Toshiba’s HD DVD format lasted less than two years in the battle for the crown of next-gen optical media format. Toshiba threw in the towel in mid-February and placed a number of publishers in a rather difficult situation: what to do with titles that are already in the pipeline? German publisher Kinowelt had been working [...]
Also tagged hidef, imagion, kinowelt, review, terminatorWell folks, it’s here: T2 Steelbook Edition. Or, as the cover says, the “ULTIMATE HD-EDITION”. I guess we can call this HD DVD’s swan song - one of the last titles to be released for the rapidly dying format.
I received my review copy a few minutes ago. My first action was to try to play [...]
Also tagged hidef, imagion, kinowelt, terminatorSome of you may remember my earlier rants about the demise of HD DVD and the future of High Definition. In them I made a bunch of predictions, some of which turned out to be a bit bone-headed. I received plenty of flak for those opinion pieces; some of it justified, most of it… not [...]
Also tagged bd, hidefToshiba conceded the Hi-Def format war earlier today. Rumours of their forthcoming announcement had circulated the net for some days already, so one can’t claim surprise.
Also tagged format war, hidef, rants, toshibaMedia all around the world has been quick to pronounce Blu-ray as the winner of the format war. Financial Times went as far as printing rumours about Paramount dropping HD DVD, which Paramount very quickly denied. Other than that, HD DVD PRG has been very quiet about the future. I have a theory about what’s [...]
Also tagged bd, hidefFinland’s most influential newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, published a short news item about Warner’s decision to support only Blu-ray from May 2008 onwards. The ensuing discussion on HS’ website was interesting reading, mostly because the majority of chuckleheads there were convinced that Blu-ray’s victory will lead to cheaper movies and players. Dream on, people, dream on.
Also tagged bd, hidef, rantsIt was mere days before CES 2008 and the already announced HD DVD press conference, when Warner Bros. shook the industry with its announcement of their exclusive support for the Blu-ray format (from May 2008 onwards). Early adopters and industry pundits everywhere wasted no time in declaring the format war over.
Also tagged bd, hidef, rantsOne of the greatest TV miniseries ever, Band of Brothers (just take a look at that imdb rating), was announced on HD DVD by Toshiba Entertainment some months ago. However, the HD DVD release was announced for Japan only and at the moment there is no HD DVD release date for any other region.
Also tagged band of brothers, hidefIt’s here, finally. The Terminator 2 HD DVD I ordered from Amazon France arrived today. It’s a double disc edition: disc 1 contains the theatrical cut with English DTS-HD Master Audio and two French DTS-HD tracks. Disc 2 has the so-called Director’s Cut with English DTS-HD Master Audio track. Neither disc has English subtitles. Here’s [...]
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