evilkat's HD/BR plans... or Thread Hijacking 102

[evilkat]

This along with Transformers, are the movies that are going to make me buy BD/HD :)

I'm moving all this from the 300 thread - try to stay in the general vicinity of the topic guys - Tom

[stratman]

This along with Transformers, are the movies that are going to make me buy BD/HD :)

I thought you're going to wait to see who's the biggest pisser on the block??:D :D

[Seth=L]

I thought you're going to wait to see who's the biggest pisser on the block??:D :D
I am going to wait till it's affordable or I win the lottery.:D

[stratman]

I am going to wait till it's affordable or I win the lottery.:D

I thought Evilkat was on a holding pattern to see which format would "win."

[Seth=L]

I thought Evilkat was on a holding pattern to see which format would "win."
I am voting for Blu-Ray again, they got off to a bad start but they have rebounded, at least I think they have. If the stats are right "80% of PS3 owners buy Blu-Ray movies with them" and if they reported sales of 1.8 million units, well I don't know if that many HD-DVD players have been sold total, though I could be very wrong about that. If I remember people weren't lined up outside of Best Buy to get the Toshiba HD-A1.:D

[stratman]

I am voting for Blu-Ray again, they got off to a bad start but they have rebounded, at least I think they have. If the stats are right "80% of PS3 owners buy Blu-Ray movies with them" and if they reported sales of 1.8 million units, well I don't know if that many HD-DVD players have been sold total, though I could be very wrong about that. If I remember people weren't lined up outside of Best Buy to get the Toshiba HD-A1.:D

Nielsen has Bluray 2 to 1.

[Seth=L]

Nielsen has Bluray 2 to 1.
I have been meaning to ask, who is Nielsen?

[evilkat]

I thought Evilkat was on a holding pattern to see which format would "win."

I am on a holding pattern till someone 'wins'....but don't ask me to point out where the finish line is at!! If ever two movies could compel me to buy into a HiDef video solution, then those two trailers would be the ones, assuming the movies live up to the hype of the trailers :D

Even then, I would still wait till one format or the other has a 'clear-cut advantage' before I opt to go for one or the other. And if things keep up at their current pace according to my astrological calculations, it would seem that BD will end up winning the race =3

[stratman]

I have been meaning to ask, who is Nielsen?

Nielsen as in Nielsen Ratings for tv, they do that kind of stuff for marketing.

[Seth=L]

Nielsen as in Nielsen Ratings for tv, they do that kind of stuff for marketing.
So his vote is in favor of Blu-Ray then?

[mtrycrafts]

This along with Transformers, are the movies that are going to make me buy BD/HD :)

I'm moving all this from the 300 thread - try to stay in the general vicinity of the topic guys - Tom

This summer Sony is planning a $500 player. With all the savings we saved you instead of spending it on tweaks, you guys can buy both formats and enjoy this summer, not next year or beyond:D

[evilkat]

Woah....I was looking at this thread title and wondering when in the heck I made this :D

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