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U da man!
Jordan Meschkow
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-----Original Message-----
From: HDTV Magazine Tips List On
Behalf Of Shane Sturgeon
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 5:48 PM
To: HDTV Magazine Tips List
Subject: Re: No comments on the official death of HD DVD?
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I have three articles coming up over the next week or so actually:
1) Showdown: Apple TV vs. VUDU
2) A Comparison of Movie Download Services
3) VUDU Review
#1 is 99% done, #2 and #3 are at 90%.
That should cover it for you
Shane Sturgeon
Jordan Meschkow wrote:
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> Shane,
>
> I hope your article on VUDU or Apple TV focuses more on Vudu, as I
> understand Apple TV is 720p only, while Vudu I believe is 1080p.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jordan Meschkow
>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HDTV Magazine Tips List On
> Behalf Of Shane Sturgeon
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:27 AM
> To: HDTV Magazine Tips List
> Subject: Re: No comments on the official death of HD DVD?
>
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>
> That is unfortunate, but not unexpected. Everyone here on this list has
> been around long enough to see that every new industry that adopts "HD"
> typically does so at a premium to their customers. It's a way to make
> more money. And until viable competitors enter the market offering the
> same for less (or free), there's little incentive for them to
> voluntarily give up that extra coin.
>
> Personally, for movie rental, I prefer to use something like VUDU or
> Apple TV (I have an article coming out later today). I can decide on a
> whim what I want to watch ... no need to go to the video store, no need
> to wait for Netflix to ship it. The quality of their HD offerings, for
> me, is just as good ... your mileage may vary. Then, if I decide I want
> to buy, I'll buy packaged media.
>
> Shane Sturgeon
>
>
>
> Mark Alford wrote:
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>> Shane, I think you are right on target. Also keep in mind that Netflix
>>
> has
>
>> already stated that they may raise their price on HD media once the
format
>> war was won.
>>
>> Mark Alford
>>
>>
>> On 2/20/08 10:02 AM, "Shane Sturgeon" <
[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
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>>> That's the big question isn't it? Now that HD DVD is done, will an up
>>> tick in Blu-ray volume bring prices down? My guess is "No". I think
>>> there will be an immediate "re-leveling" of both hardware and software
>>> pricing. I don't think you'll see any increases, but you certainly won't
>>> see as many sales as you've see over the past six months. Gone are the
>>> BOGO deals at Amazon and Best Buy, Gone are the "5 free movie" deals
>>> that accompanied players last year. And Gone are the leap-frogging price
>>> cuts that HD DVD and Blu-ray seemed to be doing each quarter.
>>>
>>> I don't think you'll see any major price drop or reduction until MAYBE
>>> this Holiday season when the new models come out and the manufacturers
>>> start outplaying each other instead of outplaying HD DVD.
>>>
>>> My opinion ...
>>>
>>> Shane Sturgeon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jeff Odell wrote:
>>>
>>>
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>>>>
>>>> I adopted both formats, HD DVD and BluRay with the LG BH100. It has
>>>> full support of profile 1.0 (I think) BluRay but only partial support
>>>> for HD DVD - no interactive menus and such. Luckily I only collected
>>>> 15 or so HD DVD titles so I am not out much money when this dual
>>>> format player dies or is replaced.
>>>>
>>>> Hopefully now that the format war is over, Joe Sixpack starts buying
>>>> Bluray so the title count goes up and the prices fall.
>>>>
>>>> Jeff
>>>>
>>>> On 2/19/08, Larry Megugorac <
[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>> For once in my Audio/Video life I did not adopt early!
>>>>>
>>>>> I was hoping for Blu-Ray to prevail because I'm hoping for Hi Rez
>>>>>
> Music! I
>
>>>>> refuse to go back to vinyl with all the surface noise. I'm still a
>>>>>
> die-hard
>
>>>>> SACD fan (Yes you still can get some Jazz and Classical)
>>>>> Sony does still have a bend for top quality Audio Gear...I'm hoping
>>>>>
> Music is
>
>>>>> part of that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Larry
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: HDTV Magazine Tips List
>>>>>
> On
>
>>>>> Behalf Of Anthony Rizzuto
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 3:52 PM
>>>>> To: HDTV Magazine Tips List
>>>>> Subject: No comments on the official death of HD DVD?
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> I think we all saw it coming. Glad I didn't replace my old one. So
>>>>>
> what
>
>>>>> about Blu-Ray 2.0? Seems the only path at the moment is the PS3. Is
>>>>>
> it
>
>>>>> worth worrying about?
>>>>>
>>>>> Anthony Rizzuto
>>>>> Orlando, FL
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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