A Glorious Day!! The War is Over!!

2008-02-16 10:45:42

#1

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6879|132 and Bush

We have seen the the inevitable coming.

This is the last sign.
http://www.reuters.com/article/technolo … 4420080216

Toshiba Throws in the Towel
It looks like the high definition format war may be coming to a close. Sources are saying that Toshiba is set to give up on the HDDVD format.

The move will likely put an end to a battle that has gone on for several years between consortiums led by Toshiba and Sony vying to set the standard for the next-generation DVD and compatible video equipment.

Game Over.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2008-02-16 10:47:14

#2

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6847|Mountains of NC

hmmmmmmmmm I think I'll buy up some HD vids and a player ............... dirt cheap

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2008-02-16 10:48:13

#3

Madhadda1: Member; +270|6823|Cedar Rapids, Iowa

What a shame, rip hd dvd.

2008-02-16 10:49:16

#4

justice: OctoPoster; +978|7019|OctoLand

Blu-ray was always going to win the "war"...it was just a matter of how long it would take.

I know fucking karate

2008-02-16 10:49:52

#5

Peter: Super Awesome Member; +494|6681|dm_maidenhead

Never saw it coming.

2008-02-16 10:50:52

#6

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6879|132 and Bush

Wal-Mart was the final decisive blow.. tbh.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2008-02-16 10:50:53

#7

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6846|NYC / Hamburg

Saw that yesterday at TGH. Finally superior tech wins

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2008-02-16 10:53:38

#8

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6847|Mountains of NC

Kmarion wrote:
SEREMAKER wrote:
hmmmmmmmmm I think I'll buy up some HD vids and a player ............... dirt cheap
Do it quick. They wont be manufacturing them anymore. You'd better enjoy the movies you get.

checking around the prices ............ they've got them marked down to almost nothing, I'm going shopping tonight

2008-02-16 10:58:35

#9

Stimey: +786|6399|Ontario | Canada

Blu-ray won the battle.
Hard Drives will win the war.

2008-02-16 11:03:11

#10

ELITE-UK: Scratching my back; +170|6753|SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND

Sony = Win
Microsoft = Lose

2008-02-16 11:03:29

#11

Magpie: international welder....Douchebag Dude, <3 ur mom; +257|6805|Milkystania, yurop

Soo wait lemme get this right, i no longer can when watching certain "entertaining movies for studies of the female anatomy " get that superb quality of some certain regions

2008-02-16 11:10:11

#12

maef: Member; +67|6962|Tulln, Austria

sux2bXbox360

2008-02-16 11:15:06

#13

Reciprocity: Member; +721|6859|the dank(super) side of Oregon

microsoft shouldn't have taken the cheap route with the 360. not that it's their fault, but it didn't help.

2008-02-16 11:15:25

#14

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6846|NYC / Hamburg

Stimey wrote:
Blu-ray won the battle.
Hard Drives will win the war.

*looks at HD movies on HD, then at non-existant blu-ray/hd-dvd pile*
agree

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-02-16 11:18:31

#15

HurricaИe: Banned; +877|6240|Washington DC

Stimey wrote:
Blu-ray won the battle.
Hard Drives will win the war.

not until US&A has good internet

While the high speed internet these days is decent enough for, say, iTunes HD rentals... it's no good for enthusiasts. Let's see you steadily stream a 1080p24 video with uncompresesed 7.1 TrueHD or DTS-MA on the high speed we have in the US...

Last edited by HurricaИe (2008-02-16 11:18:48)

2008-02-16 11:23:35

#16

r2zoo: Knowledge is power, guard it well; +126|6875|Michigan, USA

Common sense would have said HD would have won, its the VHS to Blu-rays Betamax. I had pinned my hopes on HD early on, but it quickly became obvious that Blu-ray had alot more support, and as it gre wit chipped away at HD. Ill be happy to stick with regular old DVDs till they stop making them, never saw the big deal with all this high-definition crap, my giant 57 inch 1080p looks no better then my 20inch CRT, so meh.

2008-02-16 11:23:51

#17

Mitch: 16 more years; +877|6804|South Florida

Buy a HD DVD player and keep it in-the-box mint condition and it *might* be worth a fortune someday

15 more years! 15 more years!

2008-02-16 11:25:25

#18

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6801|...

Kmarion wrote:
Wal-Mart was the final decisive blow.. tbh.

True. They were also the reason DvD prices remained low. I wonder if they strongarm bluray prices the same way.

2008-02-16 11:28:47

#19

Naturn: Deeds, not words.; +311|6884|Greenwood, IN

I was really supporting HD-DVD but I will admit that I am happy something has been chosen. I just hope Sony does not get a big head over this.

2008-02-16 11:57:08

#20

Stimey: +786|6399|Ontario | Canada

HurricaИe wrote:
Stimey wrote:
Blu-ray won the battle.
Hard Drives will win the war.
not until US&A has good internet

While the high speed internet these days is decent enough for, say, iTunes HD rentals... it's no good for enthusiasts. Let's see you steadily stream a 1080p24 video with uncompresesed 7.1 TrueHD or DTS-MA on the high speed we have in the US...

My 112kb/s Dl can take that any day of the week.

2008-02-16 11:58:47

#21

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7122|Alberta, Canada

Lemme get this straight.
Blu-Ray is 1080p, correct?
Why not buy an upconverter and play your standard DVD's in 1080p quality?

2008-02-16 12:28:39

#22

HurricaИe: Banned; +877|6240|Washington DC

Ryan wrote:
Lemme get this straight.
Blu-Ray is 1080p, correct?
Why not buy an upconverter and play your standard DVD's in 1080p quality?

1) That's not "true" 1080p

2) There are different qualities... you use Photoshop, Ryan. Take a JPEG image at 1920x1080 for dimensions. Save one as a JPEG at image quality 1, and the other at image quality 12. You'll see the difference, even though they're the same dimension. All 1080p stands for is "1920x1080, progressive scan"

3) Blu-rays also have shitloads more space than a DVD, meaning they support much higher quality audio. Like on Black Hawk Down's Blu-ray you can use 7.1 uncompressed audio

They do bang-up job don't get me wrong, but upscaling, say, Pirates of the Caribbean won't look as good as the actual Pirates blu-ray (especially if you've got a 1080p24 TV) not to mention the audio

2008-02-16 13:21:03

#23

[TUF]Whiskey_Oktober: mmmm...Toasty!; +91|7000|Oregon

i honestly thought hd dvd was gonna win outa all of this, untill every movie company ever decided i was wrong.

2008-02-16 14:15:45

#24

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6879|132 and Bush

Reciprocity wrote:
microsoft shouldn't have taken the cheap route with the 360. not that it's their fault, but it didn't help.

maef wrote:
sux2bXbox360

ELITE-UK wrote:
Sony = Win
Microsoft = Lose

The exclusive backing of Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) was also put in doubt when the software giant said in January that it could consider supporting Blu-ray technology for its Xbox 360 video game machine, which currently works only with HD DVD.

Did you guys read the entire article?

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2008-02-16 14:17:05

#25

GunSlinger OIF II: Banned.; +1,860|6922

maef wrote:
sux2bXbox360

because the only reason we buy the 360 is play HD DVD's

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