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Originally Posted by Noct
I still have dozens of HD disks, will continue to buy WB HDs for another 6 months, and there are still two Major Hollywood studios backing HD for now.
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Still two major studios which happen to be the only remaining large studios out of the eight major studios
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Originally Posted by Noct
Dreamworks just signed on what like 5 months ago? I doubt they are going to bail out any time soon and while I have heard rumors that Paramount is considering following WB, they are only that, rumors...
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Dreamworks didn't sign a deal, Paramount who owns DreamWorks has signed a deal. A deal with an escape clause in case warner left or HD DVD was no longer profitable to produce disks for. So when you say Paramount is following BD so is DreamWorks
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Originally Posted by Noct
I am beginning to consider BD only because WB is such a big player and I do not want to miss out on huge titles like LOTR when they do eventually hit.
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I'm looking forward to picking up LOTR on BD also! I can't wait!
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Originally Posted by Noct
I for one do not feel that the war is over just because one studio was bought out by Sony. We are pretty much back to where we were a few months ago, trailing BD in studio support, but with a superior product and a lot of hope...
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Sony paid no money to "convince" warner to switch, both companies have publicly shot down that rumor (Besides even if they did the HD DVD folks did that to get Paramount to sign an exclusive deal)
No offense, and I hope you don't' take it the wrong way, how exactly is HD DVD superior technologically?
HD DVD's big hook was that it was cheaper to produce than BD, however, that gap is slowly closing to the point where currenlty it's only 25 cents a disk difference between the two for manufacturers. 25 cents for 10 more GB per layer. I'd certainly go for that.
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Originally Posted by Noct
The real treat would be if MS released a DF add-on player and gave current HD drive owners some kind of rebate/discount on it.
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They won't. They're pushing Direct Download very hard right now, something in which they have a very large vested interest in. if anything you'll see a 300GB HDD before a dual format player.