Author Topic: Warner to become Blu-ray exclusive (Read 20069 times)

Ichirou · « **Reply #60 on:** January 05, 2008, 03:40:21 AM »

Yeah, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players all play regular DVDs.

MCD · « **Reply #61 on:** January 05, 2008, 03:41:28 AM »

Time to sell my 360

fuck you Warner, I BELIEVED IN YOU

IT'S ALL OVER

BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

xnikki118x · « **Reply #62 on:** January 05, 2008, 04:47:24 AM »

Quote from: Ichirou on January 05, 2008, 03:40:21 AM

Yeah, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players all play regular DVDs.

Yay!

The Sceneman · « **Reply #63 on:** January 05, 2008, 05:03:24 AM »

will see how this pans out, will pick up a ps3 when they are >$100 and they give you 5 free sixaxis pads (need one to replce the pumice in the shower)

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #64 on:** January 05, 2008, 05:03:56 AM »

I just remembered that my friend just got the 360 HD-DVD addon for Christmas. lol owned

The Sceneman · « **Reply #65 on:** January 05, 2008, 05:05:31 AM »

I was fairly close to picking one up

now Im not

demi · « **Reply #66 on:** January 05, 2008, 05:15:07 AM »

Quote from: Scenester on January 05, 2008, 05:03:24 AM

will see how this pans out, will pick up a ps3 when they are >$100 and they give you 5 free sixaxis pads (need one to replce the pumice in the shower)

hey remember that thread what to waste your money on? heh, owned, maybe now you'll listen

The Sceneman · « **Reply #67 on:** January 05, 2008, 05:19:05 AM »

calcifer · « **Reply #68 on:** January 05, 2008, 05:59:39 AM »

holy shit at all the bitter xbot tears over at the other forum

just 5 days into the new year and already this happens

no wonder really... the xfags must be pissing themselves over what the rest of the year might bring

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #69 on:** January 05, 2008, 06:06:39 AM »

Sell your 360s, it's all over

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Or just buy a PS3 when it breaks

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Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #70 on:** January 05, 2008, 08:14:32 AM »

I'll bet if you got Hans, The Dude, sonycowboy, AltogetherAndrews, kittonwy, Wollan, calcifer, and OokieSpookie in a room together right now they'd all immediately huddle in a corner and start chattering and furiously masturbating each other like monkeys in a zoo cage

ook ook, motherfuckers

Powerslave · « **Reply #71 on:** January 05, 2008, 08:18:04 AM »

Seriously. Opa Ages have the worst kind of fanboyism I have ever seen in my life. Every topic is a console/format wars with insults and trolls thrown at each other constantly. Makes GAF and NGG look like a mature gamingboard.

bud · « **Reply #72 on:** January 05, 2008, 08:23:06 AM »

their sister company new line is going exclusive as well.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117978461.html?categoryid=1009&cs=1

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #73 on:** January 05, 2008, 08:36:03 AM »

Well, it's only a matter of time before the rest tumble. On the bright side for cheapo bastards like me, the coming blowout sales will be spectacular. I'm still going to buy certain titles like Casablanca and Adventures of Robin Hood on HD DVD, as they sold terribly for Warner, and I doubt they're in any hurry to reissue those on Blu Ray any time soon (my guess is 2009, when the user base might support such titles).

As I was saying over on GAF to Mifune, I wouldn't be so hasty to get rid of HD DVDs if I were someone thinking about selling them off. Some of them could be worth quite a bit in a year to collectors, like some laserdiscs were. And HD DVD players are still going to be manufactured and purchased at least through the end of 2008. My advice is to hang on to your HD DVDs and see what happens. Sure, some are going to be worthless, but I'd be willing to bet some are going to shake out at $50 to $75 (or more) on the collector market. Hell, even the doomed D-VHS format from a few years ago has some titles going for $150 to collectors. Point is, collectors are crazy, and you should wait to see if you can take advantage of that.

drohne · « **Reply #74 on:** January 05, 2008, 08:46:43 AM »

this news doesn't actually get me MORE MOVIES until paramount and universal cave, so yeah, in the interrim i'm enjoying the xbot downspin. e.g. benjamin birdie and his "RAGING TIDE OF CONSUMER APATHY" to hd movies. what an amusingly desperate metaphor. he likes xbox so much that he obviously -- OBVIOUSLY -- doesn't want hd movies to take off. that's dedication.

MCD · « **Reply #75 on:** January 05, 2008, 08:54:43 AM »

HD DVD group are probably talking with Universal/Paramount/Dreamworks now

i don't mind either group to win, am just hoping MS will give support to Blu Ray with their HDI program if Blu wins (which is more likely now), Java is shite and it ain't suited to HD

and maybe, just maybe one day Blu would be Region Free like HD DVD.

Valcrist · « **Reply #76 on:** January 05, 2008, 09:18:40 AM »

when i heard this, the first thing I could think about was to go over to OA to see the madness.

drohne · « **Reply #77 on:** January 05, 2008, 09:40:33 AM »

yeah, there are some hd-dvd exclusives i seriously covet -- particularly children of men, eastern promises, and the bourne movies. all universal.

Quote from: dcharlie on January 05, 2008, 08:59:13 AM

...when BD/HDDVD combo players are out there now for -less- than a PS3.

i don't think that's the case -- the lg combo player is still $800, and the samsung will be in that same range. anyway, standalone bd players are the more relevant comparison...ps3 is no longer the cheapest, but its 1.1 profile and further upgradability still make it the best choice. it seems pretty clear to me that bd will be big, but i don't know if it'll happen fast enough to turn ps3 around.

MCD · « **Reply #78 on:** January 05, 2008, 09:48:27 AM »

combos are indeed very expensive.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #79 on:** January 05, 2008, 10:57:06 AM »

Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on January 05, 2008, 08:14:32 AM

I'll bet if you got Hans, The Dude, sonycowboy, AltogetherAndrews, kittonwy, Wollan, calcifer, and OokieSpookie in a room together right now they'd all immediately huddle in a corner and start chattering and furiously masturbating each other like monkeys in a zoo cage

Home - 2008. Believe.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #80 on:** January 05, 2008, 10:58:19 AM »

hahaha they're all gonna virtually yank it by the trophy case

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #81 on:** January 05, 2008, 11:14:15 AM »

Wollan has already said as much:

Quote from: Wollan

Home will be the biggest 'surprise' event of the year and it will change a lot of peoples opinions. You will see extreme forum activity dedicated to it across all multiplatform or PS3 dedicated communities be this NeoGAF bowling Tuesdays, NeoGAF friday night hangouts, beach babes in Kittonwy's apartment streaming on his Bravia, live interview with David Jaffe in the Twisted Metal space, world exclusive unveiling of the Killzone 2 trailer 2 exclusively in Home on Christmas day, casuals hanging out in the Maxim clubhouse...etc...etc. Home will be the biggest and most important software application this generation.

MCD · « **Reply #82 on:** January 05, 2008, 11:22:32 AM »

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #83 on:** January 05, 2008, 11:37:58 AM »

Quote from: Groo on January 05, 2008, 11:32:02 AM

I would imagine playing Halo 3 with Shokotan is much more exciting than listening to a David Jaffe interview on Home. But horses for courses and all that...

Are you sure? I'm sure it would be fun, meeting up with various PS3 users on EB and GAF, setting up the seating arrangment, dimming the lights before the interview starts. I can't wait!

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #84 on:** January 05, 2008, 11:47:43 AM »

Quote from: Groo on January 05, 2008, 11:45:22 AM

Quote from: BlueTsunami on January 05, 2008, 11:37:58 AM
Are you sure? I'm sure it would be fun, meeting up with various PS3 users on EB and GAF, setting up the seating arrangment, dimming the lights before the interview starts. I can't wait!

Well yeah, it would be fun to meet a Wollan or Kittonwy in the wild, no doubt. But I'm sure I'd grow tired of it quickly.

I'm just joking by the way

Theres interesting social aspects that Home will bring forth when it comes to connecting gamers but I dont' think I'll personally be messing around with it.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #85 on:** January 05, 2008, 11:50:11 AM »

bud · « **Reply #86 on:** January 05, 2008, 12:00:33 PM »

what do you mean? are you mocking me? $:-\$

bud · « **Reply #87 on:** January 05, 2008, 12:02:50 PM »

i remember that, actually. it was our first encounter.

Beezy · « **Reply #88 on:** January 05, 2008, 12:07:05 PM »

So when are HD-DVD movies gonna drop in price? That's all I care about. Bluray won't matter to me until PS3 has another price drop.

calcifer · « **Reply #89 on:** January 05, 2008, 01:20:36 PM »

Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on January 05, 2008, 08:14:32 AM

I'll bet if you got Hans, The Dude, sonycowboy, AltogetherAndrews, kittonwy, Wollan, calcifer, and OokieSpookie in a room together right now they'd all immediately huddle in a corner and start chattering and furiously masturbating each other like monkeys in a zoo cage

ook ook, motherfuckers

lets ignore people like deadmeat, red cloak, agent icebeezy, m0dus, ghaleongb, you, benjaminbirdie, 500000 txb members etc etc

not to mention at least 2 of the people you mentioned are joke characters

MCD · « **Reply #90 on:** January 05, 2008, 01:22:06 PM »

Quote from: calcifer on January 05, 2008, 01:20:36 PM

Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on January 05, 2008, 08:14:32 AM
I'll bet if you got Hans, The Dude, sonycowboy, AltogetherAndrews, kittonwy, Wollan, calcifer, and OokieSpookie in a room together right now they'd all immediately huddle in a corner and start chattering and furiously masturbating each other like monkeys in a zoo cage

ook ook, motherfuckers

lets ignore people like deadmeat, red cloak, agent icebeezy, m0dus, ghaleongb, you, benjaminbirdie, 500000 txb members etc etc

not to mention at least 2 of the people you mentioned are joke characters

he is not "ignoring" them, he only listed sony fans you see.

calcifer · « **Reply #91 on:** January 05, 2008, 01:27:20 PM »

Quote from: McDragon on January 05, 2008, 01:22:06 PM

Quote from: calcifer on January 05, 2008, 01:20:36 PM
Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on January 05, 2008, 08:14:32 AM
I'll bet if you got Hans, The Dude, sonycowboy, AltogetherAndrews, kittonwy, Wollan, calcifer, and OokieSpookie in a room together right now they'd all immediately huddle in a corner and start chattering and furiously masturbating each other like monkeys in a zoo cage

ook ook, motherfuckers

lets ignore people like deadmeat, red cloak, agent icebeezy, m0dus, ghaleongb, you, benjaminbirdie, 500000 txb members etc etc

not to mention at least 2 of the people you mentioned are joke characters

he is not "ignoring" them, he only listed sony fans you see.

because it fits his agenda

hyp · « **Reply #92 on:** January 05, 2008, 01:33:36 PM »

i bought my 2nd blu ray yesterday

MCD · « **Reply #93 on:** January 05, 2008, 01:36:04 PM »

Quote from: calcifer on January 05, 2008, 01:27:20 PM

Quote from: McDragon on January 05, 2008, 01:22:06 PM
Quote from: calcifer on January 05, 2008, 01:20:36 PM
Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on January 05, 2008, 08:14:32 AM
I'll bet if you got Hans, The Dude, sonycowboy, AltogetherAndrews, kittonwy, Wollan, calcifer, and OokieSpookie in a room together right now they'd all immediately huddle in a corner and start chattering and furiously masturbating each other like monkeys in a zoo cage

ook ook, motherfuckers

lets ignore people like deadmeat, red cloak, agent icebeezy, m0dus, ghaleongb, you, benjaminbirdie, 500000 txb members etc etc

not to mention at least 2 of the people you mentioned are joke characters

he is not "ignoring" them, he only listed sony fans you see.

because it fits his agenda

maybe, but well...Eel never looked like an xbot to me.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #94 on:** January 05, 2008, 01:36:17 PM »

I own a PS3, and more Blu Rays than HD DVDs (more BOGO Blu Ray sales). I have no agenda, other than the agenda of not being a lunatic fanboy. I didn't include the people you listed because most of them don't show up in the HD format wars threads.

hyp · « **Reply #95 on:** January 05, 2008, 02:08:02 PM »

dcharlie

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #96 on:** January 05, 2008, 02:08:26 PM »

Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on January 05, 2008, 03:03:35 AM

Quote from: Groo on January 05, 2008, 03:00:25 AM
Wait, so PS3 wins?

At playing movies? Yes. Yes it does.

Not until someone can make a friggin' universal remote that works with it. Using Bluetooth for the Blu-ray remote was beyond distinguished mentally-challenged.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #97 on:** January 05, 2008, 02:11:34 PM »

I'm already juggling like 8 different remotes in my media room. One more to the mix doesn't bother me too much. They all go in the same basket.

One of these days I'd like to buy one of those LCD remotes that controls everything but, well, I've got other stuff around the house that needs attention first.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #98 on:** January 05, 2008, 02:19:25 PM »

I like the PS3 remote. You don't even have to aim it at the PS3 for it to work, and it's laid out pretty well. You can get it for less than $20 if you dig around.

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #99 on:** January 05, 2008, 02:23:12 PM »

Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on January 05, 2008, 02:19:25 PM

I like the PS3 remote. You don't even have to aim it at the PS3 for it to work, and it's laid out pretty well. You can get it for less than $20 if you dig around.

Okay, but I just want one remote for everything. Besides, my mom gets confused easily and will use the wrong remote, and call me to ask what's wrong. I show her the right remote, and I mock her with Homer's "Oooh, they have the internet on computers now!" line. I want to avoid that.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #100 on:** January 05, 2008, 02:26:50 PM »

I'm sure there'll be some bluetooth combo remotes available in the near future

drohne · « **Reply #101 on:** January 05, 2008, 02:44:37 PM »

Quote from: Groo on January 05, 2008, 11:32:02 AM

No doubt Benjamin is one of the XDF's finest troops, but what he's saying is not far from true in this case. The general consumer does not give a shit about HD right now. They all want to go there, to be up with the Joneses, but it's simply out of their reach for the time being.

i don't really agree. ce companies and studios both need bd revenue, so they'll be pushing it hard. and its benefits are easily demonstrable -- just play a movie on a big flat panel in a store. xbots love anecdotal stories about people who buy hdtvs and then watch crappy sd signals on them -- and i can tell stories like that too -- but if people can be sold on hdtvs and hd cable and hd satellite, there's no reason they can't be sold on bd. and i don't know about japan or europe, but hdtv prices in the us have dropped unbelievably fast. it'll be a slow burn, as dvd was, but bd is going to happen.

i think the one big risk was an indefinitely protracted format war, but that's just been averted.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #102 on:** January 05, 2008, 03:00:45 PM »

I'm still not clear why this has become a 360/PS3 bitch fight.

Vizzys · « **Reply #103 on:** January 05, 2008, 03:05:44 PM »

bluetsunamis new avatar rox

drohne · « **Reply #104 on:** January 05, 2008, 03:08:53 PM »

probably my fault, but when i see gafers championing dvd or digital distribution for one obvious reason, i start seeing red a bit. it's one thing to wish failure on ENEMY CONSOLES, but to wish failure on a movie format because of its association with an ENEMY CONSOLE is a new level of twattery

standard definition is the great satan, and super low bitrate hd movies with cutting-edge stereo sound aren't much better. i embrace my hd-dvd brethren. i spurn xbots who -- like microsoft -- are mainly involved in this thing to muddy the waters

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #105 on:** January 05, 2008, 03:59:40 PM »

Quote from: drohne on January 05, 2008, 09:40:33 AM

yeah, there are some hd-dvd exclusives i seriously covet -- particularly children of men, eastern promises, and the bourne movies. all universal.

As previously mentioned, Children of Men is on (region free) Blu-ray in Scandinavia. Eastern Promises is coming out on Blu-ray in England some time this year, but we'll have to wait and see if it's region free or not.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #106 on:** January 05, 2008, 04:48:34 PM »

im sure all the previously exclusive games will be released on bluray in time

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #107 on:** January 05, 2008, 04:54:59 PM »

Digital distribution will be pretty cool once everyone's cable connection supports the crazy bandwidth required (2-5 years from now). There's a lot of stuff I'd like to watch when I'm in the mood, but don't wish to own, and don't want to wait the couple of days it takes netflix to get it to me. I will always prefer owning the movies I love in a physical format, like distant and I were talking about, but I think the movement is already in place to get everyone used to the idea of downloading movies on demand, and has been for a couple of years. DD will not replace physical media, but I believe it will ride along neck and neck at some point in the future.

That said, more classic flix on Blu Ray, pleez. Fuck a bunch of Van Helsing, where's my High Resolution remastered Singin' in the Rain

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #108 on:** January 05, 2008, 05:01:27 PM »

Unfortunately not everyone can appreciate remastered classics right when they buy their new bluray player (ie ps3). Movies that benefit the most from high def are usually recent and have high production values (costumes, sets, computer graphic crap)

I will say I was really impressed with Dracula on Bluray

evilol · « **Reply #109 on:** January 05, 2008, 05:04:16 PM »

its funny watching the xfags jump on the DD bandwagon

. fegs the whole lot o'ya

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #110 on:** January 05, 2008, 05:05:02 PM »

I have a hardware backcompat ps3 AND a 360, lay off kiddo

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #111 on:** January 05, 2008, 05:05:19 PM »

You should watch The Searchers, for a 1956 movie it looks better than some recent movies on Blu Ray

That remastering system Warner uses is awesome

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #112 on:** January 05, 2008, 05:06:03 PM »

And I'm not an Xfag, if you were talking to me, but you think what you want

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #113 on:** January 05, 2008, 05:06:24 PM »

Im still floored by Blade Runner's remastering

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #114 on:** January 05, 2008, 05:07:35 PM »

looks so good, it was like a whole new movie

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #115 on:** January 05, 2008, 05:19:12 PM »

Who is evilol?

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #116 on:** January 05, 2008, 05:35:33 PM »

Someone with the reading comprehension of a potted plant, apparently

The Sceneman · « **Reply #117 on:** January 05, 2008, 05:50:44 PM »

Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on January 05, 2008, 11:14:15 AM

Wollan has already said as much:

Quote from: Wollan
Home will be the biggest 'surprise' event of the year and it will change a lot of peoples opinions. You will see extreme forum activity dedicated to it across all multiplatform or PS3 dedicated communities be this NeoGAF bowling Tuesdays, NeoGAF friday night hangouts, beach babes in Kittonwy's apartment streaming on his Bravia, live interview with David Jaffe in the Twisted Metal space, world exclusive unveiling of the Killzone 2 trailer 2 exclusively in Home on Christmas day, casuals hanging out in the Maxim clubhouse...etc...etc. Home will be the biggest and most important software application this generation.

hahahahahahahaha

Oblivion · « **Reply #118 on:** January 05, 2008, 06:41:56 PM »

I don't know how this will effect the gaming side, though, unless companies decide to put movies and games on the same disc or something.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #119 on:** January 05, 2008, 06:44:00 PM »

Not unexpected, but it sorta sucks because I just bought an HD-DVD player.

That's okay though, my PS3 plays Blu-Rays much better than my HD-DVD player plays HD-DVDs. Evidently Dolby Digital Plus isn't backwards compatible with Dolby Digital, which fucking sucks because I can't get anything better than Pro Logic II out of my HD-DVDs. Blu-Ray wins there, that's for sure.

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Author Topic: Warner to become Blu-ray exclusive (Read 20069 times)