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Old 01-16-08 | 12:10 PM
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From Highdefdigest, BBC announced plans to stay dual-format.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...t_Support/1378
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Old 01-16-08 | 01:07 PM
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From Highdefdigest, BBC announced plans to stay dual-format.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...t_Support/1378
I heard from an 'insider' that Toshiba gave them 10 billion dollars to stay format neutral.
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Old 01-16-08 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Peep
I heard from an 'insider' that Toshiba gave them 10 billion dollars to stay format neutral.
Actually, it was...

[Dr. Evil]ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS![/Dr. Evil]
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Old 01-16-08 | 01:46 PM
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I heard from an 'insider' that Toshiba gave them 10 billion dollars to stay format neutral.
It was in Euros. Why can't people ever get the facts correct around here.
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Old 01-16-08 | 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Peep
I heard from an 'insider' that Toshiba gave them 10 billion dollars to stay format neutral.
Hmm, better watch what you say or you'll be the source for a newspaper article tomorrow.
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Old 01-16-08 | 02:15 PM
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No -- Toshiba offered the $100 billion, but BBC wouldn't take it. They didn't want it to jeopardize their long-term profits . . .
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Old 01-16-08 | 03:02 PM
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Hasn't the BD version of Planet Earth been outselling the HD DVD version the last few weeks?
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Old 01-16-08 | 03:11 PM
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Hasn't the BD version of Planet Earth been outselling the HD DVD version the last few weeks?
Since Warner's BD-exclusivity proclamation, maybe. I'd imagine that's worked all sorts of magic for the BD sales figures.
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Old 01-16-08 | 03:46 PM
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One of the people I work with bought PE on HD a couple of days before the Warner announcement. They hadn't bought a player yet, but wanted to start their Hi Def collection. They ended up taking it back and exchanging it for the Blu-ray version.
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Old 01-16-08 | 04:08 PM
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PLEASE DON'T KILL ME IF THIS HAS BEEN POSTED HERE ALREADY!!!

I'm not sure if this even belongs in this thread, so I'll hide it inside one of them spoiler things so you won't have to look at it if you don't want to.

Spoiler:
I didn't go through and read all 31 pages of this thread, but I did read through a few of the last pages (Honest!), and I didn't see this linky story thingy:

(I know it's old news but maybe some of you haven't actually seen it WITH YER OWN EYES! )

http://formatwarcentral.com/index.ph...-from-the-bda/

Warner Swayed By $500 Million From The BDA

According to a trusted source that was close to the negotiations, Warner and FOX were working on a deal to go Exclusive to HD DVD as recent as last week. Our source tells us that Warner was only willing to go to HD DVD if FOX would go with them. Their thinking was if they just went to HD DVD by themselves, it would not end the format war. Early this week FOX was paid an undisclosed amount to remain exclusive to Blu-ray. With the FOX deal falling through, Warner had no choice but to accept the BDA’s $500 Million offer to go Blu-ray exclusive. We do wonder if FOX was just playing the HD DVD side, while having no intentions of ever switching.
-Theek-Sake!
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Old 01-16-08 | 04:39 PM
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With BD+ having been completely cracked within a month of its debut, what other incentive did Fox have to remain Blu-ray exclusive?
$ONY, possibly?

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