[henke007]

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Den har sålt bra men det har transformers också gjort man måste ta i
åtagande install basen, säkert mer än hälften har köpt Transformers
till sin HD DVD medans 20 % BD ägare köpt spidey 3 nu, höftar bara nu.

Bägge kommer fortsätta sälja bra..

Men HD DVD kan omöjligt sälja lika bra med mindre Drives på marknaden,
om folk inte börjar hamstra film utan en spelare..

så så är det med den saken

Redigerat av henke007, 09 november 2007 - 20:08.

[necrio]

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Den har sålt bra men det har transformers också gjort man måste ta i
åtagande install basen, säkert mer än hälften har köpt Transformers
till sin HD DVD medans 20 % BD ägare köpt spidey 3 nu, höftar bara nu.

Bägge kommer fortsätta sälja bra..

Men HD DVD kan omöjligt sälja lika bra med mindre Drives på marknaden,
om folk inte börjar hamstra film utan en spelare..

så så är det med den saken

om transformers inte varit hddvd exklusiv tror jag att transformers skulle utsålt spiderman3 på bluray, så pass mycket intressantare film i alla aspekter.

[Addex]

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Detta trots 90k nya HD DVD spelare på marknaden. Undrar hur många som gick till ny kund?

[Unregisteredf7bba9d7]

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Detta trots 90k nya HD DVD spelare på marknaden. Undrar hur många som gick till ny kund?

Walmart försäljnings statistiken är inte inräknad.
Walmart sålde 90000 spelare undrar bara hur många filmer de sålde?

[Johan78]

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Walmart försäljnings statistiken är inte inräknad.
Walmart sålde 90000 spelare undrar bara hur många filmer de sålde?

Lägg ner typ .... Blu-ray krossade HD DVD denna vecka.

[PalmiNio]

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Walmart försäljnings statistiken är inte inräknad.
Walmart sålde 90000 spelare undrar bara hur många filmer de sålde?

Lägg ner typ .... Blu-ray krossade HD DVD denna vecka.

Han sa bara sanningen. Wall-Mart offentligör aldrig sina siffror. Samma problem är hur mycket av konsolförsäljningen som Wall-Mart står för, tyvärr.

[Addex]

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Blu-ray Regains Lead in High-Def Titles

When Paramount Home Entertainment and DreamWorks Animation SKG Blu-ray Disc titles were taken out of the picture in August, Blu-ray lost 29 titles in its repertoire. That doesn’t include three titles that had been announced, but not released.

HD DVD’s stint as leader in terms of high-def releases proved short-lived, however, as in the first week of November Blu-ray regained its lead in terms of total titles available to consumers.

According to figures from The DVD Release Report, total Blu-ray titles available at retail passed HD DVD for the first time since the Paramount/DreamWorks decision, 332 to 328, the week ended Oct. 31. Companies that support Blu-ray also have 66 titles in the pipeline, compared to 42 for HD DVD backers. Those numbers include four HD DVD and 11 Blu-ray titles released Nov. 6.

Compared to the 236 DVD titles added to the market the week ended Oct. 31, the 16 high-def titles released during the same period (12 Blu-ray, four HD DVD) still represent a snail’s pace of high-definition software releases.

Since the Paramount/DreamWorks HD DVD exclusive decision, Paramount Home Entertainment has released six HD DVD titles through Nov. 6. A Paramount representative did not immediately return a request for comment, however a Paramount representative said at a DVD Forum event in early October that more than 30 HD DVD titles were already being planned for 2008. For the rest of the year, Paramount and DreamWorks have another six HD DVD releases planned. The two companies have one more (Zodiac, Jan. 8) announced thus far for early 2008.

Representatives from both sides have stressed how important this fourth quarter is for high-def media. However, Jim Bottoms of the home entertainment research firm Understanding & Solutions said recently that the fourth quarter is no longer the determining period for either format. The Paramount/DreamWorks decision made sure of that, he said.

“There is growing concern throughout the industry that both high-definition disc formats could be lost completely in a world of competing delivery options and viewing platforms,” Bottoms said. “As we stand today, industry support for [Blu-ray] across content and hardware remains the strongest grouping, and it is therefore the format with the greatest chance of market success, although its strength is being eroded.

“Whatever happens, continued competition between the two groups will lead to continuing confusion and uncertainty, and therefore delayed consumer purchase decisions.”

Barring any surprise announcements, Blu-ray will have extended its lead in terms of total title count by the end of the year. Not including titles set for release after Dec. 31, the total title count will likely be 406 Blu-ray Discs versus 372 HD DVDs.

Källa: Homemediamagazine.com

[Unregisteredf7bba9d7]

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Walmart försäljnings statistiken är inte inräknad.
Walmart sålde 90000 spelare undrar bara hur många filmer de sålde?

Lägg ner typ .... Blu-ray krossade HD DVD denna vecka.

Okey, ville bara veta vad de kan ha sålt förra veckan, man är ju bara nyfiken.
Fattar väl av siffrorna att Blu-ray sålde mera...

[JockeJ]

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Eftersom det är så populärt att klippa och klistra in texter på engelska här så förslår jag att klipp&klistraren kokar ner inlägget och ger en sammanfattning på svenska!!
Men i nio fall av tio så är väl skribenten så nyhetskåt och jagar inlägg så frenetiskt att denne struntar i vad nyheten betyder eller inte förstår själv.....

Undrar hur många här inne som egentligen vet vad "stalemate" är??
För alla som inte vet eller visste så har jag kollat upp och det betyder på svenska patt!
Patt är en schackterm och betydelsen kan di googla eller kolla upp på wiki...

Fan.

Redigerat av JockeJ, 10 november 2007 - 08:57.

[hassesolo]

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Godmorgon alla formatkrigs(tenn)soldater. En läsvärd krönika om formatkriget och framtiden för HD-formaten. Jag kanske inte håller med om allt men Joshua Zyber skriver alltid bra och man får sig ett par skratt.

Länk.

[Addex]

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Eftersom det är så populärt att klippa och klistra in texter på engelska här så förslår jag att klipp&klistraren kokar ner inlägget och ger en sammanfattning på svenska!!
Men i nio fall av tio så är väl skribenten så nyhetskåt och jagar inlägg så frenetiskt att denne struntar i vad nyheten betyder eller inte förstår själv.....

Undrar hur många här inne som egentligen vet vad "stalemate" är??
För alla som inte vet eller visste så har jag kollat upp och det betyder på svenska patt!
Patt är en schackterm och betydelsen kan di googla eller kolla upp på wiki...

Fan.

God morgon, sunshine!

[JockeJ]

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haha, man blir mer och mer gubbgrinig på morgonen ju äldre man blir.
Slutade snusa för några veckor sen också.
Resten av familjen bönar och ber mig att börja igen. Då blir jag arg.

Redigerat av JockeJ, 10 november 2007 - 10:06.

[Unregistered0d80c6ec]

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Patt har jag aldrig hört i shack däremot remi när det blir oavgjort =) eller så är ett bättre ord "olöst" tycker jag....

[joakim99]

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Patt har jag aldrig hört i shack däremot remi när det blir oavgjort =) eller så är ett bättre ord "olöst" tycker jag....

OT: Patt och remi är inte samma sak. Remi är en mer generell term för oavgjort och patt är en händelse som leder till remi.

Normalt använder man ordet stalemate i innebörden "dödläge" och dylikt.

[JockeJ]

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Patt leder till att partiet avslutas med remi.

Patt är en ställning i schack där spelaren vid draget inte kan göra något giltigt drag men inte samtidigt är schackmatt. Man får inte stå över sina drag i schack och ställningen innebär därför att partiet omedelbart slutar oavgjort (remi), oavsett vilka styrkeförhållanden som råder på brädet för tillfället. Patt blir därmed ibland en räddning för en spelare som håller på att förlora ett parti.

Den här artikeln är hämtad från http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patt

Snart ska jag köpa en PS3, då blir jag glad igen.

EDIT: En annan Joakim hann före

Redigerat av JockeJ, 10 november 2007 - 10:26.

[Addex]

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John Lasseter Discusses Blu-ray and Ratatouille

JL: Let's talk about Blu-ray!

PH: Yeah, because "Cars" is coming out on Blu-ray next Tuesday, a week from today.

JL: I've been working with pure animation since 1981. And one of the things that we've always been pioneering at Pixar is high resolution, high-definition of everything that we've done because that's the way that you really want to see this stuff. And finally, as of Tuesday, Pixar Films are available to [consumers with the capability to] see the film on Blu-ray discs the way that we see them at Pixar for the very first time. I'm so excited. You cannot believe the amount of detail that we put into our films that you've never been able to see on DVD before.
I had to turn my back to the monitor when "Cars" was showing since I kept getting sucked into the movie because it looks so good on the Blu-ray. I love Pixar. I love the films that we make.
It's really fantastic. And you have the almighty pause button! So you can actually pause [the film] and you can go back to the beginning and ask, "Is that what I saw?" and actually see it. I'm so excited that we have "Ratatouille," "Cars" and the Pixar short films finally on a DVD and on Blu-ray all together on the same day.

PH: Right. It’s something you didn’t have before.

JL: In "Cars," it’s a world where there are no people in it. And we had to make this world believable. So we had to populate the movie "Cars" with all these [characters] in the background. We just kind of drive by them in the movie. So we created this game where you can sit and watch the movie and play the game while "Cars" is on. In this game you can select 217 different background [characters] in the movie "Cars" and learn about them - what their names are, what their background stories are and what kind of horsepower they have.

PH: Wow. It's taking on a whole new dimension.

JL: Yeah, it's really fun. And there’s a little more interactivity.

PH: Now, you seem totally committed to the Blu-ray format, but we know there's a format for what's going on…

JL: We all remember VHS and Beta and we thought it best not to do it that way. I think Blu-ray is far better technology, and when you see "Cars" and "Ratatouille" on Blu-ray you'll see what I mean. It's so beautiful and the amount of data that you can have on the disc [is great] to do your own special thing. And the other thing I loved about it is that there’s commentary. You can have these incredible commentaries in the midst of the film and they become documents for the rest of time.

Källa: [url="http://"http://www.hollywoodinhighdef.com/inside_detail.php?id=13"]Hollywoodinhighdef.com[/url]

Redigerat av Addex, 11 november 2007 - 11:51.

[Addex]

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MY TWO CENTS - 11/12/07 - by Digital Bits editor Bill Hunt

Now then... we wanted to say a few words about all the recent brouhaha over Sony CEO Howard Stringer's "stalemate" comment from last week with regard to Blu-ray and HD-DVD. I don't know how many e-mails I've gotten in the last few days on this, either from HD-DVD fans eager to gloat that Stinger was clearly conceding the format war, or Blu-ray fans wondering why Stringer was being so pessimistic. As it turns out, he wasn't. I've done a little digging over the weekend, and have managed to obtain a transcript of his actual comments. Remember how last week, during Blu-ray fest, Warner Home Video's Dan Silverberg's comments were taken out of context by supporters of both high-def camps to suggest that Warner was about to chose sides in the format war? Except that's not what he actually said or meant to imply? This is the same sort of thing... yet another case of much ado about nothing.

The deal is this: Howard Stringer was being interviewed by Business Week's Steven J. Adler about his career at the 92nd Street Y in NYC on Thursday. He was asked a few questions about Blu-ray Disc and the format war, and he spoke about it for maybe 5 minutes out of a 90 minute interview. Here's the actual text of the relevant portion of the interview:

---begin excerpt---

Adler: Of course, one of the big fights right now is Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD for the high definition video market. I mean, the first and most obvious question is: Shouldn't there just be one format? Why should people have to choose between the two? And is there any possibility that we'll be heading there?

Stringer: I should point out that that is not part of the software battle. I mean, that's actually in some ways sort of anachronistic. We're fighting over a packaged goods hardware that will not go on forever, from a classic sense. We have a more expensive version, as Sony tends to, and Toshiba has a cheaper version, which seems to keep getting cheaper. I believe it has slowed down the progress of high definition packaged goods. Oddly, the studios kind of liked it for a while. They were able to leverage one of us against each other. But in the end, it's counterproductive. We have a sort of stalemate at the moment. As you know, they had fewer studios, but then they paid a lot of money for Paramount. So we have four studios and they have two or three studios. It's a difficult... it's a difficult fight. There was a chance to integrate it before I became CEO. This is something I inherited. And I don't know what broke down. I wish I could go back there, because I heard it was all about saving face and losing face, and all the rest of it. But it's not a battle about the digital future. That's what's so strange about it. If it doesn't work out, that doesn't say very much about where we're all going. It's just... it's a scorecard: one-nothing or something. But it doesn't mean as much as all that. PlayStation 3 will still go on playing games. It would have to have a different disk drive. And that's about it really.

Adler: So when a consumer now has to choose between the two, if they want to get into the high definition video, Wal-Mart was selling the Toshiba HD-DVD for $99 last Friday for a couple of days. Usually, it's been $199 there. I think your list price is $499 for Blu-ray. That's an enormously big difference, particularly in a slowing economy. Can you play that game with the difference being that great?

Stringer: Well... we've been selling them as fast as we're making them because the brand -- first of all, we're not the only ones selling them at that price. So is Panasonic, so is Samsung, so is Sharp. And one of the reasons it's more expensive is because it does more. The bandwidth is greater. If you just want a two-hour movie, the Toshiba version is a high definition picture. But we thought that to drive high definition into the customer's imagination, you should future-proof the disks so that you could have director's cuts, which are fairly obvious. We have six to seven hours of bandwidth available. You can have interactivity in three dimensions. We would be prepared to allow the package goods to survive much longer by making it much more innovative. But that does make the player more expensive. Now, they all come down. The race is to bring costs down. It always is in consumer electronics. So it isn't going to stay at $499.

Adler: But are you surprised by how little Toshiba can sell its unit for?

Stringer: No, because -- look, I can sell it for a dollar. I'd lose a lot of money, but if you want to go that route, it's a tough competition, and it seems to be about a lot of things, including face. So if you want to cut the price down and engage us in a price war, that's a different system. We were trying to win on the merits, which we were doing for a while until Paramount changed sides.

Adler: Microsoft seems to have an interesting role in this. They're selling add-on HD-DVD drives for the -- they're taking HD-DVD to the Xbox, and Xbox competes strongly with you. Is Microsoft kind of working in cahoots or in alliance with Toshiba on HD-DVD? Is that a competitive challenge to you?

Stringer: Only the spirits know. [laughs] Yeah... you never know with Microsoft do you? You never know. Xbox versus PS3 is sort of a subplot. What Microsoft's role is in that? I don't know. We're still selling software at a faster level than Toshiba. Obviously, we care about the software side more than the Toshiba does. It doesn't have a studio. It doesn't own a studio. So it's in our interest to -- actually the most significant thing in some ways about Blu-ray, going back to Microsoft... the Blu-ray Disc has a very high security level, which Fox in particular, but also other studios, was most excited about -- wanted to have some protection from instant ripping. So the specs that went into the Blu-ray, which were done in conjunction with many studios, had this security level. That is probably not in Microsoft's interests. The Toshiba disk is certainly far easier to rip. Whether you like that or don't like that depends on your consumer enthusiasm.

---end of excerpt---

That was the extent of it. Naturally, the one comment out of the entire 90 minutes (or even this small portion) that the AP ran with is the stalemate bit. Since then, it's been spun like crazy. We've seen commentary from people who weren't there proclaiming what a "remarkable admission" it is. Some have even gone so far as to claim that Stringer declared Blu-ray a failure and that Sony is about to give up the battle. All of which mischaracterizes what he actually said and meant.

Hey... this kind of thing happens, especially when people let their passions over this stuff get the better of them. We've even occasionally made the mistake of jumping to conclusions in the past ourselves. But here are the facts: Sony and the rest of the BD camp's commitment to Blu-ray Disc hasn't wavered in the slightest, and from everything they've ever told me both on and off the record, that isn't likely to change anytime soon. And while we're at it, Warner supports BOTH HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc, and from everything they've ever told me both on and off the record, that isn't likely to change anytime soon either. So everybody can relax and take a deep breath. If you're a Blu-ray fan, enjoy all the great Blu-ray titles coming out now. If you're an HD-DVD fan, same thing.

It's just another day in this silly format war, which at this point has been taken to unfortunate extremes by some. As we said last week, it's worth keeping in mind that no kittens will be harmed in this thing, whatever the outcome.

Källa: Thedigitalbits.com

[Addex]

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PlayStation 3 picks up DivX video support

DivX and Sony today announced that the PlayStation 3 will receive support for the DivX video format, giving owners of the console the ability to play the much-requested format without having to transcode videos or use network streaming software. The companies have yet to detail whether the PS3 will play movies at 1080p or with surround sound in the format but say the game system has been certified for "excellent" playback quality, according to the claim. DivX is accessible to developers integrating video into games as of the version 2.0 developer kit and should be playable by users in the normal media browser with an unspecified future update.

The upgrade places pressure on Microsoft, which is reportedly close to adding DivX for the Xbox 360 but is not known to have cemented a deal outside of an unintentional revelation by a DivX employee. Along with XviD, the format is often sought out by home theater enthusiasts hoping to watch many videos made available to download on the web (both official and otherwise) and is frequently seen as an obstacle to wider acceptance of the Apple TV, devices compatible with Microsoft's Media Center Extender feature, and other network media hubs.

Källa: Electronista.com

[Chris Ya]

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PlayStation 3 picks up DivX video support

DivX and Sony today announced that the PlayStation 3 will receive support for the DivX video format, giving owners of the console the ability to play the much-requested format without having to transcode videos or use network streaming software. The companies have yet to detail whether the PS3 will play movies at 1080p or with surround sound in the format but say the game system has been certified for "excellent" playback quality, according to the claim. DivX is accessible to developers integrating video into games as of the version 2.0 developer kit and should be playable by users in the normal media browser with an unspecified future update.

The upgrade places pressure on Microsoft, which is reportedly close to adding DivX for the Xbox 360 but is not known to have cemented a deal outside of an unintentional revelation by a DivX employee. Along with XviD, the format is often sought out by home theater enthusiasts hoping to watch many videos made available to download on the web (both official and otherwise) and is frequently seen as an obstacle to wider acceptance of the Apple TV, devices compatible with Microsoft's Media Center Extender feature, and other network media hubs.

Källa: Electronista.com

Yes and we love it

[necrio]

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PlayStation 3 picks up DivX video support

DivX and Sony today announced that the PlayStation 3 will receive support for the DivX video format, giving owners of the console the ability to play the much-requested format without having to transcode videos or use network streaming software. The companies have yet to detail whether the PS3 will play movies at 1080p or with surround sound in the format but say the game system has been certified for "excellent" playback quality, according to the claim. DivX is accessible to developers integrating video into games as of the version 2.0 developer kit and should be playable by users in the normal media browser with an unspecified future update.

The upgrade places pressure on Microsoft, which is reportedly close to adding DivX for the Xbox 360 but is not known to have cemented a deal outside of an unintentional revelation by a DivX employee. Along with XviD, the format is often sought out by home theater enthusiasts hoping to watch many videos made available to download on the web (both official and otherwise) and is frequently seen as an obstacle to wider acceptance of the Apple TV, devices compatible with Microsoft's Media Center Extender feature, and other network media hubs.

Källa: Electronista.com

niiiiice, inte en dag för sent!

[matså]

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sänder en kram till dem som har bara en hddvdspelare och inte en Blue Rayspelare. Tycker synd om dem, men kriget är vunnet för Blue Ray.

(hukar mig )

[Unregistered9a177c31]

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sänder en kram till dem som har bara en hddvdspelare och inte en Blue Rayspelare. Tycker synd om dem, men kriget är vunnet för Blue Ray.

(hukar mig )

Vunnet och vunnet vette fan men det ser banne mig ljust ut i tunneln! Och snälla HD-DVD-anhängare. Börja inte kriga nu.

Lade in en bokning på Discshop för filmerna Master & Commander (hur bra som helst!) och Mr. & Mrs Smith. 12:e december kommer dem. Ska nog lägga till Independence Day också nu när jag ändå är igång...

[Hoff]

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sänder en kram till dem som har bara en hddvdspelare och inte en Blue Rayspelare. Tycker synd om dem, men kriget är vunnet för Blue Ray.

(hukar mig )

För divx-support?. hur tänker du då?. Om folk börjar spela upp divx på sina PS3or så köps det ju färre filmer....
Grymt att det kommer men jag tror inte det har någon påverkan i formatkriget.

[BioBerra]

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Vem ser Divx filmer idag ??
Visst TV serier kan man se i DivX men har man en fet anläggning så vill man man ju se filmerna med bästa ljud och bildkvalité, då duger inte DivX. Nä 720p .mkv är det som gäller nu

[Unregistered36883]

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Undrar när vi i detta avlånga land får se lite sådana här schyssta BUNDLES på tv och BD spelare...? Kanske finns och jag bara har missat det...?

[HiDef]

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Grymt att DivX stöd kommer!!!
men nääär!? vill han nu!

[Johan78]

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Grymt att kunna ha sin mediaserver igång på pcn och glutta på nån tv-serie via PS3an, NAAJS .. som Borat skulle sagt.

[khalnur]

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Grymt att kunna ha sin mediaserver igång på pcn och glutta på nån tv-serie via PS3an, NAAJS .. som Borat skulle sagt.

Ja, hade man bara vetat detta då man köpte BD-spelare i juli så hade det nog blivit en PS3!

[Addex]

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The Coaster

The Junk Closet

[diabolo]

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The Coaster

The Junk Closet

Kul...fast det finns andra "clips" på youtube som är mer verklighetsbaserade o trovärdiga

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=WBGwOsnZFME

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=9gQG4OFgrpA

[thetias]

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The Coaster

The Junk Closet

Kul...fast det finns andra "clips" på youtube som är mer verklighetsbaserade o trovärdiga

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=WBGwOsnZFME

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=9gQG4OFgrpA

Ja verkligen - Länk

[plasmaplytet]

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Köpte pioneers bluray spelare nu när den har gått ner i pris, körde ett par filmer igår och jag är sjukt kräsen när det gäller bildkvalitet satt bara och log, underbar bild!!!

[Jokkmokksjocke]

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The Coaster

The Junk Closet

Kul...fast det finns andra "clips" på youtube som är mer verklighetsbaserade o trovärdiga

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=WBGwOsnZFME

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=9gQG4OFgrpA

Ja verkligen - Länk

Billigare än en vanlig blodplasma blandare

[thetias]

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Ja verkligen - Länk

Billigare än en vanlig blodplasma blandare

Det är det nya formatet, DiscoDVD.

[Jokkmokksjocke]

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Ja verkligen - Länk

Billigare än en vanlig blodplasma blandare

Det är det nya formatet, DiscoDVD.

[PalmiNio]

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The Coaster

The Junk Closet

Kul...fast det finns andra "clips" på youtube som är mer verklighetsbaserade o trovärdiga

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=WBGwOsnZFME

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=9gQG4OFgrpA

Ja verkligen - Länk

Exakt så går att göra med fjärren så han sitter väl där och trycker som en idiot, går iaf på vanliga DVD spelaren

[Addex]

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[PalmiNio]

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Riktigt sugen på Ratatouille, klart en film där pixar visar att de är bäst! Kan annars rekommendera Surfs Up som ani. film, inte garvat så mycket åt barnfilm sen Finding Nemo (när kommer detta mirakel på HD?).

Sen vill jag bara tacka gudarna för Amazon, deras 2 för 1 gör mig som student väldigt lycklig. Behövde inte ge tull på någon av de 12 filmerna jag köpte hem. Blev HellBoy och Kung Fu Hustle i senaste erbjudandet, fiiiint.

Redigerat av PalmiNio, 18 november 2007 - 04:25.

[Addex]

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inte garvat så mycket åt barnfilm sen Finding Nemo (när kommer detta mirakel på HD?).

Den har börjat att dyka upp i Disneys promos så den kanske inte är allt för långt borta, dock inget datum ännu.

[necrio]

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Satt och ströläste en av stockholms tunnelbane tidningar vid fikabordet i morse på jobbet, och när jag ströläst klart vänder jag på sissta sidan och ser en helside anons med tv/video/ljud produkter från en ansenlig återförsäljare i stockholm, då jag också ser att han säljer en blu-ray spelare så tycker jag det är roligt fram tills att jag ser att det står "BLUE-RAY" i tidningen, då börjar man undra om dom vet vad det är dom säljer, pinsamt.

[Addex]

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Walt Disney Home Entertainment's Chapek: BD Victory Only Delayed

Far from declaring a stalemate in the high-definition disc format war as Sony's CEO Howard Stringer recently did, Walt Disney Home Entertainment president Bob Chapek told TWICE during a recent Blu-ray Fest promotional event here that the Blu-ray camp's inevitable victory was only delayed slightly.

He said the surprise announcements of Paramount and DreamWorks this summer to exclusively back HD DVD temporarily confused the market, but Blu-ray's momentum continues unabated, and it should be revealed as the obvious victor during the coming year.

The following is a brief Q&A interview with Chapek during the studio's sendoff for the DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases of "Ratatouille":

TWICE: What's your assessment of the progress of the Blu-ray Disc rollout so far?

Chapek: I think it's going according to plan. Some people were surprised, and some weren't about the announcements that took place with competitive studios in the HD DVD camp a few months ago. But, to me, that was the last act of a desperate format trying to pull itself out of a nose dive. It was too little, too late. Consumers are voting with their dollars in anywhere from a 2:1 to 3:1 ratios for Blu-ray domestically, and even higher than that internationally. We have 90 percent market shares in Australia and Japan and anywhere from 70 to 80 percent market shares in Europe.

In my mind, the artificial extension of the format war, through whatever incentives were given, was counter to the consumer. The consumers made their minds up what format they preferred by some pretty large margins, and [the Paramount and DreamWorks decisions to back HD DVD exclusively] just served to extend what's an unnecessary format war, and confused the consumers and put at risk those who may now buy a format that will become obsolete very shortly.

Aside from that little momentary distraction, consumers continue to buy Blu-ray Discs as more players come on the market and discs become more prevalent and start to gain dominance at retail. When Blu-ray first came out it was getting 50/50 shelf space with HD DVD, and now the shelf-space has clearly turned in the favor of Blu-ray, and that means the sales will only continue to slide towards Blu. That will make the already inevitable outcome seem even more inevitable.

TWICE: You sound pretty confident. Any guess for when that might be?

Chapek: I would have said it would be over by the end of the calendar year, but that was before the surprise announcements [from Paramount and DreamWorks]. My guess is that within the next year it will be clear in everybody's mind that Blu-ray is the ultimate successor to DVD.

TWICE: What is Disney's current plan to bring BD Live Web-enabled interactivity into the Blu-ray market?

Chapek: We [Disney] are targeting late Spring for our BD Live applications, and it will be profound when we do it. As examples of what we can do, think of the Liars' Dice computer game that was part of "Pirates of The Caribbean II: Dead Man's Chest." Now imagine that we are playing each other through our Blu-ray players — You're in New York and I'm in L.A. Or, think of "Sleeping Beauty" when the first Disney Platinum title comes out in Blu-ray. Let's say we make an appointment that every Tuesday at 5 o'clock Sleeping Beauty comes out and engages in a live chat. You can ask her questions and she will respond to you. The possibilities are limitless.

TWICE: Many of the Blu-ray Disc players on the market now do not have the necessary hardware to utilize those forthcoming BD Live capabilities. Do you have any concern for those who have purchased, in a sense, obsolete products so early in the game?

Chapek: I would say the people who have bought a Blu-ray player, particularly a set-top box, up to this point are early adopters and early adopters thrive on buying not only the first player that's out on the market, but they understand that there's a lot of churn. When I buy the first Blu-ray player that comes out, I know that there are going to be features and benefits to come along two years out that are going to be superior to what I have. I think that amongst the group of people who have already bought it, it won't be too much of an issue, but we are doing everything we can to encourage the CE manufacturers to rapidly evolve their players to full functionality so there are fewer people impacted. But that is up to the CE manufacturers. We just encourage them all the time.

TWICE: A number of Blu-ray studios and manufacturers recently pooled their resources on an "I Do Blu" national advertising campaign — but not all are participating. Why was that?

Chapek: The Blu-ray group's strength is that it has 170 companies. The Blu-ray group's liability is that there are 170 companies. Trying to get 170 companies to unanimously agree to anything is really, really tough. Given that there are certain companies that are naturally inclined to step up and fund the marketing efforts, certain companies quickly said "yes" to co-marketing, and that allowed us to move very quickly. But all were invited and all are welcome to participate.

TWICE: 20th Century Fox recently announced that it will add a "Digital Copy" version of "Die Hard 4" to a two-disc special-edition DVD release due on Nov. 20. Purchasers can use the WMV version to transfer to PCs and portable media players without breaking CSS copy protection. Will Disney offer similar options?

Chapek: Absolutely. We plan to begin that around the middle of next year. I think you can look at it one of two ways. It's either a half-step to a true digital rights management managed copy world, or you can say if two of the biggest problems with downloading movies is storage space and download time, it solves both of those pretty well. Either way you look at it, it is going to be a real nifty interim step, or it is going to be the way the majority of consumers get their digital content.

Källa: Twice.com

[Phindus]

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WMV, *suck*.

[HDGuru]

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Surprise surprise, högre bitrate VC-1 ger bättre bild! Omg!

http://www.hometheat...php?tid/139444/

[Scrapanatchi]

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BDP-S300 - $100.00 ($399.99) + Spiderman 3 Free + 5 Blu-Ray Movies Free + Free $100.00 Gift card

källa

Redigerat av Scrapanatchi, 20 november 2007 - 15:45.

[Unregisteredf7bba9d7]

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BDP-S300 - $100.00 ($399.99) + Spiderman 3 Free + 5 Blu-Ray Movies Free + Free $100.00 Gift card

källa

Priset är ju bra men spelaren klarar inte att avkoda True-HD har haft en S300 men sålt den.
Tycker faktiskt Sony är snåla med ljudformaten på denna spelare.
Du kan ju få en spelare från andra sidan för halva priset som klarar av att avkoda True-HD internt!
Tycker att det finns andra Blu-Ray spelare som är mera prisvärda...

[Addex]

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Från vänster: Howard Stringer, Tom Hanks samt Ron Howard

Sony CEO Stringer Reaffirms Blu-ray Support

Ten days after he was quoted pondering a possible loss in the high-def format war, Sony CEO Howard Stringer is reaffirming his company's commitment to Blu-ray.
In an new interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Stringer pointed to both industry and fan support for the format, saying Blu-ray has "the momentum and the scale" to beat HD DVD in the battle for high-def disc supremacy.

"I think Blu-ray is just a better format," Stringer said. "Our partners are with Blu-ray Disc because, first of all, we have greater security, which Fox is particularly good at. Disney thinks it's a better picture. And the sheer amount of bandwidth on the disc gives directors and beyond all kinds of future opportunity, including director's cuts and who knows what 3-D capabilities will be down the road."
"I think that's why Steven Spielberg held out his own product from going to HD DVD," he added. "Ultimately, if you're passionate about movies, which these DVD collectors are, Blu-ray is the best answer. I think that is true, and we see that in the blogging environment."

Stringer's comments come almost two weeks after the CEO was quoted downplaying the outcome of the format war, saying "it doesn't mean as much as all that," and describing a win for either side as mostly a matter of prestige. His earlier remarks were interpreted by some as signaling a retreat by Sony from the format war.
In his more recent comments, Stringer acknowledged a recent set of price cuts for HD DVD hardware, saying Blu-ray "isn't the cheaper format, but it is the better format."

The Sony CEO went on to say that Blu-ray hardware prices probably won't sink much below $400. "We haven't announced any price cuts yet, but obviously the PS3 at $399 was a price cut, and that's also a Blu-ray player," he told the Hollywood Reporter. "We're comfortable with the situation at the moment."

Källa: Highdefdigest.com

[lobo]

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Enligt BOGO-tråden på avs så kommer PS3 Blu-Ray remoten kostas 9,99$ på Gamestop på fredag.

http://www.avsforum........815&page=32

http://www.gamestop....oduct_id=802582

[andjo082]

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PlayStation 3 picks up DivX video support

DivX and Sony today announced that the PlayStation 3 will receive support for the DivX video format, giving owners of the console the ability to play the much-requested format without having to transcode videos or use network streaming software. The companies have yet to detail whether the PS3 will play movies at 1080p or with surround sound in the format but say the game system has been certified for "excellent" playback quality, according to the claim. DivX is accessible to developers integrating video into games as of the version 2.0 developer kit and should be playable by users in the normal media browser with an unspecified future update.

The upgrade places pressure on Microsoft, which is reportedly close to adding DivX for the Xbox 360 but is not known to have cemented a deal outside of an unintentional revelation by a DivX employee. Along with XviD, the format is often sought out by home theater enthusiasts hoping to watch many videos made available to download on the web (both official and otherwise) and is frequently seen as an obstacle to wider acceptance of the Apple TV, devices compatible with Microsoft's Media Center Extender feature, and other network media hubs.

Källa: Electronista.com

dom häringa Xvid å Divx är bara skit under texterna suger å hamnar åvanpå varanndra å stäler till det tacka vet jag vhs

[JockeJ]

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Enligt BOGO-tråden på avs så kommer PS3 Blu-Ray remoten kostas 9,99$ på Gamestop på fredag.

http://www.avsforum........815&page=32

http://www.gamestop....oduct_id=802582

Vad jag kan se så kostar frakten 29.99$ till Sverige....

[Unregisteredf64a5233]

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Enligt BOGO-tråden på avs så kommer PS3 Blu-Ray remoten kostas 9,99$ på Gamestop på fredag.

Fast den kostar ju inte speciellt mycket i vanliga fall så skillnaden blir ju peanuts i det här fallet.

Redigerat av Unregisteredf64a5233, 22 november 2007 - 15:33.