Swanni's 2008 Predictions: Warner Will Endorse Blu-ray

Phillip Swann, president of TVPredictions.com, is making 20 predictions for High-Definition in 2008. Here, in prediction #6, he says Warner Bros. will endorse Blu-ray exclusively in the high-def disc format war against HD DVD.

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[chrissup19]

Well the reason this really disapoints me is because every Blu-Ray movie I have baught so far has sucked! Big time! I had a Toshiba HDDVD player and exchanged it for a PS3 because of the whole WB exclusive blu-ray thing. And I have every title I had on HDDVD for Blu-ray, and they look and sound horrible compared to the HDDVD versions. And I am not the only one that thinks this....

[Colsworl]

Sony wanted one format to begin with. Early on there was talks between Toshiba and Sony to unify the two formats.

There was one argument though. Toshiba wanted to use Microsoft's iHD software while Sony wanted to use BD-JAVA. (I'm not 100% sure of the details though)

So there were talks to unify the two but they broke down over some minor issues which was a shame.

[Colsworl]

I got over it though and bought a ps2 eventually.

Not everybody can be a winner here; competition isn't always good for the consumer; just get over it.

[Colsworl]

I wonder what you would be saying if this went the other way around? You would probably be posting "Blu-ray is dead" everywhere.

Formats have died out before, are dying out now and will die out in the future.

When I bought a Sega Dreamcast I expected it to be the console that would sit under my tv for years to come with all the best games for it. That didn't happen and the Playstation 2 killed it.....

[thx113875]

It's obvious he had some inside info... comon now.

[chrissup19]

Ah...so basicly. Blueray "hey you made a mistake, oh well if ya don't like it go fuck yourself ha ha we win!". You just said what I have been explaining this whole time ya jack ass. Btamax, laserdisc, dremcast is no comparison when it comes to this. Similar? Yes...but not the same thing.

[samyb1234]

Well, he got this right.

He couldn't have gotten any closer. At all.

[Colsworl]

At the end of the day, it is business, both can claim to be the best for the consumer but it really isn't like that. Warner Bros moved based on business and strategic plans. They endorsed it because of features including superior copyright prtoection and better sales, probably not for the extra disk space.

HD DVD may be putting up a lot of resistance in North America but in other territories like Europe and Japan, Blu-ray is dominating.

[Colsworl]

It has happend many times before. Betamax adopters, laserdisk adopters, in the game industry with the Sega Dreamcast etc. The fact is, people should have known what they were getting into when they invested into HD DVD. They should have known there was competition in the market and that there was a possibility their format would become obsolete. I did when I invested in Blu-ray and I guess it was just a coincidence that it is leading.

[chrissup19]

Microsoft really dropped the ball on that one. Long term yes we should all just have one format. But people have spent hundreds if not thousands of dollars on a product that in a few years will be nonexistent. Does that sound like a slap in the face or benefit? The benefit for the consumer would be not to have greedy bastards who don't care about them but act like they do. Is Sony going to replace every ones HDDVD drives and discs for Blueray? I think not...lol