The dark knight part 1 of

The dark knight part 1 of 15

Overall, 2008 is gonna be will Blu finally go mainstream? will all these profiles issues turn around and bite them in the butt? can Blu start to overtake DVD? will HD DVD die or will something as drastic as the warner announcement happen to keep this war going? will sales turn around on the red front as consumers forget about the warner announcement and start to look for movies for their players that they got for christmas? Stay Bat time, Same Bat Channel! Two days after the Warner announcement I ordered Plaent Earth on Blu-Ray even though I dont have a player. Picking up a PS3, probably. All I can say is, Why? Seriously, why buy software if you dont have the hardware? Did you get it at some superfantubulous sale price? Its kind of like back around 1995 I had a friend I visited who had sort of a low paying job at a University. I asked him if he had the movie Pulp Fiction. He told me, No, I dont have a VCR. So I said, Well it would look cool if you put it on top of your TV. So, I hope that Blu copy of Planet Earth looks good sitting on top of your TV. By the way, do you even own a HDTV or do you just want to go Blu for the better sound? Do you own a HDMI receiver and surround sound speakers or do you listen to everything out of your TVs speakers? Some good points here, basically the reasons I was rooting for HD-DVD. Indeed if I lived in USA I would probably already own one thanks to those awesome deals on Amazon. But I believe the market has spoken. Well, the media companies have spoken, and the market listened. I may just pick up the LG hybrid drive since theyre down below CAD 250 the dark knight part 1 of 15 is dirt cheap, in my opinion. I have a spare dual-core Opteron that Im sure can handle the decoding side but would need a new HDCP-compliant video card, I think. Dealing with all that BS is whats pushing me towards just getting a PS Wish we got the free movies deal that you folks get in the USA. : oh yah, sorry. BTW, I was replying to the dark knight part 1 of 15 first reply by Ryan who i totally agree with. To Jeff original poster, i dont agree with what you did. Right now the studios are looking at lots of data and closely monitoring whats going on in the high-def market. Dont screw up data by buying blu when you dont have a player. I just easily sold my Toshiba A2 on eBay for 89 plus shipping after snagging it for 98 plus tax at Wal Mart. So, for just a few extra bucks I was able to buy the A3 at Amazon and get seven free movies to add to the five that are already en route. So, Ill be enjoying an awesome upconverter and eventually twelve HD movies for around a 150 investment. Might even delve into some HD Star Trek at some point, probably discounted as well. That will tide me over quite well while you guys figure out this whole format war thingy. this statistic simply shows new blu ray customers have more confidence in this format at this point. potential new hd dvd owners are either holding off on making a new purchase or waiting for a finalized blu-ray spec player to be released. unfortunately, the act of not buying hd dvd players and hd dvd media as last weeks results show wil continue to add to Blu-rays advantage. a drop in player sales will dictate a drop in confidence in the format, and typically is seen earlier than a drop in media sales will dictate an end to the format. Jeff you are so right, I was the fence for a long time with this one. I was tempted to get an A2 when it was on sale for But not knowing how things would come about, I held off. I just bought the 80GB PS3 for gaming and the blu-ray. And so people know how popular the PS3 was, Bestbuy was sold out of the 80GB version in Orange County, CA except for 1 store. I talked to the sales rep and he said the 80GB and regular blu-ray players were selling like crazy. CHICAGO The most spoiler-named film since Snakes on a Plane delivers exactly what it promises with its goofy title. When you go into something like Avatar or The White Ribbon, you may not know what to expect, but there s no surprise when a film calls itself Hot Tub Time Machine. It s not a perfect comedy but it s a heck of a lot closer than most of its recent genre peers and should satisfy those wanting to take an HD dip. A parody and ode to 80s pop culture, Hot Tub Time Machine is reminiscent of comedies of a quarter-century ago like Weird Science or Better Off Dead with stars of the period like John Cusack, Chevy Case, and Crispin Glover, a soundtrack that uses Motley Crue liberally, and a goofy tone that was more common in the era of the brat pack. In other words, it s a great rental for anyone who watched every episode of I Love the 80s or still have a Cutting Crew t-shirt buried deep in their closet. Hot Tub Time Machine was released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 29th, 2010 Director Steve Pink who wrote Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity reunites with star John Cusack as the pretty egocentric Adam, a guy whose girlfriend just left him and took the flat-screen TV but left his nephew Jacob Clark Duke in the basement. Adam used to be close with a slob named Lou Rob Corddry, described even by those close to him as an a-hole. When Lou tries to kill himself, Adam, Jacob, and another long-lost friend named Nick Craig Robinson race off to Kodiak Valley ski lodge for a wild weekend.