Paramount Drops Blu-Ray Discs, Will Use HD DVD Only

[Prrkitty]

Just an FYI article for ya:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293832,00.html

[Cloral]

This deal is all about the Benjamins. And it demonstrates exactly why I don't have a hi-def DVD player yet - aside from the fact that I don't have an HDTV.

BTW, do you work for Fox News or something? This has to be about the 30th link you've posted to their site.

[phattonez]

Maybe that's the site that she uses for her news. I use the LA Times.

[Prrkitty]

I can't work because of my disability. And phattonez is right... Fox News is one of the two sites I read for news... 1) CNN and 2) Fox News.

I try to post news articles that I *think* would be interesting to y'all.

[Brasel]

I really hope the market ends up swaying only one way or another. I don't know if I'd be able to handle it if movies were like video games where you had to choose which kind of system to buy to see certain movies. I mean, as it stands now, XBOX 360 backs HD DVD while PS3 backs Blu-Ray, so gamers might not have any real issues seeing as if they only get one or the other, they can always get the player of the opposite type and be okay, unless they don't want to shell out the cash. I'll end up with both a 360 and a PS3 eventually, so it won't really matter to me, but later on down the road when I'm hopefully free of the video game addiction, I don't want to have to have both types of players to be able to buy whichever movies I want to.

[vegeta1215]

I don't have a HD tv, I don't plan to buy one for quite a while, and really regular DVDs are good enough for me. Of the two formats though, HD-DVD most appeals to me because a lot of HD-DVDs coming out now have the HD-DVD on one side, and regular DVD on another, giving me more options when I buy. (I don't know if Blu-Ray has something similar. does it?)

But, $25 is too much for a movie when I look for $15 or less.

[AtmaWeapon]

I, like a huge segment of the market, have a standard-def TV that still hasn't lasted long enough to justify its cost. I have better things to spend money on than a surround system, and I will never be able to justify the $800 an HDTV relatively equivalent to my current TV would cost.

It's good to see that, rather than attempting to find ways I could add value to my current television, the major entertainment companies are squabbling over technologies that I cannot take advantage of.

[mrz84]

You and me are in the same boat Atma. My tv isn't HD. I've got a normal DVD player for playing any movies I wanna watch. I really don't plan on buying game systems for dvd watching, but for gaming which is what they are intended for. In any case. Sony is probably feeling the blow.

[Cloral]

I try to post news articles that I *think* would be interesting to y'all.

Really I was just kidding with ya about working for Fox News. And I've got to give you credit for stirring up some discussion, considering how slow things have been around here lately.

[Prrkitty]

That was my biggest intention... to get some cussin 'n discussin going on :) I didn't take it personal hon I was just answering your question.

It's all good :)