Blu-ray Profile 1.1--Yeah, WE got it...

Lloyd Parsons wrote:

[snip] ...

> While I don't have a problem with one or the other winning the phony
> war, I think it needs to go a bit longer to keep pushing the prices down
> on both sides, both hardware and software. The war is what has gotten
> us all the BOGO sales and 2-fers and such.


Great minds think alike. You're right on target with above comment.

Thanks for being the "voice of reason".

(Derek J. has gone totally FULLSCREEN over his new Blu-Ray pajamas)

winf 8*P

Winfield

Winfield wrote:

> Lloyd Parsons wrote:
>
> [snip] ...
>
>> While I don't have a problem with one or the other winning the phony
>> war, I think it needs to go a bit longer to keep pushing the prices
>> down on both sides, both hardware and software. The war is what has
>> gotten us all the BOGO sales and 2-fers and such.
>
> Great minds think alike. You're right on target with above comment.
>
> Thanks for being the "voice of reason".
>
> (Derek J. has gone totally FULLSCREEN over his new Blu-Ray pajamas)

The one last defense we have for the War is "Look at all the bargains!
"

Which is the Bottom-Feeding defense, those of vultures and war profiteers--
Those who don't take sides, and don't care which side buys the missiles
or how many casualties stack up, so long as They Get Theirs.
"Hey, I got an HD player for $99!"...Yes, you got one because Toshiba/MS
was reduced to slashing an unsuccessful item to below safe profit
margins, and taking losses on their product to try and stem hemorraging
income.
Those who DIDN'T rush out and "grab a cheap HD player for $99" were more
mercifully hoping to see Toshiba lose *all* their money on an
unsuccessful product that was cluttering up a confused industry,hoping
to see an industry that could refine and mainstream its more successful
product to a wider and cheaper customer base, and hoping to lower prices
in a more longterm way.

I'm not asking that anyone here *CARE* about the War.
I'm just asking your support in helping fight it a little more damn
efficiently, and helping end it sooner. As I understand from most of
the comments, that seems to be the popular goal.
There were plenty of Black marketeers in every war, they got plenty of
their own bargains on the sly, and I don't recall anyone ever calling
them heroes.

Derek Janssen

Derek Janssen

In article <ptfaj.5039$Vg1.740@trndny04>,
Derek Janssen <> wrote:

> Winfield wrote:
>
> > Lloyd Parsons wrote:
> >
> > [snip] ...
> >
> >> While I don't have a problem with one or the other winning the phony
> >> war, I think it needs to go a bit longer to keep pushing the prices
> >> down on both sides, both hardware and software. The war is what has
> >> gotten us all the BOGO sales and 2-fers and such.
> >
> > Great minds think alike. You're right on target with above comment.
> >
> > Thanks for being the "voice of reason".
> >
> > (Derek J. has gone totally FULLSCREEN over his new Blu-Ray pajamas)
>
> The one last defense we have for the War is "Look at all the bargains!
> "
>
> Which is the Bottom-Feeding defense, those of vultures and war profiteers--
> Those who don't take sides, and don't care which side buys the missiles
> or how many casualties stack up, so long as They Get Theirs.
> "Hey, I got an HD player for $99!"...Yes, you got one because Toshiba/MS
> was reduced to slashing an unsuccessful item to below safe profit
> margins, and taking losses on their product to try and stem hemorraging
> income.
> Those who DIDN'T rush out and "grab a cheap HD player for $99" were more
> mercifully hoping to see Toshiba lose *all* their money on an
> unsuccessful product that was cluttering up a confused industry,hoping
> to see an industry that could refine and mainstream its more successful
> product to a wider and cheaper customer base, and hoping to lower prices
> in a more longterm way.
>
> I'm not asking that anyone here *CARE* about the War.
> I'm just asking your support in helping fight it a little more damn
> efficiently, and helping end it sooner. As I understand from most of
> the comments, that seems to be the popular goal.
> There were plenty of Black marketeers in every war, they got plenty of
> their own bargains on the sly, and I don't recall anyone ever calling
> them heroes.
>
> Derek Janssen
>

Nah, you go fight the war, I want it to keep going for a bit longer to
keep all you BD guys doing the BOGO sales! I like cheap HD movies!!

Lloyd Parsons

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:58:21 -0700, Winfield <>
wrote:

>Lloyd Parsons wrote:
>
> [snip] ...
>
>> While I don't have a problem with one or the other winning the phony
>> war, I think it needs to go a bit longer to keep pushing the prices down
>> on both sides, both hardware and software. The war is what has gotten
>> us all the BOGO sales and 2-fers and such.
>
>
>Great minds think alike. You're right on target with above comment.
>
>Thanks for being the "voice of reason".
>
> (Derek J. has gone totally FULLSCREEN over his new Blu-Ray pajamas)
>


That was actually amusing! I prefer to call it FOOLscreen though.

ChairmanOfTheBored

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:49:25 GMT, Derek Janssen
<> wrote:

>I'm not asking that anyone here *CARE* about the War.
>I'm just asking your support in helping fight it a little more damn
>efficiently, and helping end it sooner. As I understand from most of
>the comments, that seems to be the popular goal.
>There were plenty of Black marketeers in every war, they got plenty of
>their own bargains on the sly, and I don't recall anyone ever calling
>them heroes.


You're an idiot. There is no war. Both formats will survive for quite
a while. Get used to it.

ChairmanOfTheBored

Lloyd Parsons wrote:
>
> Nah, you go fight the war, I want it to keep going for a bit longer to
> keep all you BD guys doing the BOGO sales! I like cheap HD movies!!

Yeah, they're "cheap", all right, in more ways than one:

Ie., as long as Warner remains dual-format--and the ONLY dual-format
studio, at that--they use one VC-1 master to encode both their HD and
Blu-ray releases, which means Warner Blu titles rarely exceed the same
technical limitations in their print quality as their HD's.

So, if you're thinking "Both formats look the same", well, in Warner's
case, they DO...
And given what we've seen from other dedicated-Blu studios like Disney,
most Blu fans would rather wish they *didn't*, and that Warner would
either quit or get off the pot already sometime this year.

...Those who think a continuing war is "healthy for the economy", just
ask the peasants on the street. -_-

Derek Janssen (CES'08 Countdown: 19 days...And yeah, Warner will
probably wimp out and just announce they're converting their last HD
titles, but it's something)

Derek Janssen

Here's a message ChairmanOfTheCornholers / RoyL****s / MiniProng / DickMatter / TheKrakhead / Dumb**** / Cocksucker posted back in December of last year. Looks like you really called this one Roy, HD-DVD lasted almost 4 more months after your expert prediction. Got any good stock tips for the group?

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:03:40 -0800, ChairmanOfTheBored <> wrote:

>On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:49:25 GMT, Derek Janssen
><> wrote:
>
>>I'm not asking that anyone here *CARE* about the War.
>>I'm just asking your support in helping fight it a little more damn
>>efficiently, and helping end it sooner. As I understand from most of
>>the comments, that seems to be the popular goal.
>>There were plenty of Black marketeers in every war, they got plenty of
>>their own bargains on the sly, and I don't recall anyone ever calling
>>them heroes.
>
>

You're an idiot. There is no war. Both formats will survive for quite
a while. Get used to it.

Sterculius