Another blow to HD DVD

[Hockster]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6184567.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;2

Report: Universal opts out of HD DVD exclusivity
Variety says major Toshiba high-def video player supporter will not renew its sole support of the format when it expires in May

[Speederlander]

:shrug:

It's dead. At least now you can buy Blu-Ray w/o worrying about obsolete format down the road.

[Zytek_Fan]

Thank god. The format war is now over! :party:


Now to buy a Blu-Ray drive :)

[OutSider]

yep i like this news :) i dont like that format war

[Hockster]

Five minutes later I read this:
http://www.betanews.com/article/Universal_Were_staying_with_HD_DVD/1199974983

Sigh. :shrug:

[zanzabar]

hd dvd just needs to die already, its the divix disk of this format it should have died right away but its somehow clinging

[VulgarHandle]

discs in general need to die

neither hd-dvd or blue-ray are the answer

[kromosto]

discs in general need to die

neither hd-dvd or blue-ray are the answer

agreed. they look nice for me but something spinning is so mechanical :)

[ABXG]

It might be overly futuristic hope in technology in pricing, but I would eventually like to see CD's and DVD's replaced by small data crystals, like on Stargate :)

[turtletrax]

I would personally love to see Flash based media. Have your movies sold on a thumb drive that is almost impossible to destroy. Perhaps one day, but based on the fact they cant be broken or scratched, I don't see them wanting that.

[DeathReborn]

It might be overly futuristic hope in technology in pricing, but I would eventually like to see CD's and DVD's replaced by small data crystals, like on Stargate :)

Nah, the Babylon 5 Data Crystals (http://www.b5tech.com/misctech/householdtech/datacrystile/datacrystile.html) would be so much better.

[ABXG]

Nah, the Babylon 5 Data Crystals (http://www.b5tech.com/misctech/householdtech/datacrystile/datacrystile.html) would be so much better.

Now I feel ashamed for remembering Stargate over B5, probably because I got the complete SG1 season 1-10 set for Christmas :)

[kromosto]

supermans crystals was big but more suitable for 4320p hologram

[Eddie3dfx]

Good O'l capitalism at it's best

[ziddey]

feel bad for the hd people :( dreams got killed

[AliG]

I would personally love to see Flash based media. Have your movies sold on a thumb drive that is almost impossible to destroy. Perhaps one day, but based on the fact they cant be broken or scratched, I don't see them wanting that.

Actually I would rather see sd cards, they'll be small, they have plenty of space as it is with the higher end ones, it won't cost a fortune to buy an sd reader (so because of that they can be implented everywhere, even in your tv/monitor)

[xlink]

Actually I would rather see sd cards, they'll be small, they have plenty of space as it is with the higher end ones, it won't cost a fortune to buy an sd reader (so because of that they can be implented everywhere, even in your tv/monitor)

same.

flash is the future

[Drunner611]

Five minutes later I read this:
http://www.betanews.com/article/Universal_Were_staying_with_HD_DVD/1199974983

Sigh. :shrug:

Dude. I wish more people would read this. Now I don't know what to believe.

[Ugly n Grey]

It might be overly futuristic hope in technology in pricing, but I would eventually like to see CD's and DVD's replaced by small data crystals, like on Stargate :)

Not overly futuristic at all... IBM has been developing 3D laser written/read storage mechanisms for more than five years. Not that they will spill the beans on every aspect of it, but your comment is more likely to happen than not. Who knows, maybe they got the idea from sci fi ... this concept has been around for decades.

[Spawne32]

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u47/Spawne32/vlcsnap-275248.png
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u47/Spawne32/vlcsnap-274925.png

is what i want

[Drunner611]

is what i want
LMAO, If I remember right, all that did was play Steppenwolf.

-Edit: Not that Steppenwolf's bad, but there's plenty more I'd rather do with a crystal, like store every good movie and song ever.

-Edit: Steve Jobs just introduced the iPod Crystal. Now with a Gogol gb of space. I'm in luck.