Blu-Ray Vs. HD-DVD - Contagem de Espingardas

[Skywatcher]

Não. Consegues ver em qualquer um, mas não aproveitas a qualidade da alta definição a não ser que tenhas um TV HD.
Mesmo assim, numa TV normal, irás notar alguma melhoria em relação aos DVDs normais.

[Insano]

N sei se é repost...

Um momento cómico da batalha:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywWfmRdOmJ0

[Skywatcher]

Repost!

[Joe-Fagundes]

National Geographic Goes Blu-ray Exclusive
Posted January 30, 2008 by Josh

National Geographic has confirmed that they will only be releasing high definition titles on the Blu-ray format. The decision to go format exclusive comes after Warner Brothers, the company which distributes their content, decided to go Blu-ray exclusive earlier this month. While no official press release will be issued on the subject by National Geographic, all future releases will fall under this new policy.

The first title to fall under this new policy will be the April release of 'Sharkwater' which should get officially announced soon. National Geographic is the latest studio to switch to Blu-ray exclusivity, and the third to do so under the Warner umbrella (joining ranks with New Line and HBO). The only Warner holdout left is BBC, who remains format neutral and will continue to release on both formats.

The only National Geographic high definition release thus far has been 'Relentless Enemies', which was released almost a year ago. Hopefully, with the format war finally ending, we'll see more content from the legendary company

[Joe-Fagundes]

While HD DVD continues to edge back a few percent at a time -- 15 percent, then 17 and now 18 -- with almost a month to go until the red camp has a title worth mentioning, we expect Blu-ray to continue to kill HD DVD in the Nielsen VideoScan charts, courtesy of Home Media Magazine. Also for the third week in a row, HD DVD fails to get a title on the top 10, but this week only two Blu titles that are also available on HD DVD, made the list. The two Blu-ray new releases top the charts this week, while former number two 3:10 to Yuma holds on to third, which still sold half as many copies as the leader Saw IV. Meanwhile, the latest Pirates movie drops to four, after being in the top three, for seven weeks in a row -- that's some legs. Looking toward to next week, we expect another week of Blu-ray outselling HD DVD by over 4:1 and will be interested in seeing how well Warner's The Invasion does, despite its poor reviews.

[Thanatos]

Por esta altura do campeonato este tópico já perdeu a graça. É como ir ao Domingo ao cemitério.

[Tojal City]

Pelos vistos estes resultados terão que se manter assim durante uns 4 meses até que a Universal e a Paramount percebam que tem de lançar em BD.

[Grande Guru]

Há um folheto da Media Market em que eles querem vender um pc portátil q vem com leitor de HD-DVD, q segundo eles é o sucessor do DVD...

[crazy]

Há um folheto da Media Market em que eles querem vender um pc portátil q vem com leitor de HD-DVD, q segundo eles é o sucessor do DVD...

É a Toshiba quem paga a página, podem lá por o que quiserem. Infelizmente o problema é dos incautos que ainda cairem na história. Nos EUA também estão a fazer campanha que os leitores de HDDVD são bons leitores de DVD (exclusivo deles como é óbvio) , por isso no amor e na guerra vale tudo.

[Skywatcher]

Sim, segundo a pub. da Toshiba nos US os leitores de HD-DVD têm a vantagem de fazer upscaling dos DVDs normais.
Esquecem-se, claro, de dizer que os leitores de Blu-Ray e vários leitores de DVD também o fazem.
E na TSF há publicidade cerrada de 30 em 30 minutos ao longo do dia de 2 putos com vozes muito youngs, muito cools, maaaaan, k'a gaaaaanda filme! Mandaram-me grátis com este computador portátil que eu posso usar pa ver filmes na TV maaaaaan. Mas ka filmeeee. Eia maaaaaaaan.




Nota: O Vómito é em relação à pub. e não aos portáteis Toshiba, claro.

[Joe-Fagundes]

Not sure if we're ready to say HD DVD is back in the fight again, but for the third week in a row, the red camp has slowly been crawling out of the dismal hole that Warner helped put them in, according to the Nielsen VideoScan numbers courtesy of Home Media Magazine. What is even more surprising is the fact that for the first time in a month, two HD DVDs made the top ten list -- but judging by which titles made it, we're not sure how much there is to get excited about in the red camp. Sure, the legs that Transformers and The Bourne Supremacy has is impressive, but we wonder how many were sold to new HD DVD owners when picking up a low cost player, and how many were offered in a sale or promotion. We'd wager that the biggest factor at play here is disappointing Blu-ray sales. Warner can't be too happy with The Invasion, but not its not as disappointed as Sony is Daddy Day Camp. Sure we knew these weren't good movies, but both were in the top six on the DVD sales charts the same week. Now we get to wait and see if this red comeback trend continues in the face of a more impressive Blu lineup the following week, because if red comes back any more, the 74/26 split will be back to 65/35 before we know it.

[Tojal City]

Como se suspeitava a guerra ainda está longe do fim. Os preços agressivos da Toshiba ainda vão causando mossa. Não duvido que a vitória esteja do lado do Blue-Ray, mas a verdade é que a Toshiba não morrerá sem deixar muitos mortos pelo caminho, incluindo todo o consórcio do Blue-Ray. Os japoneses são, como sabemos, especialistas em ataques kamikazes. Ainda por cima a Paramount e a Universal, podem ser só dois estúdios, mas juntos representam 50% dos grandes blockbusters deste ano. Se o consórcio Blue-Ray for enrabado, só posso afirmar, bem feita, quem os manda serem tão arrogantes antes do tempo, também outra especialidade dos japoneses

[paupau]

Eu acho que reflecte as promos malucas que se vão vendo na net desde o anúncio da warner que os hd dvd vêm sofrendo, a que se junta agora a drive da xbox 360, e provavelmente muita gente comprará um leitor para ter meia dúzia de títulos. Na minha opinião, é uma tendência que durará pouco tempo.

[Joe-Fagundes]

Será que a Toshiba está prestes a desistir do HD-DVD e apostar no BR?

We're not exactly sure what's going on in Toshiba land, but shortly after not-exactly-believable whispers made the rounds of the firm suddenly deciding to try its hand at making a Blu-ray player, we're now seeing reports stating that it will pull the plug on its beloved format "in the coming weeks." Citing unnamed industry "sources," The Hollywood Reporter is suggesting that the end may be nigh for the HD DVD format. Jodi Sally, VP of marketing for Toshiba America Consumer Products, was quoted as saying that "given the market developments in the past month, Toshiba will continue to study the market impact and the value proposition for consumers, particularly in light of its recent price reductions on all HD DVD players." Of course, we aren't exactly equating said statement to waving the white flag or anything, but whatever the case, it seems the death watch is in full effect.

[Skywatcher]

Durante esta semana, começaram a surgir boatos por todo o lado da Toshiba ter começado o desenvolvimento de um leitor Blu-Ray e estaria já com um plano de contingência desenhado para uma transição de campo se o HD-DVD continuar com os actuais números, naquilo que já foi chamado de um plano de "death watch".
Quando confrontada com estes rumores a directora de marketing da Toshiba respondeu "nim".

Para além da Engadget, as respeitáveis Home Media Magazine e Hollywood Reporter dizem que as suas fontes coincidem nessas informações.

The format war has turned into a format death watch.

Toshiba is widely expected to pull the plug on its HD DVD format sometime in the coming weeks, reliable industry sources say, after a rash of retail defections that followed Warner Home Video’s stunning announcement in early January that it would only support the rival Blu-ray Disc format after May.

Officially, no decision has been made, insists Jodi Sally, VP of marketing for Toshiba America Consumer Products. “Based on its technological advancements, we continue to believe HD DVD is the best format for consumers, given the value and consistent quality inherent in our player offerings,” she said.

But she hinted that something’s in the air. “Given the market developments in the past month,” she said, “Toshiba will continue to study the market impact and the value proposition for consumers, particularly in light of our recent price reductions on all HD DVD players.”

Immediately after the Warner announcement, the HD DVD North American Promotional Group canceled its Consumer Electronics Show presentation. The following week, data collected by The NPD Group gave Blu-ray 93% of all hardware sales for that week.

Toshiba subsequently fired back by drastically cutting its HD DVD player prices by as much as half, effective Jan. 15. But a hoped-for consumer sales surge never materialized; retail point-of-sale data collected by The NPD Group for the week ending Jan. 26 still showed Blu-ray Disc players ahead by a wide margin, 65% to 28%.

Software sales have declined as well. The latest Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales data show the top-selling Blu-ray Disc title for the week, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Across the Universe, sold more than three times as many copies the week ending Feb. 10 as the top HD DVD seller, Universal Studios Home Entertainment’s Elizabeth: The Golden Age. Blu-ray Disc titles also accounted for 81% of all high-def disc sales for the week, with HD DVD at just 19%.

Toshiba had been pitching its discounted HD DVD players toward the standard DVD crowd as well as high-def enthusiasts, noting in its ad message that the new players would make DVDs look a lot better as well. And as a last-ditch effort the company ran an ad during the Super Bowl — a 30-second spot that reportedly cost $2.7 million.

But in the end, sources say, the substantial loss Toshiba is incurring with each HD DVD player sold — a figure sources say could be as high as several hundred dollars — coupled with a series of high-profile retail defections, have driven the company to at last concede defeat.

“An announcement is coming soon,” said one source close to the HD DVD camp. “It would be a matter of weeks.”

Microsoft is the other big player in the HD DVD equation; when Paramount Home Entertainment last fall announced it was dropping its dual-format strategy and would release titles only in HD DVD, giving that side a brief resurgence, a pitch to journalists for interviews came from a Microsoft email address.

Several phone calls to Kevin Collins, Microsoft’s normally accessible “HD DVD evangelist,” were not returned. Nor were calls to Ken Graffeo, the Universal Studios Home Entertainment executive who doubles as co-president of the HD DVD North American Promotional Group.

When Warner abandoned HD DVD in January, the format was left with just two of the six major studios, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment, backing it. Blu-ray support among independents is rising. ADV Films, Tai Seng Entertainment, Topics Entertainment and National Geographic have all confirmed they are going Blu-ray exclusive, while more than one indie that was releasing titles just on HD DVD, including Surround Records and Opus Arte, will now offer Blu-ray as well.

This week, two key retailers, Best Buy and Netflix Inc., both got off the fence and threw their support behind Blu-ray exclusively, citing widespread studio support and consumer preference. Both companies said Warner’s decision was a turning point in their strategies.

“We’ve listened to our customers, and we are responding,” said Best Buy president and COO Brian Dunn.

Netflix spokesperson Steve Swasey said it appeared the format war had been won by Blu-ray for the benefit of everyone.

“We wanted to put an exclamation point behind that,” he said.

Industry observers are closely watching Amazon, but there’s been no movement, other than a 50% off sale for 150 HD DVD titles, including Transformers, Zodiac and Stardust.

Blockbuster Inc. last summer already decided to offer only Blu-ray Disc titles at its company-owned rental stores.

Chris Tribbey, Home Media Magazine senior reporter, contributed to this report.