Η Warner αποκλειστικά σε Blu-Ray !!!

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Εχει γραφτεί και πριν, αλλά είναι σημαντικά νέα και αξίζουν δικό τους topic..

Warner Bros. Entertainment to Release its High-Definition DVD Titles Exclusively in the Blu-Ray Disc Format Beginning Later This Year

In response to consumer demand, Warner Bros. Entertainment will release its high-definition DVD titles exclusively in the Blu-ray disc format beginning later this year, it was announced today by Barry Meyer, Chairman & CEO, Warner Bros. and Kevin Tsujihara, President, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group.

"Warner Bros.' move to exclusively release in the Blu-ray disc format is a strategic decision focused on the long term and the most direct way to give consumers what they want," said Meyer. "The window of opportunity for high-definition DVD could be missed if format confusion continues to linger. We believe that exclusively distributing in Blu-ray will further the potential for mass market success and ultimately benefit retailers, producers, and most importantly, consumers."

Warner Home Video will continue to release its titles in standard DVD format and Blu-ray. After a short window following their standard DVD and Blu-ray releases, all new titles will continue to be released in HD DVD until the end of May 2008.

"Warner Bros. has produced in both high-definition formats in an effort to provide consumer choice, foster mainstream adoption and drive down hardware prices," said Jeff Bewkes, President and Chief Executive Officer, Time Warner Inc., the parent company of Warner Bros. Entertainment. "Today's decision by Warner Bros. to distribute in a single format comes at the right time and is the best decision both for consumers and Time Warner."

"A two-format landscape has led to consumer confusion and indifference toward high definition, which has kept the technology from reaching mass adoption and becoming the important revenue stream that it can be for the industry," said Tsujihara. "Consumers have clearly chosen Blu-ray, and we believe that recognizing this preference is the right step in making this great home entertainment experience accessible to the widest possible audience. Warner Bros. has worked very closely with the Toshiba Corporation in promoting high definition media and we have enormous respect for their efforts. We look forward to working with them on other projects in the future."
http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1700383,00.html
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Μπήκε ημερομηνία λήξης στο Hd-dvd ....
 
παντως χωρις toshiba οι συσκευες bluray κατω απο χιλιαρικο και τα 6 δωρα(3 spiderman+3 pirates) ουτε στα ονειρα μας δεν θα τα εδινε η sony
 
Dimitris Ioannou said:
Το Toshiba μου εκτός από τις ταινίες που έχω σε HD DVD,θα μου χρησιμέψει ως ένα άριστο DVD player..:BDGBGDB55:
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Δεν θα πάει χαμένο, αλλά οι υπόλοιποι προσοχή , γιατί μάλλον θα έχουμε μεγάλες μειώσεις τιμών στα hd-dvd player.

Για να μην τους μείνουν στο χέρι και για να μην δώσουν την εντύπωση ότι ρίχνουν λευκή πετσέτα… δεν βλέπω να έχουν άλλη επιλογή.
 
vasdar said:
παντως χωρις toshiba οι συσκευες bluray κατω απο χιλιαρικο και τα 6 δωρα(3 spiderman+3 pirates) ουτε στα ονειρα μας δεν θα τα εδινε η sony
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Θα το έδινε άλλος και πιο γρήγορα, γιατί το πιο ουσιαστικό στην μείωση της τιμής για μια τέτοια αγορά είναι η μαζικότητα, όπως έγινε και με τα cd-dvd-vhs.

Η ύπαρξη του hd-dvd κάνει τον κόσμο να διστάζει, διασπά την αγορά και καθυστερεί τα πάντα με αποτέλεσμα να πληρώνουμε όλοι περισσότερα και να έχουμε λιγότερες HD ταινίες.

Ένα μεγάλο ευχαριστώ στην MS λοιπόν …
 
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παντως επι εποχης dvd εκανα τρια χρονια για να αγορασω μηχανημα στα 100.000 ενω το ps2 για ολο το 1998 κοστιζε 199.000 και το μειωσαν οταν ειχαν ηδη πουλησει πολλα κομματια
δες τους τωρα..τρεμουν
 
Και ένα πρώτo σχόλιο από toshiba για το θέμα...
Toshiba is quite surprised by Warner Bros.'decision to abandon HD DVD in favor of Blu-ray, despite the fact that there are various contracts in place between our companies concerning the support of HD DVD.
As central members of the DVD Forum, we have long maintained a close partnership with Warner Bros. We worked closely together to help standardize the first-generation DVD format as well as to define and shape HD DVD as its next-generation successor.
We were particularly disappointed that this decision was made in spite of the significant momentum HD DVD has gained in the US market as well as other regions in 2007. HD DVD players and PCs have outsold Blu-ray in the US market in 2007.
We will assess the potential impact of this announcement with the other HD DVD partner companies and evaluate potential next steps. We remain firm in our belief that HD DVD is the format best suited to the wants and needs of the consumer.
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS230058+04-Jan-2008+PRN20080104
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blizard said:

Η ύπαρξη του hd-dvd κάνει τον κόσμο να διστάζει, διασπά την αγορά και καθυστερεί τα πάντα με αποτέλεσμα να πληρώνουμε όλοι περισσότερα και να έχουμε λιγότερες HD ταινίες.
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Εγώ θα έλεγα ότι η ύπαρξη του HD DVD ανάγκασε τη Sony να ανεβάσει κατακόρυφα την ποιότητα των τίτλων της ώστε να γίνει ανταγωνιστική (ποιος μπορεί να ξεχάσει το MPEG-2..) και να ρίξει απότομα το κόστος, ώστε οι τελικοί καταναλωτές να πάρουν πολύ καλύτερη ποιότητα (και από τα 2 φορμά) σε πολύ καλές τιμές (περισσότερο καλές για το HD DVD).

Εκτός αν σου αρέσει να τα σκας χοντρά σε οποιοδήποτε μονοπώλιο.. για ταινίες από άθλια transfer σε MPEG-2. Αν δεν υπήρχε το HD DVD αυτή ακριβώς θα ήταν η κατάσταση σήμερα.
 
Στην πράξη πιο ποιοτικές ταινίες έχουν οι fox-disney και πιο πολλές βιάστηκες πατάτες έχουν βγεί από sony-universal.

Ο ανταγωνισμός ανάμεσα στα studio ή στους κατασκευαστές hardware θα υπήρχε έτσι και αλλιώς όπως και στο παρελθόν, και μάλιστα μεγαλύτερος..... δεν θα ήταν σε στάση αναμονής ο κόσμος , δεν θα είχε χωριστεί η αγορά στα 2 , δεν θα καθυστερούσαν τα πάντα , και σήμερα θα είχαμε πολύ φτηνότερα HD προϊόντα και πιο πολλές και καλές ταινίες.


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Και το ήξεραν οι φανατικοί υποστηριχτές του hd-dvd αυτό ... ήξεραν πως κάνουν κακό στο χώρο.
 
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Warner: No Payoff for Move to Blu-ray

Warner Home Entertainment President Kevin Tsujihara says the studio took no pay-offs to exclusively back Blu-ray.

In a post-announcement conference call, Tsujihara flatly denied rumors that studio had accepted anywhere from 250M to $500M in exchange for dropping its HD DVD format support.

According to the exec, Warner's sole motivation in dropping its HD DVD format support was to ensure growth of the "category" and the long-term health of the industry.

"The packaged media business is a $42 billion dollar business worldwide at the retail level, and we [Warner] have the largest market share of anybody," said Tsujihara. "From our perspective, the most important piece of this whole puzzle is, "How do we get growth back into this category?" That far outweighed anything else."

This [decision] was one hundred percent around what makes the most sense for the consumer, the retailer and the industry. This was not a bidding war. This was all about what was best, strategically, for us."
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Και κάποιες χαρακτηριστικές αντιδράσεις για τα νέα...
HD DVD: No Way For It To Come Back Against Blu-ray

Hollywood must be breathing a huge sigh of relief (I think I can hear the Disney and Fox execs from my office). The $20 billion DVD market needed a successor to the aging format, and now the fact that the Blu-ray format is the clear leader it's not just a huge win for SONY, but also a crucial win for the movie studios.

All of Hollywood needs a format to win, and fast. The longer the battle dragged on the harder it would be to transition that $20 billion home video market, and the more likely that that revenue stream dry up.

On the flip side, this is bad news for Microsoft and Toshiba, the two main proponents of the HD-DVD format. They were counting on the lower price of HD DVD players to tip things in their favor, figuring if they could sell players for $150 it wouldn't matter that Sony's PlayStation 3s, which cost hundreds more, had a Blu-ray player embedded, and that their format would win.

At this point I think there's no way for HD DVD to make a comeback. The question now becomes, how quickly will Universal and Paramount/DreamWorks start distributing in Blu-Ray?
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New York Times: Did Warner Brothers Just Kill HD DVD?


In addition to Apple, Warner Brothers is now going to throw its weight behind the Blu-ray format for high-definition disks. Warner has been the only major studio to publish its movies in both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats. Today, the studio announced that from now on, it would only issue movies in Blu-ray.

Until now, the war between the formats has seemed like a standoff. Of the big studios, Disney, Fox and Sony have backed Blu-ray. NBC Universal and Viacom back HD DVD.

Richard Greenfield, the media analyst with Pali Research, wrote that this marks the end of the format wars: “We expect HD DVD to ‛die’ a quick death.” He noted that NBC Universal has not committed to backing HD DVD exclusively. Viacom’s studios — Paramount and Dreamworks — have an exclusive deal with the backers of HD DVD, but Mr. Greenfield wonders if there is an escape clause.

Mr. Greenfield further wonders if consumers, on hearing this news, will return their Christmas HD DVD players and exchange them for Blu-ray devices. I’m not so sure that many people pay that close attention to Hollywood. But I certainly wouldn’t spend money on an HD DVD player until this all sorts out.
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H Toshiba ακύρωσε το event στην CES 2008 , και η MS τις φήμες που έλεγαν ότι θα παρουσιαστεί εκεί νέο xbox με εσωτερικό Hd-dvd.
CES HD DVD Event canceled due to Warner announcement
“Based on the timing of the Warner Home Video announcement today, we have decided to postpone our CES 2008 press conference scheduled for Sunday, January 6th at 8:30 p.m. in the Wynn Hotel. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

We are currently discussing the potential impact of this announcement with the other HD DVD partner companies and evaluating next steps. We believe the consumer continues to benefit from HD DVD’s commitment to quality and affordability – a bar that is critical for the mainstream success of any format.

We’ll continue to keep you updated on new developments around HD DVD.”

HD DVD is in trouble

If there is one thing that everyone is agreeing on, it is that the HD DVD is in trouble due to the Warner announcement. This decision to cancel the HD DVD press event further proves that the defection of Warner Brothers studios from the HD DVD camp is a major blow.

I am very disappointed that they have canceled the event. I would have liked to see them try to explain this move or attempt to put some type of positive spin on it. I guess I will only be attending the Blu-ray CES event this year! Stay tuned to this site for CES 2008 coverage!
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Gates delivering 360 Ultimate-um at CES?

"We have reiterated multiple times since launching the Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player that we have no plans to integrate an HD-DVD player in to the Xbox 360," a spokesman told GameSpot. "We feel that offering the drive externally is the best way to give consumers the ultimate choice to create their own high-definition experiences."
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