How many different places in the same forum you want to post this? Three? Four? Nine? Seriously, dude. Give it a rest.

You bring it on yourself, chief. If you can't see that, then I don't know what to tell you.

In his defense, his most recent batch of posts have not been inflammatory in any manner.

The post Dan addressed has absolutely nothing to do with bit rates and so forth. If there was a past deed the member should have been warned about then that is a different matter and no one is arguing it.

This being said there are plenty of people on this forum who repeatedly turned it into a war zone every time even a tiny bit of Fox info resurfaced (Fox sucks is a marquee motto here which seems to be praised by the majority).

At this point unless there is a verbal abuse of some sort the easiest way to address provocateurs is to simply ignore them.

Pro-B

Actually, most the crap he's posted in this thread has already been deleted. He's made several comments to the effect here and in other threads. It's a continual pattern with him. He posts certain things to rile people up.

His posts seem to come in two flavors: posts that are inflammatory and posts complaining about people attacking him for no reason, when there is a perfectly good reason 95% of the time.

people just really hate sony for some unknown reason

I actually agree. But if you are a troll 99% of the time, don't act indignant when the 1% of the time you aren't, people still think you are.

Does it really matter though? It's virtually the same thing....if Warner was given X number of dollars via a check from Sony or "the BDA" but kept the same level of royalty payments and production costs, then that money would just be used to pay those costs and be coming right back to Sony....while if Warner gets no cash but have their payments on royalties and disc production reduced, then over time they could theoretically save the same X amount of dollars as getting that check...

By the way, everyone can thank ME for ending this format war....just this past week I traded out my Potter Blu-rays for their respective HD DVDs (as well as The Departed) with the cheap Amazon BOGO sale....so of course now that format would become the loser!
Hope you all are happy! (Now I guess it's back to Amazon to grab Potter in Blu again while I have the chance...damn my OCD to have all one color for a studio...)

And then there are those who constantly respond to every one of his posts causing him to continue posting. It is a neverending cycle. If you don't like what he says then ignore him.

Which is the same pattern many on this forum follow with Fox on their mind.

Just drop it already, look forward, and stop fueling old debates.

Pro-B

I will because you italicized some words!

Well said Pro B! :up:

I have bought many of their products and haven't had any problems with them. Part of peoples' hate probably stems from personal experience with a bad product and part of it probably comes from propaganda started by others that people buy in to. I just can't see why people hate on Sony, who in my opinion makes good products at reasonable prices, but turn a blind eye to other big names that do exactly the same thing and treat their customers no better than peasants on the street. Selling them inferior products and lying about the quality all the way to the bank. Ultimately Sony isn't the only company that backs Blu-Ray. Hell, they have other manufacturers trying to make players for the average consumer. At least that option is out there.

To the poster that said the PS3 market is tapped out, ummm no. My friend and I both are/were HD DVD supporters and we are both looking at PS3's now. It has received great support through all this, and many claim it as one of the best BR players. Why not get it as a BR AND a gaming machine. Many of those stacked boxes you saw at XMAS will start to shrink. He was going out today to get one, I will wait it out a few more months. (I have plenty of unwatched DVD's and HD DVD's still)

I dislike Sony because rather than releasing a reasonably priced game console, they released an expensive Blu-Ray player with a Playstation afterthought and expected the public to be grateful.

But now I am forced to buy a PS3, because I feel the need to maximize my dollars, and there are some decent games for the PS3 now.

If anything this is just what the PS3 needed. It is still failing as a game system so the victory as an HD movie player is important. Sony needs to sell PS3s and hope they get crossover among the movie and game buyers.

MOD NOTE:

To ALL: Please drop the discussion of QuePaso. If you don't like his posts, then please just report him or ignore him. The mods will discuss in private.

QuePaso: Your behaviors here are trolling in nature. We don't want to have to keep removing your posts. If you can't help yourself bait and harass, then I'd advise you to stay away from this thread.

Thanks all for your cooperation.

namja
Moderator, DVD Talk Forums

The HD-DVD forum at AVS is either blowed up or already dismantled. All I get is this message:

:)

Nevermind. Guess it's an entire forum thing. Carry on.

Its amazing how this could have changed with Fox by them saying No to $500 million. The reaction would be reversed. I would urge these Pro Blu-ray people to check themselves first before commending each other as this war could have been VERY different in a matter of minutes. Software Sales and Hardware Sales meant crap to Warner, all it took was a $500+ Million check.

:up:

Exactly.

Yesterday's News is the future....

Unless HD/Toshiba will have a suprise in the upcoming CES (But I highly doubt... Warner's move is the Nail in the Coffin to HD)

I still haven't read anywhere that has verified any kind of pay-out. You really need to look a the sources of those saying there was a payout before you believe them. If Satan told you that Jesus never existed would you believe him?

rotfl
Who told you either one existed?

As far as the payout I don't think it matters. If there was one it was a brilliant move by Sony and if there wasn't it was still a good move by Warner. They wanted the war over so why not go to the side with the most studios.

if you look back to about page eleven, i explained why i absolutely LOATHE sony.
keep in mind that i'm 23, and it's unrealistic for a young adult like me to give hard earned dollars to a company whos products crapped out on me and left me with expensive paperweights. i still get paid hourly and i'm just finishing college, so i really have to watch what companies i give my money to. i've realized samsung is the absolute pinnacle of electronics in my eyes, and if a samsung product is available for my need, the item is essentially sold.