Comments on: Warner Bros. Announcement at 2008 CES

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:02:09 +0000

Although I make no claims as to what way Warner Brothers will go, I do believe Warner Brothers’ days of staying neutral are coming to an end and will make an announcement as to which format they will support at this years CES. Peace.

By: Pravin

Pravin — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:29:46 +0000

I bet all of these defective discs – on both formats – will probably become very rare in another year. Reading up on the forums, we usually only get to hear about the complaints and from people looking for help, so it’s possible that things aren’t as bad as they seem. Or maybe they are, and this is just part of the growing pains associated with getting involved early.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:52:13 +0000

Maybe it is just me, or maybe there really is a problem, with the production of BD-50s. I was checking another site hidefdigest.com and noticed a few (3) recent posts about Blu Disc replacements due to faulty Blu discs. Whats is most intriging to me is these discs are all recent releases, HP Goblet, Blade Runner, and Pirates. So it is not just one studio that is having problems with it, it is a couple.

But not to be biased I recently bought Bourne Ultimatim from Best Buy (BOGO thank you Pravin for the info a week in advance too!) and have had a problem with this disc too. I think the studios need to slow production just a bit and make sure our HD movies (HD DVD or Blu) are perfect, I mean I am paying a fair amount more for the HD version, shouldn’t I also be getting a product that works too? I understand that the technology is relatively new, but this is a bigger problem then they are letting on I think!

By: Pravin

Pravin — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:27:46 +0000

Ryan, thanks for your kind words, and a much bigger thanks for your service!

Kris, I agree with you. Fans for either side are not automatically haters of the opposite. WB is likely to be a very interesting company to watch in 2008.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:52:56 +0000

I just want to thank the editor of this site for all of this great info. Two weeks ago I knew absolutely nothing about HD DVD’s or Blu-Ray mostly because I have just returned from a deployment overseas and wasn’t keeping up to date on new technology so much. However, since then I devoted about 3 days to finding out as much as I could about the two formats and deciding which was better for ME and the answer was clearly HD DVD. I have since Purchased over 20 HD DVD’s using various sales I have found on this website or just from amazon.com, as well as purchased an HD DVD player (with the amazon sale including the 1 night free shipping I found on this website) for my father to get another person into the game. I am trying to do my part to help out HD DVD as I personally prefer this format and hope for it to win out (if one ever does win and dual-format players don’t just become MUCH cheaper)

To reiterate, thank you very much to the powers that be at this website. Not for spoon-feeding me my “own” opinion, but providing me with some information to help me form my own.

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:10:00 +0000

So are the people who are totally for HD DVD, does that make them Blu Haters? I donâ€™t think WB is going to be straight up honest on the situation of being neutral or not. That would be such a bold statement before the CES. I donâ€™t think WB would go under the radar like Paramount; however I do believe that there has been to much speculation about them siding on one format that it’s bound to happen sometime in 2008. I donâ€™t think consumers of only buying Blu ray would assume, and make up facts that WB would side with their preferred choice without having a little knowledge to back it up. That would just call people only buying HD DVD’s, Blu haters for thinking and speaking out loud over the internet about Disney going neutral, which isn’t at all going to happen anytime in the near future. I think this is a time for both formats to keep their fingers crossed.