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In Reply to: Fox renews Blu-ray exclusivity commitment, announces dates on 29 BD titles posted by Jazz Inmate on August 20, 2007 at 13:59:44:
>>> "The move comes after this morning's shocking revelation that Paramount and DreamWorks have switched allegiances exclusively to rival HD DVD" <<<Better get used to it JI, neither of these formats is going to 'tank' while both are satisfied holding their ground and making incremental gains! :o)
This press release makes VERY clear, and in no uncertain terms, that the high definition format war is going to continue for a very long time, perhaps ad infinitum. As I see it, the actual winners will probably be multi-format player manufacturers. As hardware prices decrease folks will opt for Blu-ray/HD-DVD capable players and exclusivity deals won't matter nearly as much.
Even though ZS KEKL seems determined to make this into a major format war debate (see thread directly below), neither of your carefully spun points should be seen as a subject for either funeral rites or bragging rights. For the time being both formats are hunkered down in their respective trenches looking out over No Fan's Land while trying to develop a workable strategy for getting through the other camp's barbed wire & beyond the bad PR mine field.
So far, for every Fox hole there's been a Paramount parapet. ;0)
AuPh
Edits: 08/20/07
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Follow Ups
- Nice info, but you left out the most interesting part of the press release: - Audiophilander 14:59:28 08/20/07 (45)
- BDs provide more capacity. Period. - Jazz Inmate 15:20:38 08/20/07 (44)
- Which B-D movies take advantage of the higher capacity? - 4season 16:30:36 08/20/07 (39)
- RE: Which B-D movies take advantage of the higher capacity? - Larry I 06:33:00 08/21/07 (5)
- "B-D discs are easier to damage physically"--you've done stress tests? - Jazz Inmate 09:52:21 08/21/07 (1)
- RE: "B-D discs are easier to damage physically"--you've done stress tests? - Larry I 13:07:47 08/21/07 (0)
- I disagree 25G or 30G will be sufficient for ALL movies. - oscar 08:19:06 08/21/07 (2)
- Nothing will be sufficient for ALL movies - Jack G 10:12:46 08/22/07 (1)
- We'll need 2-3 Terabyte discs for the Uncompressed video movie releases. :0) - oscar 18:50:10 08/22/07 (0)
- Most of the Sony and Disney titles, some Foxes and many Warners, the Sopranos, quite a few NT - Jazz Inmate 16:41:20 08/20/07 (32)
- I haven't noticed a quality advantage there myself - 4season 17:01:41 08/20/07 (31)
- Well, my point is about capacity - Jazz Inmate 17:27:42 08/20/07 (30)
- But wouldn't that same tasting OJ more affordable if you bought a Dixie cup rather than a blue crystal goblet? (nt) - Audiophilander 23:21:27 08/20/07 (18)
- If you're going to use that argument, you should have just stuck with DVD nt - Jazz Inmate 09:55:24 08/21/07 (11)
- HD-DVD has 'juice' that DVD doesn't, although upscaling improves PQ. The question for BR cheerleaders is this: - Audiophilander 10:36:10 08/21/07 (10)
- heehee, well this teaches me to avoid analogies when Auph is in the house - Jazz Inmate 10:59:00 08/21/07 (9)
- "Why would you purposefully CHOOSE to limit yourself with the format providing LESS capacity?" - Why, ... - Audiophilander 11:26:36 08/21/07 (8)
- You think today's HD DVD players will handle triple or quadruple layer HD DVDs ? - oscar 12:06:02 08/21/07 (6)
- Of course not, but don't you think there will be issues - Jack G 05:39:10 08/22/07 (4)
- I might have issues with the latest Blu-Ray discs because of the spec changes... - oscar 06:39:19 08/22/07 (3)
- Me too - Jack G 07:08:13 08/22/07 (2)
- Firmware changes will be a fact of life for a while. I'm waiting for disc to arrive. - oscar 07:11:28 08/22/07 (1)
- I hear ya - Jack G 08:53:32 08/22/07 (0)
- But oscar, neither of us know what design parameters are achievable. - Audiophilander 12:53:42 08/21/07 (0)
- Why do you think TrueHD was developed? - Jazz Inmate 11:41:04 08/21/07 (0)
- Is HD DVD really more affordable ? - oscar 05:24:59 08/21/07 (5)
- RE: Is HD DVD really more affordable ? - usafwso 11:42:09 08/21/07 (1)
- Hard to avoid when you've gotten used to HD broadcasts. - oscar 11:50:17 08/21/07 (0)
- "Is HD DVD really more affordable?" Across the board, the hardware is generally less expensive, and... - Audiophilander 09:59:55 08/21/07 (2)
- You won't need an "expensive" Multiformat player if a single format prevails in this war. - oscar 07:07:32 08/22/07 (1)
- Multi-format players will come down in price as well, and trust me, this war isn't ending anytime soon. - Audiophilander 11:21:28 08/22/07 (0)
- And sometimes bigger is just...bigger - 4season 20:12:02 08/20/07 (10)
- But you can hear the advantages of lossless vs lossy audio. - oscar 05:12:24 08/21/07 (4)
- TrueHD support is mandatory for HD DVD players - 4season 10:51:08 08/21/07 (3)
- It simply means I won't buy a player without TrueHD decoding cability. - oscar 12:00:51 08/21/07 (2)
- "Quality" - 4season 13:55:09 08/21/07 (1)
- RE: "Quality" - Jack G 04:57:11 08/22/07 (0)
- there's that and there's sometimes more capacity is more flexibility and content - Jazz Inmate 21:02:47 08/20/07 (4)
- To answer your question... - Jack G 08:25:09 08/21/07 (1)
- If true, that would be good reason to avoid that particular movie release - oscar 08:31:04 08/21/07 (0)
- Mostly we keep coming back to the same old argument - 4season 23:03:36 08/20/07 (1)
- Features Are Available To Take Advantage Of - Robertc88 08:14:46 08/21/07 (0)
- "It's about specs and physical limitation of the respective formats. " - Jack G 16:20:22 08/20/07 (3)
- RE: "It's about specs and physical limitation of the respective formats. " - Jazz Inmate 16:35:59 08/20/07 (2)
- RE: "It's about specs and physical limitation of the respective formats. " - Jack G 16:49:15 08/20/07 (1)
- RE: "It's about specs and physical limitation of the respective formats. " - Jazz Inmate 17:07:35 08/20/07 (0)
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