Toshiba drops HD DVD

[Trex210]

looks like I wont have a problem deciding what to get.

Yahoo!

I bet this is a great weight off of a lot of peoples minds that work retail

edit: video is in second row

[The Chemist]

Good stuff, although I feel bad for anyone who bought a HDDVD Player

Or worse, paid 180 dollars for the HDDVD Player for the 360

[DJ LongCat]

HD-DVD players aren't going to magically stop working, just get a Hybrid player or something.

I heard several places are selling HD-DVDs for $1 so just get everything you can.

[helix eternal]

Originally Posted by DJ LongCat

HD-DVD players aren't going to magically stop working.

yes but there won't magically be any new releases for them either so everyone who wants new hi-def stuff is going to have to turn around and buy a blu-ray player if they already bought HD-DVD

[The Chemist]

Originally Posted by DJ LongCat

HD-DVD players aren't going to magically stop working, just get a Hybrid player or something

And pay another several hundred dollars

I see no problem here

[Blackraven]

Well, it seems that Universal announced that it will be shifting to the Blu-ray camp:

DailyTech - Universal Studios Goes Blu-ray Disc

So with only like two studios.........or rather one big studio left (Paramount/Dreamworks), HD-DVD can already cease to exist. Nielsen Videoscan posted figures of 81:19 favoring Blu-ray (ending Feb 5) which means that this annoucement from Universal would put that figure to more like 90:10 or better within this year.

Eventually, no one would dare support HD-DVD anymore. Heck, by the time Paramount/Dreamworks ends their 18-month contract with HD-DVD working group, they WILL make the switch to Blu-ray.

It's only a matter of time

[havesexwithme]

Blackraven you seem to be quite misinformed.

[Trex210]

now all sony needs to do is compete with DVD. and that wont happen till BR players hit the 100 dollar range, and lower the damn price for their movies.

[recessionwood89]

So Sony are actually going to win a format war?

Betamax - Fail!
Minidisc - Fail!
UMD - ... ... ... ...Fail!
Blu-Ray - Win?

[Excel-2009]

That's what I thought, too, but then I remembered that both of the new formats are joint efforts so it's a hollow victory for Sony when you think about it.

[recessionwood89]

Still a victory though.

Come on, Sony needs it after all those years of failure.

[The Chemist]

Actually from what I understood back when I worked at EB Games, UMD's were outselling PSP games at one point...

Either that means it was selling that well, or PSP games weren't selling shit

[recessionwood89]

Originally Posted by The Chemist

Either that means it was selling that well, or PSP games weren't selling shit

Most people I know with a PSP will only use it for the internet and music, maybe the odd video (not UMD). I own about 3 games, none of which I've bought myself, they were presents. Need for Speed Carbon : Own the City was total dump in comparison to the XBox 360 version.

[dieKatze88]

Originally Posted by The Chemist

Actually from what I understood back when I worked at EB Games, UMD's were outselling PSP games at one point...

Either that means it was selling that well, or PSP games weren't selling shit

Its likely to be a combination of the two. The movies might be doing better now that the PSP Slim can put them on a TV, and seriously, I only have 5 PSP games, In contrast, I have like 10 Wii games, 25 DS games, 40 PS2 games, 4 Gamecube games, 24 Gameboy Advance Games, 34 Xbox games and 7 Xbox 360 games. You're seeing the trend by now.

[Sherbun]

Blu-Ray sucks, fuck this shit man
It is too expensive, and nobody actually gives a shit about SUPER MEGA HIGH DEFINITION
I still prefer the DVD