Could Warner Bros. Abandon HD DVD in 2008?

[GizmoDVD]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

Why don't you show us how many forums you post under this moniker with.
Then google mine and see how many I post with.
You continue to post misinformation such as this sentence "I now see why you have been banned from forums in the past."
Which "forums" do you speak of? Remember, forums is a plural word.
As for data, I use that which is most current, do you have something else to show differently?

The 243,000 is Nielsen/Videscan numbers, they reported 89,000 for Transformers on HD DVD.

WOW, JUST WOW!!!!! You are the definition BIAS!! I can't believe you would compare the Nielsen numbers for one title with the studio's press release figures for another!!! LOL!!! You are a riot!

Unbelievable.

Nielsen = 60% of sales

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

Blah Blah Blah Dave Vaughn is a shill Blah Blah Blah 10% yield rates!!!! Blah Blah Blah

This rumor happened because the first week they tried that was their success rate.

They very quickly raised it into the 30s. I hear they're around 66% to 70% now.

I got that bit from Richard at Panasonic Hollywood Labs.

There is no doubt that Sony's PR department has lied about their yields. I think the problem is that the people that announced the new numbers didn't know that someone lied about the old ones.

The fact remains HD DVD remains in the high 90s while BD50s aren't even in the 80s yet. Throwing 1 out of 20 out vs 1 out of 4 or 5.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by PRO-630HD

I don't know how much any of this will or won't matter. But Paramount went exclusively HD DVD, and Paramount's CTO Alan Bell looked me in the eye and stated that he recommended this path in part because he believed HD DVD replication was more viable as the format moves into mainstream production numbers.

Oh you mean Alan Bell who was formerly employed in the HD DVD-development field at Warner? That Alan Bell?

http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsr...667973,00.html
http://www.netcaucus.org/biography/alan-bell.shtml

Dr. Bell's current areas of interest include the development of next generation HD DVD standards, digital home entertainment networks, including the technologies and issues associated with digital content rights management and copy protection.

In 1995, Alan was centrally involved in the unification of the DVD format, and shortly thereafter the developments that resulted in the CSS scrambling methods for DVD. For the last eight years he has focused on the technical development and cross-industry issues involved in the development of comprehensive rights management architecture. Dr. Bell has co-Chaired the Copy Protection Technical Working Group since its inception. Dr. Bell's career has included positions at IBM Research and RCA Sarnoff Labs

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by GizmoDVD

Nielsen = 60% of sales

No, Nielsen = 60% of retailers, including the two largest ones.

The fact that anyone might suggest that the buying habits represented by the top 2 HDM retailers would not also be represented by the other retailers would be an insult to anyone's logic.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

Entirely different scenario I'm afraid and still doesn't explain how if he is with Sony Pictures he would be the first to know about Viacom's decision to drop Blu-ray support.

I think you may have he and Paidgeek confused and I believe a lot of his info such as MiB comes from Paidgeek or his contacts with the various restoration/encoding centres.

So Pentonman was the first to know that Viacom dropped BD?

WOW! I didn't know he was Sir Howard! People better treat him with the respect he deserves!

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

No, Nielsen = 60% of retailers, including the two largest ones.

The fact that anyone might suggest that the buying habits represented by the top 2 HDM retailers would not also be represented by the other retailers would be an insult to anyone's logic.

Ok so Disney, Warners, and FOX say Wal-Mart is the number 1 retailer.

Who do you think it is?