Retailers Press For Unified HD DVD Format 293
datemenatalie writes "While the war between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray continues over who will be the direct successor to DVD, the Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) has issued a strong statement to Hollywood and the consumer electronics industry regarding the looming HD format war. The statement, which supports a single high-definition disc format, also offers advice on dimensions, packaging, features and even how marketing materials should be designed. The statement argues, "two formats, each capable of storing high definition movies on DVD, are planned for release into the market. Retailers uniformly agree that the concurrent distribution of more than one format is likely unsustainable, and that the launch of a single format is preferable to a format war which could confuse the public and lead to reluctance to embrace either format." This comes just weeks after early indications that HD-DVD will only allow playback of full 1080 resolution video signals through HDMI connectors, leaving consumers with older HDTVs (pre-HDMI) out of luck."
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Dear MPAA, Manufacturers, distributors & pr0nz (Score:5, Funny)
So I urge you, as a consumer, please keep your bit rates low, and consider us warez geezerz.
Otherwise I will just have to draw upon the dark powers of bittorrent, that evil protocol, and distribute gigs of high resolution video to all my l33t friends on the w3b, you know, d4rkh0rz, m@niac, l0tt0rz and b4dger. (their real handles have been changed to protect the innocent)
Kindly,
Tod^H^H^H Paul
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Re:war: what's it good for? (Score:2, Funny)
Imagine the Blu-Ray frying up HD DVD with those blue laser rays
Re:Size (Score:1, Funny)
The winner (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Why worry about it (Score:2, Funny)
ROFL!!! (Score:5, Funny)
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Oh, brother, I can barely catch my breath. Have you ever wandered through a Best Buy or Circuit City?
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Re:Why worry about it (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Why worry about it (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Only Marginally Good News (Score:3, Funny)
That's easy then - just tell everyone that, "If you buy HD-BLU-DVDs then the terrorists have won!"
Re:The question and answer is: (Score:2, Funny)
Re:ROFL!!! (Score:3, Funny)
"Think of how stupid the average consumer is, and realize that half of them are stupider than that!" (apologies to George Carlin.)
Meanwhile, on the technical side, my vote would be for the highest-quality, most forward-looking technology, so it has the largest chance to convert people from DVDs. The current DVD technology is to my mind the video equivalent of CD-quality; in other words, "good enough" for most people. Who cares if it takes a few more cents per disc to manufacture, the cost can be trivially passed on to consumers, but the quality difference between DVD and the new format (and of course, reviews in the press emphasizing the difference) is what will get people to upgrade.
Blu-Ray would be my choice at this point.