Comments on: By The Numbers – Why the HD DVD/Blu-Ray War Is Over

By: Alissa

Alissa — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:15:34 +0000

Interesting. As a Graphic Designer I wanted to ask you which software you have used to creat these pie charts? Will appreciate your time. Thanks.

By: GTAIV

GTAIV — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:07:45 +0000

Blu-Ray owns and PlayStation is part of that HD is good but not as good XBOX360 sucks with so many difficulties over 130,000 have been reported 3 red flashing light in the US ONLY PLAYSTATION OWNS

By: Idetrorce

Idetrorce — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:15:08 +0000

very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
Idetrorce

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:58:14 +0000

I’m going to miss the format war when HD-DVD is gone. I find the arguments extremely entertaining. Especially on forums that don’t have registration.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:03:31 +0000

Bob: OK, maybe you’re right. Maybe pirates aren’t “happy” with a movie shot in a crowded theatre. Having said that, the DRM questions comes down to one thing, really; is it easier for someone to pirate the movie or just buy it?

There are certain people who won’t pay, regardless of the format or the inconveniences. So be it. Let them go. The studios need to focus on the best possible experience for the people who WILL pay.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:12:46 +0000

Ken: P.P.S: You’re right when you say that they won’t buy HD discs anyway. That’s why it doesn’t really mater.

On that note, it really doesn’t matter a whole lot in the long run anyway. Both formats will end up working, have extremely similar quality, will be expensive, will get cheaper, will co-exist in dual format or one will win, and will become the next best format.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:54:51 +0000

Ken! What attractive female was distracting you when you wrote this:
“pirates are happy with a movie shot in a crowded theatre with a camcorder”

Nooooo! Those are horrible. Intellectual rights opponents may occasionally share those as soon as the film comes out if there was no interception and there is urgency, but they are just as bad of quality to someone who doesn’t pay for them as someone who does. (Well, no one I know does pay for those of course.) However, once the film is released on media, the file ripped from that naturally becomes the choice share.

Conclusion: Folks in non-paying acquisition can appreciate HD just as much as those in paying acquisition; the difference lies in the desire to support the industry or the desire to save money.

P.S. If you ever decide to film in a theatre, Ken, I would recommend going when it’s not crowded, as you mention. The excess of people can reduce the output quality.

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By: richard lichtenfelt

richard lichtenfelt — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:37:08 +0000

Universal is owned by General Electric which co-developed hd-dvd with Toshiba. Blu-ray is technically superior, and has numerous exclusivity rights in addition to the movie studios; Blockbuster, Walmart (announced recently), and Target who will no longer be selling hd-dvd players and instead promote blu-ray only.
Well Universal still has a nice amusement park but I won’t be going there or buying any of their movies until they wise up and jump on board with the future of entertainment. No, downloadable movies will never come close to catching blu-ray and will ultimately account for a very small amount of movie transactions.

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