Comments on: Paramount Cancels Future HD DVD Titles

By: Ryan Spooner

Ryan Spooner — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:22:50 +0000

I think its really crappy that all the studios are just cutting HD-DVD entirely. Surely there are enough HD-DVD players out there to at least release the top 10 movies on the format.

By: 7 of 5

7 of 5 — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:33:00 +0000

On topic: I am old enough to remeber Betamax and old enough to have owned one or two. The video always seemed so much crisper than VHS. Beta cameras have been in use for many many years in TV news departments due to its superior image and audio.The best formats do not win out. VHS won out due to a multimillion dollar ad campaign touting 6 *terrible* hours on a tape. HD DVD was the logical winner due to one simple fact- its compatability with the current DVD standard. Blu-Ray won out for one reason – greed. Some might have been happy just to upconvert their regular DVDs to something closer to HD rather than buy an everything in an entirely new format.
All of the old favorites now get to be re-marketed in the new format, meaning more $$.

Off Topic: B64 and everyone else who has expressed good wishes & prayers. Thank you. 24, I had never heard that before. Very moving.

My COPD is of no concern right now. The meds have me pretty much under control for the foreseeable future. My eye is on the ball; Cindy had a bit of a setback, not directly cancer related. Sometimes when a hysterectomy is as radical as hers was, the small intestine will spasm and block up. Our fantastic doctors cleared this up without further surgery.

By: John from Cincinnati

John from Cincinnati — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:02:24 +0000

So until TOS-R comes out on Blu Ray I’ll be sitting at home watching it in beautiful high definition on my HD DVD player. Then when it does come out, I’ll plunk down my money for a blu ray then, after their prices have dropped. I’m not paying $500 for a player when they are going to be under $200 in 6-12 months.

By: John from Cincinnati

John from Cincinnati — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:00:17 +0000

If anyone wants to watch Blu Ray then Ps3’s aren’t the answer. Just buy a Blu Ray player. PS3’s aren’t even 100% compatible with PS2’s anymore, Sony has changed the chip sets on all new PS3 consoles. Also, I have many friends who have returned their PS3’s because they bought them to “watch Blu Rays’ and the disc drive was making horrible noises while it played they actually couldn’t hear the movie.

By: star trackie

star trackie — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:13:01 +0000

#88- no problem. Blu-Ray truly is a great format for high def and as soon as Uncle Sam sends me that check to help “stimulate” the economy, I’ll be happy to add a Ps3 into the mix.

Now if only Paramount would do their part and get some Trek content out on Blu-Ray.

By: Vfx2k4

Vfx2k4 — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:49:16 +0000

Into the Wild and Things We Lost- very poetic titles for the last releases. ‘Into the Wild,’ all of those HD-DVD players. ‘Things We Lost,’ Toshiba’s fight for the HD disc war.

By: RM10019

RM10019 — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:08:15 +0000

Sorry star trackie didn’t mean to be rude, just woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

By: Magic_Al

Magic_Al — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:54:01 +0000

The smart thing to do would be for CBS Paramount to give a free or nominal-cost replacement Blu-Ray TOS Season 1 to everyone who returns their HD-DVD set. The home video market could copy some concepts from the computer software industry.

By: Sean4000

Sean4000 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:56:20 +0000

I could only hope so too, negotiator. The summer would be a great time for them to fine comb the episodes especially the earlier ones.

Maybe we’ll get the tombstone fixed…..maybe.

By: Negotiator

Negotiator — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:44:43 +0000

85?