Yeah, I just got Order of The Phoenix on BD, and wow, it looks amazing. Bourne Ultimatum is coming in the mail from NetFlix on HDDVD tomorrow, can't wait, the movie was awesome when I saw it in theaters over summer.

I got a HDDVD player when they first came out, and then I bought a PS3 at the beginning of this year, so all this talk of format wars bores me to death, I mean why do people REALLY care so much...what's the point? Anyways, it's nice to be able to buy any of the brand new exclusives I want, no matter which platform they are for. If I didn't buy the HDDVD first, and just had a PS3, they are so cheap right now ($200), that I wouldn't be able to pass that up anyways, just because HDDVD has managed to snag way too many movies I like.

Currently I have completely stopped buying regular DVDs, and prefer to rent a movie instead of adding to my collection. The difference is so clear for me, it is really hard to go back, and I don't want to have to repurchase one of my favorite movies when it eventually comes out on the hi-def formats.

This is the first time I've looked into this thread and the OP is banned. So I'm just wondering, what would you consider to be HD-DVDs death? I mean how will the occasion be marked?

The Lord of the Rings has been announced for Blu-Ray in Europe, and since it's a catalog title it should not be region coded (as the BD spec only requires titles less than a year old to be region coded, for international purposes, i.e. Hairspray from New Line).

From what I can tell, it's the theatrical releases, so I will be passing them up. Not to mention, they'll probably be announced for the US at CES (along with news of Warner and New Line going Blu, sorry HD DVD fans, but no LotR for you!).

makingmusic476 said: The Lord of the Rings has been announced for Blu-Ray in Europe, and since it's a catalog title it should not be region coded (as the BD spec only requires titles less than a year old to be region coded, for international purposes, i.e. Hairspray from New Line). From what I can tell, it's the theatrical releases, so I will be passing them up. Not to mention, they'll probably be announced for the US at CES (along with news of Warner and New Line going Blu, sorry HD DVD fans, but no LotR for you!).

You have been seeming like a blu-ray fanboy for a while, or at least an HD-DVD hater, in the sense that you keep trying to spin things against HD-DVD. This is one, since a lot of us know that movies have different distributors worldwide, so movies are not going to have the same format in every region.

Now it may turn out that the films may be a blu-ray exclusive here, but this is not proof of that.

And before you call me an HD-DVD fanboy, note that I'm basing this on international releases on different formats being twisted by both sides as somehow being bad for the other format. It's simply a state of international economics.

Trust me, the few times I see people blatantly twisting facts against blu-ray, I call on them for it. And I mean twisting facts, not just typing unfounded predictions. Those happen with both sides a lot. 

LordTheNightKnight said: makingmusic476 said: The Lord of the Rings has been announced for Blu-Ray in Europe, and since it's a catalog title it should not be region coded (as the BD spec only requires titles less than a year old to be region coded, for international purposes, i.e. Hairspray from New Line). From what I can tell, it's the theatrical releases, so I will be passing them up. Not to mention, they'll probably be announced for the US at CES (along with news of Warner and New Line going Blu, sorry HD DVD fans, but no LotR for you!). You have been seeming like a blu-ray fanboy for a while, or at least an HD-DVD hater, in the sense that you keep trying to spin things against HD-DVD. This is one, since a lot of us know that movies have different distributors worldwide, so movies are not going to have the same format in every region. Now it may turn out that the films may be a blu-ray exclusive here, but this is not proof of that. And before you call me an HD-DVD fanboy, note that I'm basing this on international releases on different formats being twisted by both sides as somehow being bad for the other format. It's simply a state of international economics. Trust me, the few times I see people blatantly twisting facts against blu-ray, I call on them for it. And I mean twisting facts, not just typing unfounded predictions. Those happen with both sides a lot.

I'm perfectly aware movies have different distributors worldwide. The Warner/New Line going Blu prediciton is entirely unrelated to the release of LotR. I'm basing that upon what certain insiders from the Blu-Ray.com forums have been saying over the past few weeks.

I wasn't saying that this announcement signifies Warner/NL going Blu, but that it will be released only on Blu in the US because they are going Blu. Both of which should be announced at CES if things go according to plan.

Btw do u people think that Warner going of exclusive to one side or the other is going to make much of a difference in the high def format war.? i mean will it eliminate the other player or both the parties will like to continue waging this war...

With each passing day i feel that the chances of death of one format is becoming more and more difficuilt as there is already so much hardware has gone into the hands of the customer... especially this blu-ray... almost 9 million PS3 already have it.... also i think around a million HD DVD hardware is in the hand of the customer.. So do u think one format can still be eliminated.?

makingmusic476 said: LordTheNightKnight said: makingmusic476 said: The Lord of the Rings has been announced for Blu-Ray in Europe, and since it's a catalog title it should not be region coded (as the BD spec only requires titles less than a year old to be region coded, for international purposes, i.e. Hairspray from New Line). From what I can tell, it's the theatrical releases, so I will be passing them up. Not to mention, they'll probably be announced for the US at CES (along with news of Warner and New Line going Blu, sorry HD DVD fans, but no LotR for you!). You have been seeming like a blu-ray fanboy for a while, or at least an HD-DVD hater, in the sense that you keep trying to spin things against HD-DVD. This is one, since a lot of us know that movies have different distributors worldwide, so movies are not going to have the same format in every region. Now it may turn out that the films may be a blu-ray exclusive here, but this is not proof of that. And before you call me an HD-DVD fanboy, note that I'm basing this on international releases on different formats being twisted by both sides as somehow being bad for the other format. It's simply a state of international economics. Trust me, the few times I see people blatantly twisting facts against blu-ray, I call on them for it. And I mean twisting facts, not just typing unfounded predictions. Those happen with both sides a lot. I'm perfectly aware movies have different distributors worldwide. The Warner/New Line going Blu prediciton is entirely unrelated to the release of LotR. I'm basing that upon what certain insiders from the Blu-Ray.com forums have been saying over the past few weeks. I wasn't saying that this announcement signifies Warner/NL going Blu, but that it will be released only on Blu in the US because they are going Blu. Both of which should be announced at CES if things go according to plan.

According to rumor, not plan. If you think this is a plan, you just may be biased. 

Also, you are still ignoring the fact that releases from studios, that are already exclusive, are on other formats in other regions, so you are basically lying that this is proof Warner or New Line is going exclusive to either side.

Well, I'll buy whatever player that plays my old DVD collection. Besides that, I couldn't care less.