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I canceled my Dish subscription, and just going OTA for now. May look into FTA satellite, or DirectTV. But for me, I found that once I put up my antenna to get Over the Air locals in HD, that was 90% of my TV viewing - but I also watch a lot of HD DVD & Blu-ray movies & content. Anyway, they...

I've had my eye on the Sony KDS60A3000 LCoS micro display TV. Saw this Engadget article on another site - It sounds like you might get a good deal on a clearance sale, but not sure I want to buy a discontinued product - I have one of those already, it's called a CRT based HDTV. I kinda...

but from Sony's lack of effort! From DVDTalk's review of Spiderman (1) included in the Spiderman "High Def" Trilogy - :eek: Holy Crap in a Can, Batman! Not even better than standard, not upconverted DVD! But Wait! It gets worse! - Holy shades of Jack Ryan! They couldn't even bother to...

Yeah, I know we don't usually create new new threads for new releases (it would get pretty messy pretty quickly), but as this is the first confirmed HD DVD release this year for New Line, I thought it deserved a special announcement. From HighDefDigest - :clap:clap I've really been...

Well, I've had an XA1 HD DVD player for over a year, and really enjoy & prefer HD DVD. I bought a PS3 in April for BD playback only, convinced I should enjoy the "best of both worlds". After 5 months, I've decided Blu-ray just isn't worth the bother for me. For my tastes in movies, there is...

Breaking news first reported on Screen Digest.com - China,USA, DVD Forum approves 'bigger than Blu-ray' HD DVD Interesting news. HD DVD "Insiders" have consistently downplayed the importance of 51GB disc. But, it is good "bragging rights". :D And that triple layer "twin format" has...

Reuters News article on Yahoo News today - Some interesting facts contained in the article: - 1.5 million households with BD players, 300,000 with HD DVD; both stats include game consoles & standalone players. A 5 to 1 advantage for Blu-ray. Makes that 3 to 2 advantage for BD in disc...

IMHO, the Number One Myth spun around in this format "war" is that "For High-Def Optical Media to survive, there has to be only one format". Or, spun another way: "The format war creates consumer confusion, and reluctance to buy either until there is one clear winner!" This of course the...

CTO (Chief Technical Officer) for Paramount gave an interview today with PC World. Very good. If your not familiar with him, Google 'Alan Bell' - with Warner since the development of DVD, moved to Paramount last year. Here's why he feels why Paramount is better off with HD DVD. (For Bill Hunt...

I would be surprised it they did, but my good friend Bill Blu Hunt seems to be worried about it. :eek: Always a reliable source for breaking news, he confirms in this afternoon's My Two Cents Afternoon Update that Warner was in discussions today to go HD DVD only, and urges reader to plead...

From TVpredictions - Washington, D.C. (June 17, 2007) -- Video rental giant Blockbuster will only rent HDTV DVDs in the Blu-ray format in 1,450 stores next month when it expands its high-def service. That's according to an exclusive report today from the Associated Press. The retailer...

I don't have the link to the source (Home Media Magazine), but a very reliable poster on another forum posted this interesting bit of info concerning the sales of the top selling titles from Warner & Paramount, released on both blu-ray & HD DVD simulataneously: Red of course is the sales...

Kinda quiet lately here in the War Zone. Not enough war-mongering going on? OK, I thought I'd see if I can stir some up. :D Well, having recently picked up a PS3 on the cheap from eBay so I can also enjoy the Blu-ray exclusive titles in high def, I thought I'd scope what I can enjoy this...

From HighDefDigest - The HD DVD Promotions Group today announced that Toshiba will be offering a month-long $100 rebate on new HD DVD players, bringing the entry-level list price for a stand-alone HD DVD player to a record-low $299. Beginning this Sunday (May 20th) and continuing until June...

Toshiba finally wised up and put all their firmware updates up on the web for download as CD ISO files: http://209.167.114.38/support/ceg/downloads/# Actually, it looks like Toshiba Canada, but they list the latest FW updates for all HD DVD models, as well as some TV's, etc. The ISO...

Firmware 2.2 is now available for the 1st generation HD DVD players. From posts on AVS, it looks like the only difference from 2.1 is that it eliminates the problems 2.1 had for most folks with a DVI connection for their displays. From previous firmware versions, it apparently improves...

What I like about HD DVD I've seen several post from member saying they come to the War Zone to get information about HD DVD and/pr Blu-ray, and they see more post about why one format is bad and gonna die. :eek: So, I thought I'd try a thread about the reasons why I chose my format. Here's...

I just checked the Amazon sales stats on eProductWars this morning, and was a little surprised: Sales Rank of the Top 10 Products: HD DVD: 108.8 Blu-ray: 264.1 Sales Rank of the Top 25 Products: HD DVD: 308.44 Blu-ray: 753.8 Sales Rank of the Top 100 Products: HD DVD: 3630.71...

My experience earlier this week in updating my XA1 HD DVD player to the new 2.1 firmware which made the HDMI>DVI connection to my display almost unusable got me to re-thinking the whole HD DVD / Blu-ray debate, and lead me to looking at different equipment options for my Home Theater (HT)...

I thought it may be useful for HD DVD owners to share sources for great prices on HD DVD. :) So, I' start with one I found today: Warner Brother's Online Shop. Their site can be hard to navigate, especially to just browse HD DVD only. So, start by clicking here. I just found this today and...

Ok, time out for a little humor, shamelessly ripped from another forum site. Apparently the current edition of Audio & Vision magazine has an article and plug for Blu-ray. The first photo shows a scan of the article. The second is a close-up of the specs for the Sony BD player, with the...

This is the headline on the U.K. newspaper The Independent article on the PS3 launch in Europe this week. It flopped in America. Now, for its British launch, Sony has put the price up. The last time Sony launched a games console, it was an overnight sensation. The PlayStation 2, launched in...

Universal Studios Home Entertainment is betting that interactivity will boost HD DVD in the next-gen battle against Blu-ray, with the studio planning to release three major titles in 2007 with web-connected features. Currently, no studio supporting HD DVD has taken advantage of the Ethernet...

DreamWorks Finally Throws Hat Into Next-Gen Ring with 'Dreamgirls' Sun Mar 04, 2007 at 03:12 PM ET The last major studio to announce next-gen support, DreamWorks will bring its first title to Blu-ray and HD DVD with a spring release of its blockbuster musical 'Dreamgirls.' The title...

source: http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6415444.html "Blu-ray outpaces HD DVD in January Sony plans to declare Blu-ray winner in high-def format war By Jennifer Netherby 2/9/2007 FEB. 9 | Two movies on Blu-ray Disc were sold for every one sold on the HD DVD format during January...