Author Topic: The War Begins... (Read 106719 times)

JT · « **Reply #1530 on:** Feb 05, 2008 at 05:15 PM »

China has better solutions in saving HD-DVD players, release PHD-DVD ...

Can even convert blu-ray titles into HD-DVD...

et414 · « **Reply #1531 on:** Feb 05, 2008 at 05:34 PM »

hmmm i wonder how much that costs. ang mahal pa ng HDM discs e. kung half the price ng orig, maghihintay na lang ako ng amazon bogo hehehe

juanch · « **Reply #1532 on:** Feb 05, 2008 at 08:38 PM »

Oh man P****** HD-DVD's!!!!!!

bad bad

pchin · « **Reply #1533 on:** Feb 05, 2008 at 11:36 PM »

PHD DVD?? Is that possible na?

darkwing · « **Reply #1534 on:** Feb 05, 2008 at 11:43 PM »

State of French HD

Best Sellers in DVD section (includes DVD, Blu Ray and HD DVD)

1 - BR - Ratatouille Rank # 6
2 - BR - Cars # 102
3 - BR - Pathfinder #130
4 - BR - Die Hard 4 # 135
5 - BR - The Simpsons Movie # 158
6 - BR - The Day After # 330
7 - BR - HP:OOTP # 339
8 - BR - Spiderman3 # 447
9 - HDDVD - Triplettes of Belleville(fr) # 493
10 - BR - Blade Runner # 489
11 - BR - Shakira OFT # 537

barrid · « **Reply #1535 on:** Feb 06, 2008 at 05:39 AM »

PHD-DVD? Way to go Reds!!!! Pls PM me if this are available in Singapore. More interested on Blu ray titles.

pchin · « **Reply #1536 on:** Feb 06, 2008 at 07:54 AM »

Maybe the original poster should change the title of this topic

"The War Begins To End..."

darkwing · « **Reply #1537 on:** Feb 06, 2008 at 02:05 PM »

HMV store in Scotland, just remove the Warner titles pag June 1 and imagine....

choy · « **Reply #1538 on:** Feb 06, 2008 at 02:25 PM »

bakit sa Best Buy medyo equal pa rin shelf space nila?

darkwing · « **Reply #1539 on:** Feb 06, 2008 at 09:27 PM »

Quote from: choy on Feb 06, 2008 at 02:25 PM

bakit sa Best Buy medyo equal pa rin shelf space nila?

store to store basis yata, pero from what i read, daming open box na Toshiba HD-DVD players, and oh Warner is now saying

"The 3rd Quarter will offer Superhero fans something exciting: a Batman Begins: Limited Collector's Edition Gift Set on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, as well as a Batman Anthology box set of all the feature film titles on Blu-ray Disc. These are obviously timed to coincide with the DVD and Blu-ray release of The Dark Knight."

^_^

barrid · « **Reply #1540 on:** Feb 07, 2008 at 06:30 AM »

Looks like I can get a couple more Tosh with a bargain price.

DaSilva · « **Reply #1541 on:** Feb 17, 2008 at 05:33 PM »

interesting comparison with screen shots: sd vs dvd vs blu-ray vs apple hd downloads vs hd cable

sight · « **Reply #1542 on:** Feb 18, 2008 at 02:41 PM »

http://www.psp-vault.com/Article1383.psp

I could be wrong or this article was posted earlier already but I’m hoping this could be it. The war is over.

SYT

threadlock · « **Reply #1543 on:** Feb 18, 2008 at 03:05 PM »

So, kelan kaya lalabas ang Toshiba Blu-ray player na $100?

tambutsoo · « **Reply #1544 on:** Feb 18, 2008 at 03:46 PM »

Toshiba to give up on HD DVD, end format war: NHK Link Posted on 02/16/2008 @ 11:35 PM

NHK reports that Toshiba Corporation has decided to withdraw from next generation high-definition DVD production.

Toshiba has been struggling with its version of the next generation DVD format, as support for Blu-ray technology has spread among US retailers.

Toshiba has been in heated competition with other Japanese electronic giants such as Sony, Panasonic and Hitachi, which produce the high-definition DVD format, Blu-ray.

The Blu-ray format now makes up 90 percent of the Japanese high-definition DVD market after winning last year's price war for DVD recorders and players.

Toshiba faced even more difficulty when the major movie studio, Warner Brothers Entertainment, announced that it planned to use only the Blu-ray format for its movie software.

The company said it will continue to sell HD-DVD products for a while but will stop further development of HD DVD. Meanwhile, it said its DVD factories in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, would be closed.

Market observers said that Toshiba could suffer a loss of hundreds of millions of US dollars.

pchin · « **Reply #1545 on:** Feb 19, 2008 at 06:06 PM »

As the saying goes...if you can't win em, join em...

Mouldingo · « **Reply #1546 on:** Feb 19, 2008 at 06:38 PM »

I wonder how much they will go before or the end of March. Anyone who needs to stockpile better get them now. The only other place you'll find them would be at EBay.

"Toshiba said it will begin reducing shipments of HD DVD players and recorders immediately, with the aim of pulling all HD DVD players, recorders and disc drives from store shelves by March."

Ctlim · « **Reply #1547 on:** Feb 19, 2008 at 06:43 PM »

having pirate hd-dvd and bluray is inevitable....

Huddaf · « **Reply #1548 on:** Feb 20, 2008 at 12:35 AM »

I think the topic should now be changed to The War has Ended! I'm missing the hddvd already :'( :'( :'(

Mr. Hankey · « **Reply #1549 on:** Feb 20, 2008 at 01:01 AM »

Quote from: Huddaf on Feb 20, 2008 at 12:35 AM

I think the topic should now be changed to The War has Ended! I'm missing the hddvd already :'( :'( :'(

Nah, that topic already exists: http://pinoydvd.com/board/index.php?topic=76211.0

I'm still sort of bummed out, though. I was ready to make the Blu-ray plunge last year, then the Paramount shift made me go HD DVD instead. Oh well...

Always trust your gut instinct.

Huddaf · « **Reply #1550 on:** Feb 20, 2008 at 06:42 AM »

I guess my HDDVD will now be my upscaler dvd player

Anyone wants a pioneer dv600?

bought last jan? hehehe

Mouldingo · « **Reply #1551 on:** Feb 20, 2008 at 08:57 AM »

Quote from: Huddaf on Feb 20, 2008 at 06:42 AM

I guess my HDDVD will now be my upscaler dvd player Anyone wants a pioneer dv600? bought last jan? hehehe

I'd stick to your pio since HD DVD player will only play R1 SD DVD...

oReOsHaKe · « **Reply #1552 on:** Feb 20, 2008 at 09:00 AM »

Quote from: Mouldingo on Feb 20, 2008 at 08:57 AM

I'd stick to your pio since HD DVD player will only play R1 SD DVD...

Correct!!

Unless all your SD DVDs are R1...

Huddaf · « **Reply #1553 on:** Feb 20, 2008 at 10:49 AM »

Quote from: Mouldingo on Feb 20, 2008 at 08:57 AM

I'd stick to your pio since HD DVD player will only play R1 SD DVD...

Aw yeah! plus i forgot, that usb port is very usefull to me!

Clondalkin · « **Reply #1554 on:** Feb 20, 2008 at 11:05 AM »

Quote from: Huddaf on Feb 20, 2008 at 10:49 AM

Aw yeah! plus i forgot, that usb port is very usefull to me!

So how much are you willing to sell your HD DVD player then?

Huddaf · « **Reply #1555 on:** Feb 20, 2008 at 10:49 PM »

hehe Not yet! I want to keep it still. Maybe one day it would be a vintage!

or possibly a collectors item!

Dracula · « **Reply #1556 on:** Feb 21, 2008 at 02:29 AM »

Quote from: choy on Feb 06, 2008 at 02:25 PM

bakit sa Best Buy medyo equal pa rin shelf space nila?

Baka kasi madami pa stock....eventually the number of HD DVD titles on the shelf will begin to decrease.....

DaSilva · « **Reply #1557 on:** Feb 26, 2008 at 11:52 AM »

Blu-ray Disc faces fight against downloads

by Dan Nystedt, Feb 25, 2008 1:48 pm

Blu-ray Disc may have beaten out HD DVD as the high-definition optical disc format to replace DVDs, but it now faces a new test against Internet downloads, market researchers Gartner and iSuppli said.

Link to the full article

Clondalkin · « **Reply #1558 on:** Feb 26, 2008 at 01:11 PM »

Reality check.

I've been using 100Mbps fiber optic system built by NTT since April 2006. Actual download speedtest result I could get varies between 60Mbps to 80Mbps when I ping a fast server located in Yokohama. But this is Japan, the country with probably the most advanced commercial internet infrastructure, but comparable in land mass to a small state in the US. When will this kind of internet service be as widespread in the US, in Europe and in the Asia-Pacific???

On a very very good day, a 4.5GB high def movie in mkv container takes around 1-2 hours to download. A 4.5GB file is compressed about 1/5-1/10 of the original HD DVD or BD transfer. Imagine if I have to download a full sized 25-45GB movie.

System Requirements:
A very powerful high-bandwidth server with superfast and STEADY upload capability.
A superfast internet infrastructure spread all over the metropolis or at least within the city limits.
Terabytes of hard drive space.

So how many years ahead should we look at?

DaSilva · « **Reply #1559 on:** Feb 26, 2008 at 01:16 PM »

bro, apple tv hd downloads are ready to play in less than 5 minutes in many cases (the key is the progressive download capability)