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The article you linked doesn't sound like Toshiba has a BD player or even a dual format player planned - You're right about BD players - I bought the Panasonic BD-30 in November, figuring BD Live / 2.0 was a long way off, and I'd be able to enjoy web interactivity on HD DVD. My reaction to...

+1 Yep, I picked up a new Xbox drive off eBay for under $100 for playback on my PC & eventually transfer copies to a Home Media Server. You still finding bargains? I picked a couple HD DVD titles off eBay for cheap right after Warner, but the market seems to have really stabilized. I'm...

You got some deals, as my auction for Ocean's Giftset just ended and I got $59.87 for it, including shipping; $24.50 for Wyatt Earp. And no, I'm not selling any of my HD DVDs, I plan to enjoy them for many years to come. Warner Home Video, in their infinite wisdom, shipped me a half dozen HD DVD...

I'm sorry - what were you saying about Transformers? :rolleyes:

Probably talking about standalone players. It is a little misleading. But, give Sally a break - as she said, she had a tough day. :(

+1 I've enjoyed both formats for some time now, and they both have great releases. IMHO, Pan's Labyrinth HD DVD is the best video & audio quality for a live action film I've seen in either format; Ratatouille BD is the best animated film. As for Mr. Bay, for the Director of the 3rd biggest...

That Wall Street Journal article is excellent and I was going to post it but you beat me to it. I thought the comments about the direction of Paramount & Universal were the minor points. And they appear to confirm the "rumors" that Fox was in play, and that it very nearly swung the other way.

And I'm supposed to respect a BD "Insider" who calls the competition "Red Ants" at best, and downhill from there? :confused: Talkstr8t & Paidgeek have class, and it shows. Penton-man comes off as trailer trash. :( I like Amir, but, yes, he got carried away at times. My jaw dropped the day...

Penton-Man is full of himself. He made one vague post on Avs alluding to Paramount was being courted with money hours before the news broke and has been claiming every since that he "broke the story". :rolleyes: However, he may right about Fox - they are so fanatical about DRM & region...

I bought the Pannasonic BD-30 in November and it's a great companion player for my A35. It does bitstream TrueHD & DTS MA to a receiver, and the DTS MA audio on Fox titles is the best audio I've heard on either format. As to the OP, I'm telling Warner how I feel: I will never, ever buy another...

But . . . . . but . . . . . who you gonna believe - Baghdad Bob, or the Commander in Chief? ;)

Yes, I'll pass on Daddy Day Care as well. Only 1 of each for me - 3:10 to Yuma in Blu & Zodiac in Red for me. And that's OK, my wallet needs a break from the November & December release schedule, and the BOGO sales. I have a backlog of at least a dozen movies to watch, and January is College...

Gee, I must be a late bloomer - I didn't hit that stage until my mid-30s. :D

No Yule Log video - I have a big fireplace in my TV room for the real thing, and I've had it a blazin' the last few nights as it down to 7 degrees (and you guys think Arizona is all cactus & 115 degrees in the shade :p) But I did use my Red player to upscale White Christmas & Miracle on...

Yep, that way in Tucson - Best Buy has a whole aisle of HD, evenly split with BD on one side, HD DVD on the other. Last week with the BOGO sale it was packed - and with the BOGO, I made my 2nd high-def purchase from BB. The Walmart a few blocks away in East Tucson doesn't carry any High-def. You...

I was just going to ask how you get it to them - I have one of their 300 lb. rear projection CRT 57" behemoths, and have my eye on their 60" LCoS sets. If they pay shipping, they can have my old one. :p

The Nielsen VideoScan reports are for Monday through Sunday. Take a look at last week's Top 10 Title report - notice it says Week Ending Dec. 9. So, for a new release, the first week's report on VS actually only covers 6 days - Tues. through Sunday. Yes, a recent Video Business...

And DirectTV has been outselling Dish for longer much than that - does that mean I should drop my Dish ASAP and go only with D*? :rolleyes:

Well, from Hollywood Reporter, we know: So, between Dave Vaughn's & HR info, we don't know numbers but know sale ratios are: 1- Bourne Ultimatum 100.00 2- POTC 3 >67 <100 3- HP5 BD 67 4- HP5 HD 50 or slightly higher So, Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix BD & HD combined were at least 117% of...

Well, I was a little off on the ratio and Harry Potter placements. :o Dave Vaughn leaked some of the numbers yesterday in the AVSForum Nielsen Predictions Thread - So, some little Christmas stocking stuffers for both sides this week. BD won 61/39 in the heaviest high-def sales week yet...

Well, I do feel slighted, but I'll get over it. :river I only buy in Blu what doesn't play on my HD DVD player . . . . well, except I do like cheaper - so I used to buy Warner on Blu when they tried to make me pay $5 more for a sd DVD on one side that I didn't want. But then Warner started...

Well, we all knew HD DVD has 15GB per layer, and interestingly there is no spec for a 17GB single or 34GB double layer. I read that Toshiba claims it was easier & more reliable reading the third layer by changing the layer structure to 17GB. And, interestingly, Disney broke with other BDA...

I bought mine in store yesterday. Page 9 of this week's flier has a list of specific titles included in the sale. It says "Buy One, Get One Free on any of these next generation titles". It doesn't say any 2 Blu-rays or any 2 HD DVDs. The included titles are: Qualifying Blu-ray discs...

1 Bourne 3 (HD DVD) 2 HP OOTP (BD) 3 HP OOTP (HD DVD) 4 POTC3 5 Superbad 6 Planet Earth HD 7 Spiderman 3 8 Transformers 9 Bourne Supremacy 10 Bourne Identity Ratio: 55/45 (BD/HD) The Amazon Bourne Trilogy will count as a sale for each individual title. Amazon uses ASIN (Amazon Standard...

I saw your post in the Blu-ray forum; thanks for the suggestion. Although not a Potter fan, I took your advice and bought the HD DVD to voice my support to WB to continue offering consumers a choice in high-def; also to check out the web features. Glad I did. I joined 10 friends from the forums...