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Netflix to drop HD DVD but concerned about Blu-ray prices
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article published on 11 February, 2008
According to the Associated Press, internet DVD rental leader Netflix has decided to jump on the Blu-ray bandwagon, and will be dropping HD DVD rentals completely.
"From the Netflix perspective, focusing on one format will enable us to create the best experience for subscribers," said a company spokesman, adding that not many customers seem interested in either format yet.
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iamgq
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12. February 2008 @ 07:00 |
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A lot off folks keep throwing in the fact that HD player/movie prices are going down yadi yadi yada. But whats the point if their becoming extinct?
It will eventually be like buying VHS players/movies at a bargain price when really no one uses it.
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hughjars
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12. February 2008 @ 09:01 |
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HD DVD isn't dying for anyone.
Everyone I have spoken to about Netflix says that for HD DVDs they are incredibly slow, likely to deliver damaged discs
(there are tales of PS3/Blu-ray idiots deliberately damaging discs, I wouldn't put it past them)
and have poor selections.
Big deal.
They are hardly the only HD DVD rental outlet.
The only question here is how much were they paid off?
(you don't deliberately stand & look like a bunch of bought liars by going from saying, only a couple of months back, that the vast bulk of your custom is HD DVD to this without a good - folding green - reason)
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goodswipe
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12. February 2008 @ 10:45 |
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I wonder what they will be doing with all their HD DVD stock? I'd like to pick up a few titles if they will be marking down their prices.
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eatsushi
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12. February 2008 @ 10:56 |
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Originally posted by goodswipe:
I wonder what they will be doing with all their HD DVD stock? I'd like to pick up a few titles if they will be marking down their prices.
Like I said in the other thread:
I wouldn't pick up anything with a scratch. My last 9 or 10 HD DVD rentals from them had varying degrees of scratching and smudging. Each and every one of them had moderate to severe skipping and stuttering problems and at least 2 were unplayable at some point.
This is the problem when you don't have the extra layer of hard coating like BD. Due to the nature of the data layer a small scratch can result in big playback problems.
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12. February 2008 @ 11:41 |
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Originally posted by hughjars:
there are tales of PS3/Blu-ray idiots deliberately damaging discs, I wouldn't put it past them
Is that really what you think? If that is really your perspective then I have a clearer understanding of the person behind your posts now. I couldn't even imagine someone doing that. That sounds like the behavior of a 5 year old.
eatsushi is right, Blu-ray has a hard coating which should be mandatory on both formats for such data dense optical media. When you touch a Blu-ray disc it feels different. The coating is a definite advancement that co-exists well with the new media format.
nobrainer, your post about the PS4. That's digging deep, isn't it? The PS3 is still in diapers! I mean come on, do you just look for ways to make anything Sony does sound obsolete? I also believe that the distribution model will change and I have said that a number of times on various threads here. However, we are living in the present and companies still need to maximise business and profits with todays market. After all, that's what we are really talking about here, isn't it? Blu-ray and HD-DVD today and the near future... Not in 6 - 8 years when the PS4 is released!
In regards to some talking about Sony paying for support here and there. It's all business! If anyone here is business minded, it's not rocket science to figure out that endorsements, advertising, business strategy, customers etc. are what make any business successful. It really doesn't matter how you get those as long as they are within legal boundaries. I'm sorry to say this but it seems that Sony have formulated just the right mix this time round.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 12. February 2008 @ 11:42
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OhCrap
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12. February 2008 @ 13:30 |
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Originally posted by hughjars:
HD DVD isn't dying for anyone.
Everyone I have spoken to about Netflix says that for HD DVDs they are incredibly slow, likely to deliver damaged discs
(there are tales of PS3/Blu-ray idiots deliberately damaging discs, I wouldn't put it past them)
and have poor selections.
Big deal.
They are hardly the only HD DVD rental outlet.
The only question here is how much were they paid off?
(you don't deliberately stand & look like a bunch of bought liars by going from saying, only a couple of months back, that the vast bulk of your custom is HD DVD to this without a good - folding green - reason)
Jesus Christ! Are you kidding me? You truly are in your own little world. Disks are damaged and lost all of the time with these mail services and they just replace them. Duh! But no. Now bluray fanboys are destroying the competition, litterally.
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hughjars
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12. February 2008 @ 13:44 |
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Originally posted by OhCrap:
Are you kidding me?
-No I've seen it mentioned.
Originally posted by OhCrap:
You truly are in your own little world.
- ....and it looks like you clearly underestimate the fanboy element that has gathered around PS3/Blu-ray.
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Gnawnivek
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12. February 2008 @ 14:24 |
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Hughjars
Dude, i use to respect your numbers behind hd-dvd posts, but now, you're so far far away in your little world that your posts got no dignities...
You once told me, who the hell use forums for their electronic purchase decisions. Well, lurkers like me usually read here and there, get all the info he/she can. There were few posts, you made some good points, but now, you just called yourself a liar... How the heck i suppose to take a poster's posts seriously if he/she basically said "you use my sh!t to make a HD-DVD purchase? what a joke..."
Now, you said BD fanboys deliberately destory HD-DVD discs just to trash the competition. Well, not only it's a desperate argument out of the blue, but it seems that you're ignoring the fact that HD-DVD discs are not coated like BD discs! You know, the reverse can be said too, HD-DVD fanboys try to trash the competition by destorying BDs. Oh wait, only that they need to scratch harder...
Okay, you can stop with your Sony buy this and buy that too. Are you born yesterday? Read what other users said, it's a real world dude, if you got money you buy your way! Hey, MS can do the same you know, it's not like it got no money. Just that they want to buy Yahoo right now...
Look, if you pay me some serious money, hell, i'll be your friend on this forum too, i'll spread what an awesome guy you're. Hell, i even throw in my friends and relatives. Bottom line, dude, you longer got my respect, now go sink to the bottom with HD-DVD, at least die with some dignities...
Peace!
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hughjars
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12. February 2008 @ 15:26 |
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Originally posted by Gnawnivek:
You once told me, who the hell use forums for their electronic purchase decisions.
- Actually what I said was who the hell in their right mind would expect anyone to believe that they use the info from one source in one forum to base their big ticket buying decisions on.
I still say the very idea is laughable
(or at least it ought to be to anyone with a shred of sense & balance in their minds).
I guess I'll just have to find a way to soldier on without your respect tho.
We all have our crosses to bear, eh.
Oh the pain, the pain......
FFS wake up, tune in & try to lighten up a tad, eh?
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DieMPAA
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13. February 2008 @ 03:46 |
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The sad thing is that HD DVD's defenders are for the most part seeing the writing on the wall. A few, like the one above me, persist in clinging to a standard that has no future. The truth is, the content and tech companies will continue to re-shuffle the deck to get us to buy their movies over and over and over again. That's how they make money. In the meantime, we play catch-up, some of us even risk being early adopters, but that's a risk that we all take and sometimes the cards are flush, the others, fold. It takes more guts to admit that its time time to fold.
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15. February 2008 @ 22:47 |
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I like my regular dvd's just fine, could care less about the other.
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ranthru
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17. February 2008 @ 20:19 |
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the fact of the matter is that both sony and microsoft staked their claims in this new format war. they both paid for individual studio support and endorsement of their high def format. Had Microsoft included an hd player in their gaming systems - which i had three of, and none of them even worked as they were supposed to - the way sony included the high def playability in the ps3, we may still have a war, and in fact hd dvd would probably have won that war due to the 360's much earlier release. Microsoft was greedy in releasing a sub par system early, trying to fool the public into paying hundreds more for the hd player - which i believe i read in a previous post is available for 98 dollars now - instead of waiting and figuring a way to make them work properly with the hd player already included. Sony's release of the ps3 with the blu ray player included was genius. sony waited longer to put out a better quality product, consumers were fed up with microsoft's lack of quality control, and the blu ray's 5 free movie promotion with the purchase of a blu ray player, just took the wind out of HD DVD's sails, pun intended. i couldn't tell which way the war was going to go, but after my fiasco with the xbox 360 and microsoft's lack of customer service, i could see blu ray was eventually going to win. Now others may think downloading movies is the future and blu ray is a waste of time and money, blah, blah, blah. . . they need to understand that not everyone is a computer tech, or even computer saavy enough to WANT to download and stream and burn, blah, blah, blah. there are people in the world who don't mind buying and watching movies, we aferdawn.com users are a minority. Who knows what will happen, perhaps with the elimination of competition, the price of blu ray movies and players is going to come down. i know it will over time, much as dvd format discs and players had. Until then, i'm sure someone is working on ripping and burning blu ray discs, trying to level the playing fields.
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7. April 2008 @ 05:56 |
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ok soo this is another one to jump on the blu-ray bandwagon.
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