Nej, og det virker ikke på mig som om at man har taget et af formaterne mere til sig i nogle af de øvrige lande. Mit indtryk, efter et par ture bl.a. Tyskland og Frankrig, var at det var nogenlunde ens, men det tippede mest til BDs side på hardware siden - og i Asien (Malyasia/Thailand) var det klart til BDs fordel. I Danmark er det jo også lidt forskellig hvad de forskellige distributører har valgt, og flere afventer.
Derudover har man jo tidligere haft et produkt som f.eks Laserdisken, hvor en MASSE amerikanere og japanere havde afspillere - men hvor man da var ret hurtige til at få det ud til fordel for DVD'en.
"For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake" - A. Hitchcock
I mine øjne handler det i sidste ende om hvor filmene er. Hvis Paramount hopper på BD (og især hvis Dreamworks følger med) vil langt hovedparten af film blive udgivet ekslusivt på BD og så tror jeg salget af HD-DVD afspiller går fuldstændigt i stå i løbet af meget kort tid.
Gi' dog pengene til Afrika... De har mere brug for dem.
Så er det sket endnu mere i sagen, nu forlyder det, at Universal tilsyneladende også skifter til Blu-Ray, samt at Apple muligvis skal lanceres med Blu-Ray drev fremover - derudover har op imod 20 andre store HD-DVD støtter overvejet at flytte støtten til BD. - skulle det ske vil det være et enormt slag for HD-DVD siden.
Digital Bits: Well... we've had SOME confirmation this morning of the details of the Financial Times story from last night. While the studio isn't yet commenting, reliable industry sources are telling us that Paramount is indeed preparing to end their HD-DVD support and announce a return to the Blu-ray fold. Details are currently being finalized, and an announcement is expected as soon as they're complete. Paramount's first new Blu-rays will almost certainly include many of those titles that were cancelled last year, but that were already packaged and ready for shipping, so you could see them in stores very quickly once the studio announces.
Meanwhile, sources are telling us that Universal has also been talking with the BDA, and is looking to follow Paramount and Warner's lead as soon as possible.
On a related note, Times Online in the U.K. is now reporting that as many as 20 additional firms currently backing HD-DVD are also considering defection in the wake of Warner's Friday announcement, including Fujitsu, Lenovo, Kenwood and Pony Canyon (which is a major Japanese film and music studio).
What's more, word is starting to circulate at CES that major big box retailers will begin winding down in-store support for HD-DVD as soon as these studios go public with their decisions. We're told that the industry's major retail partners are already pressuring Paramount, DreamWorks and Universal to go Blu following Warner's decision.
Rumors are also beginning to circulate here that Apple's Steve Jobs may announce the addition of Blu-ray Disc drives to their Mac desktop lineup at next week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco.
We would caution you to keep in mind that all of this should be considered unofficial until the studios make their actual announcements. Things are moving very fast, and the situation is highly fluid. Still, it really looks like this is the end for HD-DVD, and the end of the format war overall. We'll keep you up to date with new developments as they break.
Stay tuned...
"For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake" - A. Hitchcock
Så har BD også snuppet pornoen fra dem :) Digital Playground, dem med den famøse Pirates film som Davenport fandt for dyr, har nu skiftet fra neutral til blå...
Paramount Denies Report It Will Drop Toshiba's HD DVD (Update2)
By Andy Fixmer and John Liu
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures denied a newspaper report that the studio is poised to follow Time Warner Inc. in abandoning Toshiba Corp.'s HD DVD technology.
``Paramount's current plan is to continue to support the HD DVD format,'' Brenda Ciccone, a spokeswoman for Paramount, said in an e-mail today.
Toshiba, the leading promoter of the HD DVD format for high- definition video discs, fell in Tokyo trading after the Financial Times reported Paramount is poised to adopt Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray format instead.
Paramount can defect because a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp allows the studio to switch to Blu-ray if Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. dropped its support of Toshiba's standard, the newspaper reported today, citing unidentified people familiar with the plan. Warner Bros. said on Jan. 4 it would drop its support of HD DVD.
Keisuke Ohmori, a spokesman for Tokyo-based Toshiba, said the report is speculative. Masayo Endo, a spokeswoman for Sony, declined to comment on the report.
"You fuhl no man can kil me die no ay not man" - Erlingur666 "Do not talk to me about pork when we have a crisis on my hands!!" - Producerem
Så det konkrete er: - Warner har valgt BD only - Digital Playground har valgt BD only - New Line har valgt BD only - Bill Gates undlod at tale om HD-DVD til trods for at der er sket, og skal ske, en masse på xbox-fronten.
Rygtestadiet: - Paramount har ifølge Financial Times muligheden for at forlade HD-DVD skuden, såfremt Warner gør det samme. - Steve Jobs forventes at hoppe på BD med kommende Mac desktops - 20 andre store HD-DVD overvejer at forlade HD-DVD efter Warner forlod samarbejdet.
"For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake" - A. Hitchcock
på trods af at jeg foretrak at hd dvd blev standarden, så er det vist rimeligt sikkert at det er ovre... imo så skulle toshiba havde været ude i går med en alen lang presse meddelelse om deres fremtidige planer.
det kan godt være at de havde en mulighed, men i mine øjne har alt den dårlige presse effektivt dræbt den sidste livsgnist hd dvd havde.
nu hvor der er annonceret bd live og bonus view afspillere håber jeg at universal og paramount skifter hurtigts muligt og fortsætter med at lave udgivelser der udnytter disse... (og at de danske distributører indser at 300 kr for en pirat film (ikke den frække) er direkte latterligt).
Selv hvis det er rigtigt at Paramount IKKE har planer om at droppe HD-DVD kan det være at alle de her rygter har givet dem nådesstødet alligevel. Favre nye medieverden :)
Gi' dog pengene til Afrika... De har mere brug for dem.
#11 filmz-vassago 17 år siden
Derudover har man jo tidligere haft et produkt som f.eks Laserdisken, hvor en MASSE amerikanere og japanere havde afspillere - men hvor man da var ret hurtige til at få det ud til fordel for DVD'en.
#12 gi-jones 17 år siden
#13 filmz-vassago 17 år siden
Digital Bits:
Well... we've had SOME confirmation this morning of the details of the Financial Times story from last night. While the studio isn't yet commenting, reliable industry sources are telling us that Paramount is indeed preparing to end their HD-DVD support and announce a return to the Blu-ray fold. Details are currently being finalized, and an announcement is expected as soon as they're complete. Paramount's first new Blu-rays will almost certainly include many of those titles that were cancelled last year, but that were already packaged and ready for shipping, so you could see them in stores very quickly once the studio announces.
Meanwhile, sources are telling us that Universal has also been talking with the BDA, and is looking to follow Paramount and Warner's lead as soon as possible.
On a related note, Times Online in the U.K. is now reporting that as many as 20 additional firms currently backing HD-DVD are also considering defection in the wake of Warner's Friday announcement, including Fujitsu, Lenovo, Kenwood and Pony Canyon (which is a major Japanese film and music studio).
What's more, word is starting to circulate at CES that major big box retailers will begin winding down in-store support for HD-DVD as soon as these studios go public with their decisions. We're told that the industry's major retail partners are already pressuring Paramount, DreamWorks and Universal to go Blu following Warner's decision.
Rumors are also beginning to circulate here that Apple's Steve Jobs may announce the addition of Blu-ray Disc drives to their Mac desktop lineup at next week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco.
We would caution you to keep in mind that all of this should be considered unofficial until the studios make their actual announcements. Things are moving very fast, and the situation is highly fluid. Still, it really looks like this is the end for HD-DVD, and the end of the format war overall. We'll keep you up to date with new developments as they break.
Stay tuned...
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Paramount Denies Report It Will Drop Toshiba's HD DVD (Update2)
By Andy Fixmer and John Liu
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures denied a newspaper report that the studio is poised to follow Time Warner Inc. in abandoning Toshiba Corp.'s HD DVD technology.
``Paramount's current plan is to continue to support the HD DVD format,'' Brenda Ciccone, a spokeswoman for Paramount, said in an e-mail today.
Toshiba, the leading promoter of the HD DVD format for high- definition video discs, fell in Tokyo trading after the Financial Times reported Paramount is poised to adopt Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray format instead.
Paramount can defect because a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp allows the studio to switch to Blu-ray if Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. dropped its support of Toshiba's standard, the newspaper reported today, citing unidentified people familiar with the plan. Warner Bros. said on Jan. 4 it would drop its support of HD DVD.
Keisuke Ohmori, a spokesman for Tokyo-based Toshiba, said the report is speculative. Masayo Endo, a spokeswoman for Sony, declined to comment on the report.
"Do not talk to me about pork when we have a crisis on my hands!!" - Producerem
#17 filmz-vassago 17 år siden
- Warner har valgt BD only
- Digital Playground har valgt BD only
- New Line har valgt BD only
- Bill Gates undlod at tale om HD-DVD til trods for at der er sket, og skal ske, en masse på xbox-fronten.
Rygtestadiet:
- Paramount har ifølge Financial Times muligheden for at forlade HD-DVD skuden, såfremt Warner gør det samme.
- Steve Jobs forventes at hoppe på BD med kommende Mac desktops
- 20 andre store HD-DVD overvejer at forlade HD-DVD efter Warner forlod samarbejdet.
#18 caks 17 år siden
det kan godt være at de havde en mulighed, men i mine øjne har alt den dårlige presse effektivt dræbt den sidste livsgnist hd dvd havde.
nu hvor der er annonceret bd live og bonus view afspillere håber jeg at universal og paramount skifter hurtigts muligt og fortsætter med at lave udgivelser der udnytter disse... (og at de danske distributører indser at 300 kr for en pirat film (ikke den frække) er direkte latterligt).
#19 gi-jones 17 år siden
#20 filmz-vassago 17 år siden