible. Please learn how to discuss a topic like a proper grown-up.
@ John B
What a ridiculous post. What Boostjunkie should have said is; It doesn't matter how cheap it is if you can't watch *new* movies on it in a few months.
Yeah, you can watch DVDs all you want, but I'll venture a guess that 99.9% of people that bought HD DVD players already had a DVD player. They bought it for the HD, not the DVD. No need to jump up and down screaming like a little girl. He forgot one simple word. Get over it.
Tell that to the BD fanboys who propagate the lies like those that Boostjunkie fell victim to.
@John B
I'm pretty sure when they say it won't play movies in the near future, they mean NEW movies (in that studios will soon cease production of HD-DVDs in favor of Blu-ray).
@John B
I'm with you, even if your arguement is a little too focused.
Y'see, here's the problem I see with this move. HD DVD, no matter what any BD fanboy has to say, is the superior format. It beats out Blu-Ray in every aspect SAVE ONE...cost of production. It has superior capacity, superior capability, and a higher pricetag to produce than Blu-Ray. THAT is where Blu-Ray is winning, the studios want to use the format that offers the best cost-benefit scenario. Now, while a price drop at the consumer end MAY give it enough commercial appeal to convince the studios to pick HD-DVD up, that's a very difficult point to position on, as it really leaves everything up to opinion. And when it comes to money, opinion can be VERY short sighted. The best, and safest, move that can be made to bump HD-DVD popularity is to cut the price for studios to produce the movie disks. Problem is, as I don't know the ACTUAL cost of production versus the cost charged to movie makers, I have no idea what the margin is to work with, so a price cut at that end may not be feasible.
*sigh* What a shame. It really pisses me off when Sony dominates with an inferior product.
To "D":
Are you sure you didn't get the two backwards?
It's pretty widely agreed upon that BD has the higher capacity, while HD-DVD is the more affordable to produce.