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stonewall 01-08-08 08:58 PM

Yes, fight on Toshiba. The Market will take care of itself! If BD wins the overal format war, not just the HD format, then so be it.

darkside 01-08-08 09:09 PM

Time for this war to end. I enjoyed it while it lasted and thought the competition was good for consumers, but DVD is competition as well and it is time for the BDA to focus on that.

True_Story1011 01-08-08 10:14 PM

IT would be good if both formats dropped what they had going and focused on trying to take on SD - Together!

PHMustang2000 01-08-08 10:36 PM

I voted for Blue because I want it to be over so they can put more focus into it so they can release the movies and shows we want faster in Blue Ray
Like releasing Season 1 - 5 of Smallville in Blue Ray and 24 season and stuff like that

theflyingdutch 01-08-08 10:38 PM

Always wanted BD to win, so no I do not want a continuing battle.

steelpotato 01-08-08 11:42 PM

yes

pro-bassoonist 01-08-08 11:56 PM

One format, one market, one family of distribs to release for all cinematic tastes.

The future will be blu.

Pro-B

TheMovieman 01-09-08 12:00 AM

No. As much as I think HD-DVD is more consumer friendly, it's apparent the studios disagree and they've made their decision. No point in dragging it on.

RocShemp 01-09-08 12:04 AM

I'd like HD DVD to keep fighting simply because I feel it's the better format overall (even though BD is potentially better) but I really don't see what the HD DVD camp could possibly do to turn this around. Heck, I don't think they even saw this coming or else they wouldn't have cancelled their presentations at CES.

For the record, I don't blame Sony but the HD DVD camp as a whole for this situation. For the most part it seemed as if they were mainly sitting on their asses after they managed to release HD DVD before BD entered the market. Once BD did arrive, it seemed like forever before the HD DVD camp realized they even had competition. On the other hand, Sony and the BD backers where doing aggressive marketing right from the start. That's what has seemingly won them this war.

DthRdrX 01-09-08 12:11 AM

End it now before they do any more damage to the minds of consumers than they have already done. I'm willing to sacrifice the continuity of my HD-dvd collection to see HD survive.

brocklanders 01-09-08 12:29 AM

As the technology continues to advance with watching high def movies and tv shows on demand, blue ray player will be obsolete and then what?

DVD Polizei 01-09-08 01:22 AM

And then you'll discover it was just a Comcast nightmare.


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