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Microsoft official Response on HD-DVD's demise
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Gamerscore wrote:As a result of recent decisions made by Toshiba, Hollywood studios, and retailers, Microsoft plans to withdraw from HD DVD. Xbox will no longer manufacture new HD DVD players for the Xbox 360, but we will continue to provide standard product and warranty support for all Xbox 360 HD DVD Players in the market. As we stated earlier, we do not believe this decision will have any material impact on the Xbox 360 platform or our position in the marketplace. HD DVD is one of the several ways we offer a high definition experience to consumers and we will continue to give consumers the choice to enjoy digital distribution of high definition movies and TV shows directly to their living room, along with playback of the DVD movies they already own.
Just an FYI as obviously this isn't surprising.
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Because if they put on a Blu-ray add-on, they will guarantee that I never buy a PS3. As of right now, it's looking pretty tempting.
Selling what for $49? The HD DVD player??
For $50 I might pick that up because I'm sure the HD DVD's are going to the $0.99 cent Store very soon too.
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Yeah. $49.
I'm tempted to just buy a new one instead of sending my old one back to them to hopefully fix. Which I doubt they'll do.
Also means no new releases really.
Kinda pissed I paid full price for the thing, I hardy use it.
My warranty just expired. Though I submitted the request before it expired. Guess I should try.
The remote is awesome to have. Though, watch out if you have a laptop nearby that has an IR port. It controls my roommate's and if I hit the power button, will send it into standby.
I might pick one up if it's good enough.
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I was about to buy an upscaling DVD player...and now this is 50 bucks?
Guys, PLEASE tell me it upscales standard DVDs. Does it even play standard DVDs? How's the image quality? If it's good, I'm making a beeline to my Best Buy.
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Already checked amazon and HD-DVDs are already knocked down 50%. Heroes Season 1 is already down to 70 bucks but I'll wait and see if it goes any lower. No more new releases but an okay back catalog.
It may with VGA or HDMI, but not on component.
But with the HD-DVD add on it will over component?
That's what I've heard, I was trying to confirm it before I go out and buy it. It looks like it does from what I've read looking around.
AFAIK an announcement about it being made is coming in the next couple of months.
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Varies from movie to movie. King Kong is present in "super wide" which is 2.4:1. A widexcreen TV is around 1.8:1...I forget the exact ratio but it equates to 16:9. Look at the back of the case to see what format the movie is in.
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Its because the movies are keeping their theatrical aspect ratio.
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If I'm not mistaken, the movie is filmed at a 2.35:1 ratio, while your tv is probably a 1.77:1 (16:9) screen. So the movie is actually narrower than your tv, hence the bars. Some movies are shown at a 1.85:1 ratio, fills up a 16:9 tv. The movies on the HD channels are probably stretched to fit a 16:9 tv.
I just picked up the hd-dvd add on a few minutes ago, so I'll be trying it out shortly.
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Widescreen TVs have a 16:9 display ratio (ie: for every 16 inches wide it is 9 inches tall). Many movies, including King Kong, have 2.35:1 ratios. It is just how they are shot when the movie is being filmed. Some movies are cropped to be 16:9. Additionally, new HD TV shows are all shot in 16:9. It has nothing to do with your HD DVD player.
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I disagree, he is brilliantly funny most of the time. Sure, its for all the wrong reasons.
Baseline 360 is probably the worst console ever for DVD playback. It looks terrible.
This drive on the other hand? Really pretty good at HD-DVD playback.
If you see it cheap, buy it. Might be a collector's item someday.
Yeah I was wondering that to because I would like to get it but I refuse to pay 130 bucks for it
I really hope they drop it to 50 or so soon, because I want to get it for around 50 bucks.
What I hate about the PS3 is that ok, beyond all the 599 olol shit, I've thought of getting one hypothetically ONLY as a fucking accessory if I bought a good HDTV. Because hey, if I'm gonna be getting a DVD player for a new tv, why not get the one that has MGS4? Exactly the stupid bullshit that moved PS2's with copies of Tekken fucking Tag.
Microsoft better close that advantage pretty quickly. Like before I ever get myself a DLP.
Which won't be for a while cause I'm a broke college student.
Unless you're outputting VGA or HDMI, it's not upscaling. And as an HD-DVD player, the video quality is on par with standalones, which means it compares favorably with all Blu-ray players. There was never really discernible difference between HD-DVD and Blu-ray as far as picture quality went after the initial round of BD movies. (The first batch sucked because they were using MPEG-2.)
Anyone claiming a noticeable difference in video quality between HD-DVD and Blu-ray is fooling himself.
I'm bummed that HD-DVD died, inasmuch as I now need to pick up a PS3, but on the other hand, now I have an excuse to get a PS3, so I guess it evens out. And hopefully now that BD is the winner, the BD consortium will settle on a single goddamned feature set and start making players other than the PS3 that don't suck in one way or another.
How much do betamax decks go for?
See that's the thing, I don't want to get duped into getting a PS3 (One exclusive game is not worth paying for it- no game is) but at the same time part of me thinks that it's a lot more elegant to get a whole new toy (and MGS4) than a USB accessory that isn't exactly mackin' styles.
It's 50 right now. Best Buy has it in stock on their website. Also, that 5 free movie deal might still be going on.
I may pick one of these up as well.
Yeah, I picked up a drive on ebay late last week. $100 got me the drive, Heroes Season 1, Transformers and King Kong. And DeepDiscountDVD.com has tons on sale for $12.20.
I'm really glad a I did, because the market value for the drive is going to freefall.I'm sad I'll miss out on all of the cheap HD-DVDs, but in all honesty I couldn't be happier that Blu-Ray "won". Now we only have one format to worry about, it's a superior format, and the people who currently own HD-DVD players will have an incredible amount of HD-DVDs selling for sub-DVD price in the next few months, so in a weird way everyone wins.
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