DVD Wars Looking For The 20th Century Fox

Iria · Jul 30, 2005, 06:53 PM

Blu-Ray launched another offensive in the DVD war in the form of the 20th Century Fox studio. Make no bones about it; it is a war as Sony, Toshiba and all the companies who've signed off on the respective high definition formats continue to look for an edge.

Fox's home entertainment division announced its decision based on recent commitments by the Blu-Ray folks to protect copyrighted material, which is a huge point of contention for most record studios at this time. This stands to reason though since the Blu-Ray developer Sony is also a major movie company.

"We are in creative collaboration with some of the best filmmakers in the business and the most important thing to the studio is that we continue to provide the best possible presentation of our films," commented Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman, Chairmen, Fox Filmed Entertainment. "Creative advances in movie-making technology have consistently helped raise the bar in films today and with the Blu-ray Disc the bar has now been raised for the home viewing experience. We will take full advantage of all the creative possibilities it offers."
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brywalker · Jul 30, 2005, 08:34 PM

You would think these morons in these huge corporations would learn from their mistakes.

VHS vs BETA. Fairly long drawn out war (for the first few years) and neither really caught on until the other went away and even then it was a slow ramp up to the early 90s - where it took off.

DVD. The most successful media format of all time. It took off faster than vinal, cassette, and compact disc. It was affordable, and you can't find a home without one now.

Difference? NO FORMAT WAR! Just make 1 format, make it backwards compat with DVD and watch how fast these things sell. They are setting themselves up for failure!

ZzzombieBunny · Jul 30, 2005, 11:02 PM

why they even bother, considering holographic storage will make both formats look like floppy disks. In the end its gonna be the customers suffering from all these variable formats, incompatible players, expensive costs...

Necrosis · Jul 31, 2005, 02:09 AM

I have a simple way of solving this.

Leave it up to a the people to have a vote!

I've started up a poll about this.

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/audio-video-editing-encoding/80627-hd-dvd-blu-ray.html

Jul 30, 2005, 06:53 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	DVD Wars Looking For The 20th Century Fox Blu-Ray launched another offensive in the DVD war in the form of the 20th Century Fox studio. Make no bones about it; it is a war as Sony, Toshiba and all the companies who've signed off on the respective high definition formats continue to look for an edge. Fox's home entertainment division announced its decision based on recent commitments by the Blu-Ray folks to protect copyrighted material, which is a huge point of contention for most record studios at this time. This stands to reason though since the Blu-Ray developer Sony is also a major movie company. "We are in creative collaboration with some of the best filmmakers in the business and the most important thing to the studio is that we continue to provide the best possible presentation of our films," commented Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman, Chairmen, Fox Filmed Entertainment. "Creative advances in movie-making technology have consistently helped raise the bar in films today and with the Blu-ray Disc the bar has now been raised for the home viewing experience. We will take full advantage of all the creative possibilities it offers." __________ Read More / Source: WebProNews.com

Jul 30, 2005, 11:02 PM	#3
ZzzombieBunny Cake or Death? Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 259 Rep Power: 0	why they even bother, considering holographic storage will make both formats look like floppy disks. In the end its gonna be the customers suffering from all these variable formats, incompatible players, expensive costs... Last edited by ZzzombieBunny; Jul 30, 2005 at 11:09 PM.

Jul 31, 2005, 02:09 AM	#4
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	I have a simple way of solving this. Leave it up to a the people to have a vote! I've started up a poll about this. http://www.hardwareheaven.com/audio-video-editing-encoding/80627-hd-dvd-blu-ray.html Last edited by Necrosis; Jul 31, 2005 at 06:03 AM.

Jul 30, 2005, 08:34 PM	#2
brywalker DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 87 Rep Power: 0	You would think these morons in these huge corporations would learn from their mistakes. VHS vs BETA. Fairly long drawn out war (for the first few years) and neither really caught on until the other went away and even then it was a slow ramp up to the early 90s - where it took off. DVD. The most successful media format of all time. It took off faster than vinal, cassette, and compact disc. It was affordable, and you can't find a home without one now. Difference? NO FORMAT WAR! Just make 1 format, make it backwards compat with DVD and watch how fast these things sell. They are setting themselves up for failure!