I would assume it would be the whole disc, but im sure third party software will allow you to remove things you didnt want.

Sounds like a knock on HD DVD in that if a Blu-ray recorder can record 30%
more why would you have chosen HD DVD. They may be assuming that the
public will see this as they did Beta vs VHS. The movie collection comment I
took to mean that the public will be pissed they spent that much for the discs
on one format when they may want to switch over to Blu. Either that or it
could be read "why buy the films when you can dupe 'em". Could be taken
either way.

Looks like things at Warner Bros. aren't especially rosy right now:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080109/.../warnerbros_dc

"LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Up to 1,000 employees on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank could be laid off anytime after Friday as a result of the Hollywood writers strike.

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The studio distributed legally mandated warning notices on November 12, five days after the Writers Guild of America walkout began, stating that recipients could be subject to layoff after 60 days. The notices represent the first concrete sign that the strike could trigger massive job cuts across Hollywood.

A Warner Bros. spokeswoman declined to say when or how many pink slips might eventually fly. She said the notices were mandated under the U.S. Department of Labor's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications (WARN) regulations, which are designed to give employees some advance notice of possible job eliminations in the event of a strike.

"These WARN notices were sent because, in certain circumstances, federal and California law can require employers to give notice of staffing changes," Warners spokeswoman Stacey Hoppe said. "Due to the ongoing WGA work stoppage, some studio divisions will have to lay off employees. We regret the impact this will have on our employees, and we hope to bring them back to work once the WGA strike ends."

Those receiving WARN notices are employees of Warner Bros. Studios Facilities, primarily production workers and others involved in lot maintenance and facility management.

News of the development circulated Tuesday, the 65th day of the writers strike. It wasn't immediately clear if any other major studios have issued similar notifications.

But there already have been widespread cost-cutting moves on most studio lots. At Fox and elsewhere, overtime pay has been curtailed for many positions, and industryites coast to coast have been finding their department budgets scrutinized more thoroughly than usual.

Elsewhere, TV production companies have shed workers as show after show has run out of scripts and shut down operations, and now film producers with overall deals on the various lots are coming under similar scrutiny.

Some TV studios, including Warner Bros. TV, are expected to send out letters shortly to terminate deals with select writer-producers. And on the film side, Universal recently parted ways with Vertigo Entertainment, the company behind the "Ring" and "Grudge" horror movies, upon the expiration of their production pact.

In the 1988 WGA strike, almost every studio eventually laid off scores of workers during the five-month work stoppage.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter"

And this has anything to do with their Blu-ray decision, or HDM in general, because...?

I suppose it's not directly related, but it does have to do with WB and their general state. Maybe dropping HD DVD to go Blu-ray was one way they wanted to "trim some fat" while the writers guild continues to hold us all hostage. And, while we're all throwing around wild-eyed speculation, I guess you could also use this news to refute the rumor that WB had received the $500 million payoff, as, if they had taken the money, would they still be looking to lay off 1,000 people?

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What a kick in the nuts

The press release doesn't really say that.

All of the studios are using the 60-day "out" to re-evaluate unproductive Production deals. Sucks for everybody, but not HD-related.

According to the Digital Bits, Universal's contract with HD-DVD expires at the end of January (didn't know that). Not sure if this has been posted yet (who can tell any more).

Knocked up on BD!!

Please to be yes!

Oh wait, The Digital Bits.

No shocker here but it's official now,

I don't think the headline should say Paramount and Universal ARE going Blu until it is officially announced.

But it does seem like he has inside info on this.

Universal has always been very quick and very vocal about its HD DVD support, and for them to stay virtually silent for 5 days after a bombshell like last Friday does say something to me.

Did anyone ever notice that for some strange reason the abbreviation for Blu-RAY is BD instead of BR? And that BD backwards is DB? And Digital Bits is DB as well?

They should change their site name to "The Bigital Dits"

The Sopranos: The Complete Series.

Please don't make me wait until Christmas 2008.

Retailers thoughts on the Warner announcement from CES:

http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2...conomy-hd-dvd/

Can you send links of some examples??

I would say most of America is still waiting for a complete series of the Sopranos.

hope most of America has good credit, when 1/2 a season goes for $90...

10/10

So Profile 2.0 quadruples the memory from 1.1 (which is 256MB).

I hope that does indeed result in faster Java.

Dude, you're just worried about having to change your name to Blu-ray Josh...