HD-DVD looks dead....

[Warhawk]

http://thedigitalbits.com/

Look at the editorial at the bottom of the page.

Also this:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10234

Reminds me of:

The Dead Collector: Bring out yer dead.
[a man puts a body on the cart]
Large Man with Dead Body: Here's one.
The Dead Collector: That'll be ninepence.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm not dead.
The Dead Collector: What?
Large Man with Dead Body: Nothing. There's your ninepence.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm not dead.
The Dead Collector: 'Ere, he says he's not dead.
Large Man with Dead Body: Yes he is.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm not.
The Dead Collector: He isn't.
Large Man with Dead Body: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm getting better.
Large Man with Dead Body: No you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment.
The Dead Collector: Well, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I don't want to go on the cart.
Large Man with Dead Body: Oh, don't be such a baby.
The Dead Collector: I can't take him.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I feel fine.
Large Man with Dead Body: Oh, do me a favor.
The Dead Collector: I can't.
Large Man with Dead Body: Well, can you hang around for a couple of minutes? He won't be long.
The Dead Collector: I promised I'd be at the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today.
Large Man with Dead Body: Well, when's your next round?
The Dead Collector: Thursday.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I think I'll go for a walk.
Large Man with Dead Body: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Isn't there anything you could do?
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I feel happy. I feel happy.
[the Dead Collector glances up and down the street furtively, then silences the Body with his a whack of his club]
Large Man with Dead Body: Ah, thank you very much.
The Dead Collector: Not at all. See you on Thursday.
Large Man with Dead Body: Right.

 

[Superman]

Yeah, I got that impression over the holiday. I was in three different major cities throughout the country over the past month, and I saw hundreds of Blu-Ray ads. Just one HD-DVD promotion, and that was in Memphis on the way to the Grizzlies game.

Blu-Ray is going to be the format, which I suspected when Blockbuster announced they were going exclusive with Blu-Ray.

Guess I'll go ahead and get one now, before they jack the prices up again.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

HD-DVD was hanging by a thread but I guess Warner's Blu-Ray announcement last week chopped off its head. I really thought the cheap combo players would hit the scene before it got settled. But hey, this looks like it could save me some money. Granted I only have a PS3 as a player, but it gets the job done and looks great on my setup.

 

[JoMama]

Thanks for posting this, the forum discussion was really interesting. I've been holding off too, waiting for some sort of sign. I went with Sony BetaMax back in the day and got burned.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Heh, don't feel bad. We went with Beta too, my dad even bought a second super high end Beta in 1987 before we ever finally got around to buying a VHS deck.

Seems almost silly to think that the picture quality increase between Beta and VHS back then was any sort of factor on the crappy sets we were watching things on.