ces.betanews.com— Universal Pictures announced at the HD DVD press conference in Las Vegas Wednesday that it will have 10 titles available for the high-definition format's launch this spring - including Joss Whedon's Serenity.
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Some people are clueless. Just get a Mpeg4/xvid/divx player and get free movies/'Or if your all morally absutue, get a mpeg4 player and just transcode your OWN movies from DVD (or netflix) Who the f**k buys a HDDVD player and 1 movie (serenity)? During a format and price rape period? THE FRIGGIN FILM WAS NOT SHOT IN HD, therefore it will never look like true HD...... it will have wiremesh and all that crap visible on a good hdtv.....which again NOONE really has!so lets add costsNEW HD-DVD movie 40$new HDDVD player 159$NEW HDTV 1000-2000$?More DRM4u=priceless.all guesstimates for "better than the norm" qualityDoesent matter if you like serenity or Chronicles ofRiddick.... but the reg.DVD and watch it in its native resolution....not stretched to some ungodly pixels/mmOh and not to mention your buying into the new "draconian" as some ppl dubbed it DRM. DRM loving phonies. Screw HDDVD and Screw Bluray. DVD, despite what the industry wants to make you believe, has plenty of life left in it. Heck, I still see tons of VHS at my local blockbuster/rogers video. New VHS releases are supposedly to stop this year. We'll see.DVD will live for at least another 3-5years in a dominant marketshare.
It doesn't matter if it's a good movie. It doesn't matter if it was shot in HD. All that matters is that it's got an arguably over-obsessive fanbase who will buy anything remotely connected to Firefly. They'll make their 20 million off the sales of it and walk away.Apollo 13 and Bourne are the only other titles that much pique my fancy... although seeing Kong in HD could be nice with a good enough system.
lololol plan 9!!Seriously though, before now, I though HDDVD was dead, considering sony is using bluray, but serenity alone has made me uneasy, and now i think i'll have to go with HDDVD ^_^
1ivewireJan 7, 2006
Just wait for the dual format player so no one can laugh at you since you won't have another Betamax ten years later.
bamcatJan 7, 2006
More HD-DVD titles including King Kong and Mission Impossible 3 are posted here: <a class="user" href="http://www.digg.com/movies/First_High-Def_DVD_Titles_Revealed">http://www.digg.com/movies/First_High-Def_DVD_Titles_Revealed</a>I am seeing a lot of stuff that is coming out in both formats (like MI:3). Someone like Pioneer, who is planning on making a player that can handle both, is going to be the winner in my opinion.
xnaquadaJan 7, 2006
Some people are clueless. Just get a Mpeg4/xvid/divx player and get free movies/'Or if your all morally absutue, get a mpeg4 player and just transcode your OWN movies from DVD (or netflix) Who the f**k buys a HDDVD player and 1 movie (serenity)? During a format and price rape period? THE FRIGGIN FILM WAS NOT SHOT IN HD, therefore it will never look like true HD...... it will have wiremesh and all that crap visible on a good hdtv.....which again NOONE really has!so lets add costsNEW HD-DVD movie 40$new HDDVD player 159$NEW HDTV 1000-2000$?More DRM4u=priceless.all guesstimates for "better than the norm" qualityDoesent matter if you like serenity or Chronicles ofRiddick.... but the reg.DVD and watch it in its native resolution....not stretched to some ungodly pixels/mmOh and not to mention your buying into the new "draconian" as some ppl dubbed it DRM. DRM loving phonies. Screw HDDVD and Screw Bluray. DVD, despite what the industry wants to make you believe, has plenty of life left in it. Heck, I still see tons of VHS at my local blockbuster/rogers video. New VHS releases are supposedly to stop this year. We'll see.DVD will live for at least another 3-5years in a dominant marketshare.
kazeJan 7, 2006
Even though I have Serenity on DVD, I'd get it on HD.
Closed AccountJan 7, 2006
Oh yeah baby..Blu-ray goes down the drain!
elfuegoJan 7, 2006
It doesn't matter if it's a good movie. It doesn't matter if it was shot in HD. All that matters is that it's got an arguably over-obsessive fanbase who will buy anything remotely connected to Firefly. They'll make their 20 million off the sales of it and walk away.Apollo 13 and Bourne are the only other titles that much pique my fancy... although seeing Kong in HD could be nice with a good enough system.
n00854180tJan 11, 2006
Better movies and no RIAAMPAA driven DRM are definitely a plus for HD-DVD.
bigboehmboyJan 19, 2006
lololol plan 9!!Seriously though, before now, I though HDDVD was dead, considering sony is using bluray, but serenity alone has made me uneasy, and now i think i'll have to go with HDDVD ^_^