Toshiba to drop support of HD DVD; Blu-ray "wins".

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:23 pm

Now Blu-Ray has to overcome DVD, and that will take a long time. I won`t expect that for at least 2 years.

Personally I wanted HD-DVD to win over Blu-ray just because for some reason I just don`t like the Idea of Sony controlling what in a few years will be the next main stream media.

hailrazer · Post by **hailrazer** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:32 am

Now it's "official".

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/art ... RTUNE5.htm

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:56 pm

Today Gamestop said from today on, they will not accept any HD-DVD trade-ins, they won`t even accept trade-ins on the HD-DVD attachment for the 360 either.

Post by **Skyone** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:59 pm

Thank heavens I'm still using VHS.

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:13 pm

Skyone wrote:Thank heavens I'm still using VHS.

ewwwww VHS, I can`t stand watching movies on VHS anymore, but I still use my VCR to record shows like Mythbusters.

“I reject your reality and substitute my own.”

My favorite quote EVER.

I really need to get a DVD recorder, but I hear that the low end ones have audio tracking probs.

I remember precicting back in like 2001 that eventually we will be recording to DVDs just like using VHS tapes.

Same for Wi-Fi, back in 1999-2000 for summer school I had to write about a new invention or somthing, and I wrote about wireless internet, my teacher thought I was crazy to think we would ever have wireless internet

though I did mention being able to use it in your car as part of it, but don`t some truckers have Wi-fi built into their trucks? I swear I saw that somewhere.

ChrisS · Post by **ChrisS** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:01 pm

Jongamer wrote:
Skyone wrote:Thank heavens I'm still using VHS.

ewwwww VHS, I can`t stand watching movies on VHS anymore, but I still use my VCR to record shows like Mythbusters.

â€œI reject your reality and substitute my own.â€

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:00 am

ChrisS wrote:
Jongamer wrote:
Skyone wrote:Thank heavens I'm still using VHS.
ewwwww VHS, I can`t stand watching movies on VHS anymore, but I still use my VCR to record shows like Mythbusters.

“I reject your reality and substitute my own.”

My favorite quote EVER.

I really need to get a DVD recorder, but I hear that the low end ones have audio tracking probs.

I remember precicting back in like 2001 that eventually we will be recording to DVDs just like using VHS tapes.
Why not a DVR? You can probably build a cheap one with an older PC, a TV tuner card, and either Windows and WinMyth or Linux and MythTV.

Would a 500mhz P3 work?

And does it need to be connected to the internet?

Negative_Creep · Post by **Negative_Creep** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:24 am

I don't know how can you can use VHS now. Nothing is ever released on VHS.

siegeshot · Post by **siegeshot** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:37 pm

All they have to do is get all of the bonus features on blu-ray and we'll be golden.

Horray!!!

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 3:19 am

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:16 am

khaag wrote:

:lol

What movie is that from?

theelk · Post by **theelk** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:25 am

Robocop. I remember that part.

What an effed up movie that was...

Ecksem Diem · Post by **Ecksem Diem** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:59 pm

At least it didn't do quite as bad as Peter Weller in the opening scene of that movie.

Speaking of Peter Weller, has anyone every caught him on the History Channel as an expert on the Roman Empire? How random.

Sharp Sapphire · Post by **Sharp Sapphire** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:28 pm

I still am in denial about Blu-ray winning

Blu-ray hasn't won yet, its just that HD-DVD lost.

samus · Post by **samus** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:39 pm

good, hd is expensive.