ARTICLE: "Death Knell Sounds For HD-DVD Format"!

[Hydra Boy]

The end is nigh:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070618/tc_nf/53097

[ChrisInCali]

Good, we don't need two formsts, it's really annoying.

[ack_bak]

I read the article, and they really stretched with the title... All the same, this negative publicity is not going to help HD DVD sales right now..

[pkremer]

At first I thought this was just a flame-bait title, but at least it is actually the title of the article.

Unfortunately for Blu-Ray fans, this is just another classic example of an overly sensational headline without anything in the body of the article to back it up. Blockbuster is hardly a death-knell...and the article even quotes people who say that the market base is small and that HD-DVD still has time to catch up.

In fact, not only is the title overly sensational for the body of the article, it doesn't match the article at all. Classy!

[divian]

Is there any other function for you as a member than just opening threads?
I do not mind you opening 100 threads every day, but if you do not stay to disscuss what you started then I am going to assume that your job is to start the flame as a viral marketer would do and then... dissapear.

Either you stay and disscuss this topic or just get away form this forum.
I hope you accept my invitation.

[theflux]

At first I thought this was just a flame-bait title, but at least it is actually the title of the article.

Unfortunately for Blu-Ray fans, this is just another classic example of an overly sensational headline without anything in the body of the article to back it up. Blockbuster is hardly a death-knell...and the article even quotes people who say that the market base is small and that HD-DVD still has time to catch up.

In fact, not only is the title overly sensational for the body of the article, it doesn't match the article at all. Classy!

Unfortunately for HD DVD supporters, it is on the Yahoo front page and 99% of people don't know it is just a sensational article.

[juventuz]

Poorly written... "in its 1700 stores", that comes across as Blockbuster having only 1700 stores and that's inaccurate.

[JAG1977]

It's like a stack of cards, if you're on the sidelines, this could be the development that makes you jump on the Blu-ray bandwagon.

If your a dual format owner, you may start favouring Blu-ray.

[Aodh]

I read the article, and they really stretched with the title... All the same, this negative publicity is not going to help HD DVD sales right now..

They were also selective with the quoting, they quoted the same person who said on the CNBC interview that it wasn't significant on it's own.

[polyh3dron]

This is why we have been saying that the Blockbuster announcement was a big deal. It wasn't because it affected us directly and now we could rent BDs, most of us here order online or buy them. The Blockbuster deal was more of a victory from a publicity standpoint than anything and that is why it is so important. It doesn't matter if all of you HD DVDers used Netflix anyways, or haven't set foot in a Blockbuster in years.

This announcement has headlines such as this everywhere. J6P is noticing.

[Slartibartfast]

You can bet Sony's PR machine is running at full force right now.

A few weeks ago some one here posted, "when will things turn around for BD?"

Well, now that time has come.

In a week this will all settle and I'll still be waiting for my dual player.

[ack_bak]

It's like a stack of cards, if you're on the sidelines, this could be the development that makes you jump on the Blu-ray bandwagon.

If your a dual format owner, you may start favouring Blu-ray.

Luckily for me (if the title of this article ends up being reality) I have been favoring Blu-Ray over HD DVD since I bought my BD player. One of the reasons I almost always buy the Blu-Ray version of a neutral title was that Blu-Ray felt like it was the safer of the two formats...

[Hydra Boy]

Is there any other function for you as a member than just opening threads?
I do not mind you opening 100 threads every day, but if you do not stay to disscuss what you started then I am going to assume that your job is to start the flame as a viral marketer would do and then... dissapear.

Either you stay and disscuss this topic or just get away form this forum.
I hope you accept my invitation.

Perhaps you'd be so kind to take a pinch of your own advice and stay on-topic as not derail this perfectly valid thread.

Thanks in advance.

[dolphinius_rex]

This blockbuster news should really not have gotten this big... it isn't really a format war ender. But if this constant negative publicity for HD DVD doesn't end soon, then it might very well become one. I honestly cannot believe how many of the major news companies are carrying this story, and even friends of mine who have *NO* interest in HiDef at all are e-mailing me about this blockbuster story (not this specific article in this thread, but one of the huge assortment available).

This story is hitting J6pack in a way that none of the technical problems on either format ever did or could, and it's being blown WELL out of proportion by the media. The next 3-5 weeks should should be very telling about if this publicity will translate into sales for Blu-Ray at all though. I don't think I need to go on about what will happen if it does.

[vegasr]

Headline was a bit over the top but I thought it was a fair and balanced report. HD needs to bring something to the table to counter the negativity.