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Who is winning the format war: Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD

2007-12-11 00:31:39 by Maxim in Maxim's Movie Reviews and Opinions Blog
 
...DVD became media of choice 7-10 years ago and replaced VHS, DVD players were a no-brainer as far as Christmas gifts go. But what about movies in high-definition? There are two major formats trying to win the eyeballs, and for many consumers two formats is one too many. The consumers are smart and they were sitting on the sidelines waiting for...
 
 
 
 
 
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HD-DVD still well positioned against Blu-Ray

2008-01-15 16:57:17 by Maxim in Maxim's Movie Reviews and Opinions Blog
 
...DVD players again this week. Now the entry-level Toshiba HD A3 player has suggested retail price of just $150 - very close to what regular DVD players sell for, while medium and top players, HD A30 and HD A35 with 1080p output now have MSRP of $200 and $300 respectively. The 5 free movies deal with the purchase of HD-DVD player has been...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Myth of the Perfect DVD

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2008-02-27 15:00:00 by Moviezzz in The Moviezzz Blog
...DVD this week from Criterion. It is a special 4 DVD edition, packaged with a 93 page book. The DVD transfer was personally supervised by Vittorio Storaro, the films cinematographer. In fact, director Bernardo Bertolucci said that he must be in charge of the transfer of the film The set features the entire film, along with the extended mini...
 
 
 
 
 
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Toshiba HD-A35 HD DVD player

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2007-12-25 08:18:12 by Maxim in Maxim's Movie Reviews and Opinions Blog
...DVD , I am reviewing Toshiba HD-A35 HD DVD player Why HD DVD and not Blu-Ray? Despite a seeming stalemate between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD inthe war for the eyeballs, I did not want to buy a proprietary technologyfrom Sony, especially considering most of their previous attempts to create new standards have failed miserably. Also, HD-DVD players...
 
 
 
 
 
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The death of HD-DVD: Toshiba abandons HD-DVD.

2008-02-17 05:44:11 by Maxim in Maxim's Movie Reviews and Opinions Blog
 
...DVD format,resulting in the complete victoryfor Blu-Ray by companies like Sony, MatsushitaElectric Industrial Co, Hitachi and Sharp.The format war has been going on since 2003. HD-DVD format has many advantages over Blu-Ray, but Sony and its partners had managed to attract movie studios, one by one, on its side. With fewer titles that will be...
 
 
 
 
 
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HD DVD format is not dead, Toshiba says.

2008-01-08 20:04:27 by Maxim in Maxim's Movie Reviews and Opinions Blog
 
...DVD remained the best technology, but acknowledged the Warner Bros announcement on Friday took her by surprise. Its difficult for me to believe when all the pundits declare that HD DVD is dead, Sally said. Clearly, the events of the last few days have led many of you to that conclusion. We have been declared dead before. The reality is we...
 
 
 
 
 
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HD DVD camp may lose more of its supporters

2008-01-11 01:50:51 by admin in Maxim's Movie Reviews and Opinions Blog
 
...DVD in May 2008, the HD-DVD camp has been reduced to just Universal Studio and Paramount as far as Hollywood studios go. The latter has an escape clause in their contract to switch to Blu-Rayshould Warner Bros. switch too (WB is the biggest studio). Warners sister companies, HBO and Lionsgate, are also switching to Blu-Ray. Paramount at the...
 
 
 
 
 
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The mighty 'El Cid': DVD review, interview

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2008-01-30 14:44:51 by Glenn Abel in DVD blog reviews home video news -- DVD Spin Doctor
...DVD release of El Cid marks the return of one of the 1960s most-remarkable film epics The restored three-hour adventure screened the other night in Hollywood, on the eve of the DVD release, courtesy of the Weinstein Company/Genius Products and the American Film Institute When a presenter noted that the widescreen movie was produced decades...
 
 
 
 
 
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The mighty 'El Cid': DVD review, interview

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2008-01-30 14:44:51 by Glenn Abel in DVD blog reviews home video news -- DVD Spin Doctor
...DVD release of ???El Cid??? marks the return of one of the 1960s??? most-remarkable film epics The restored three-hour adventure screened the other night in Hollywood, on the eve of the DVD release, courtesy of the Weinstein Company/Genius Products and the American Film Institute When a presenter noted that the widescreen movie was produced...
 
 
 
 
 
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Frequently asked questions about Thai films on DVD

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2008-02-24 18:23:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal