http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/01/why_warner_killed_hd_dvd_by_go/ the Gadget Guide | Technology and consumer electronics news and reviews Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:50:44 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/01/why_warner_killed_hd_dvd_by_go/comment-page-1/#comment-4063 Seeker Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:27:39 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/01/why_warner_killed_hd_dvd_by_go.html#comment-4063 <p>Good decision. Someone had to do something to stop this stupid format war. A commercially based decision is the best way to go.<br /> Toshiba committed a strategic bungle by allowing HD-DVD to be alinged with Microsoft and the 360, rather than positioning themselves for the home theatre market. By allowing Microsoft in, they presented the view that HD-DVD was the format favoured by gamers and computer geeks, groups that have no alignment with the real target market of home theatre. </p> Good decision. Someone had to do something to stop this stupid format war. A commercially based decision is the best way to go.
Toshiba committed a strategic bungle by allowing HD-DVD to be alinged with Microsoft and the 360, rather than positioning themselves for the home theatre market. By allowing Microsoft in, they presented the view that HD-DVD was the format favoured by gamers and computer geeks, groups that have no alignment with the real target market of home theatre.

]]> http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/01/why_warner_killed_hd_dvd_by_go/comment-page-1/#comment-4062 Rick Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:54:44 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/01/why_warner_killed_hd_dvd_by_go.html#comment-4062 <p>I didn't commit to a format but was hoping for a HD-DVD win. Sony really screws Australian and European consumers with ridiculous overpricing and their nonexistent customer service, so this is sad news. Worse is the Blu-ray region coding and whatever money grabbing schemes studios dream up when BD+ arrives. Now we're going to be stuck with inflated movie prices and locked out of getting disks OS. Thanks Warner. I sure as hell won't be *buying* any movies from any of the Blu-ray studios in protest. </p> I didn’t commit to a format but was hoping for a HD-DVD win. Sony really screws Australian and European consumers with ridiculous overpricing and their nonexistent customer service, so this is sad news. Worse is the Blu-ray region coding and whatever money grabbing schemes studios dream up when BD+ arrives. Now we’re going to be stuck with inflated movie prices and locked out of getting disks OS. Thanks Warner. I sure as hell won’t be *buying* any movies from any of the Blu-ray studios in protest.

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