Re: HD DVD
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Griffith, I meant that you could ignore me, not that I was ignoring you. Since you have only been around here a couple of months, I wanted to make sure that you were aware of that option. So, this dead horse has been beaten to death enough, I'd say. But I just ask for you to consider how you have posted here and what type of tone that sets for this site, that frankly is one of the most friendly home theater sites around. Your very first post is about your "mistake" with buying M60 speakers. Sirquack called you out on that one. Your second thread is actually very good in your asking for advice. Same with your 3rd posting about what you called biwiring. Then comes the "I'm stuck with my M60s" post, again Sirquack jumped in to comment about being "stuck" with them. As for your comments on Alice in Wonderland, I've never seen a post use the word "poop" so much... But I agree with you assessment. You next post about fantasy football, honestly I never read. Then comes your foray into this thread. First words "Ummmmm what?" and then starts the combative comments in response to someone stating that at the time it had some things that were better about it. So on and so forth. So that was 3 negative toned and 3 non-negative toned set of posts. At a 50% ratio for someone who hasn't been around very long, it is hard to figure out your personality type and how you fit into this whole group here. Most people are cautious at first, and then let gripes and such fly in the water cooler after they have been around for a while. It just reminds me of another large home theater forum that many people here stopped being really active in years ago because people got hostile if you called their product bad, or if you told them that they wasted their money on $50 a foot speaker cables... If you look back, I ranted years ago about the whole format war, but like I said in the post that you quoted, I don't care who won or not any more. This whole debate was about facts and what each of us thinks was right. As I already stated, why so argumentative? "Your" format won, and I have the privilege of watching movies on both formats and was able to get a number of HD-DVDs for nothing (thanks CV) or next to nothing vs. having to buy them on Blu for $20-$30 a pop. Sounds like a win-win for everyone. Can we move on? I leave the ball in your court sir.
Last edited by nickbuol; 07/07/10 02:42 AM.
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Re: HD DVD
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Even though HD DVD lost the battle long ago I am still getting myself a player soon. As you said there are a lot of HD DVD's discs in sale out there and I just managed to get them for a dollar. Since I will need a DVD player too because I have been using the one from my computer I guess that the player will do the trick.
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Re: HD DVD
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The Oppo BD83 plays them, doesn't it?
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Re: HD DVD
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The Oppo plays Blu-rays, and DVDs, but not HD DVDs. If that's what you were asking.
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Re: HD DVD
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It would be nice if someone did throw in HD DVD playback just because. You'd think OPPO could fit it into one of their models.
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Re: HD DVD
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I don't think companies can acquire the needed licenses for HD DVD playback anymore.
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Re: HD DVD
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Agreed, and even if Toshiba was still willing then the cost would need to be fairly small from Oppo's point of view.
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Re: HD DVD
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If the format is dead, why not give the licenses away for free?
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Re: HD DVD
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Dunno, maybe they feel they had too much invested in it and if they can squeeze every last penny out of it then they will. Most companies aren't altruistic enough to offer licenses for free that would in the end really only benefit the licensee.
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Re: HD DVD
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Hey nick I don't think any of my posts were negative. My first post was about me wanting the M80s since I bought my M60s. The stuck whit them had to do with the fact I have my M80s now and have no use for the M60s. I never argued with anyone's opinion just wanted to state facts. My fantasy football thread was just that, no one wanted to play so I found a 25 dollar league on Graig's list. I also don't think Sir Quack called me out on anything, he as been very friendly. And I would have said shit but I was trying to keep it clean. I apologize if my opinions offended you.
As for Cheap HD DVDs I bought Star Dust last year for 50 cents. I enjoyed the heck out of it till my player broke. Wound up costing less than a hundred to replace the few HD DVDs I had. If the player did not break I would still be using it for Star Dust. luckily amazon uk had it on blu 15 shipped not bad I thought.
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