Yes, HD-DVD is dead.
This is your last chance to purchase the hardware and then run out NOW - don’t wait - NOW, and get your HD-DVD copy of “You, Me and Dupree”. It was shocking to me, and to the industry group fronted by Toshiba, that a format anchored by “You, Me and Dupree” could ever fail, but it has and now we must make the best of it. Go out NOW and get your copy of “You, Me and Dupree”.
Is there a silver lining? Well, it’s a dark, dark day, there’s no point in whitewashing it, but yes, there is a silver lining:
“Daddy Day Camp” is available on the surviving Blu-Ray format.
We dodged a bullet there, friends.
But then, why are you still reading? Why aren’t you out buying your copy of “You, Me and Dupree”? Let’s move, people!
33 responses so far ↓
1 Barry on Feb 19, 2008 at 11:38 am
The day I buy a Blu-Ray player is the day that Kate Hudson is naked in a movie that’s released on Blu-Ray.
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2 SaucyRossy on Feb 19, 2008 at 11:55 am
Yes Mike because the only good thing that ever came out on HD DVD was You, me and Dupree…..
I know what you are Mike. You bought a PS3 not only because its a gaming machine but because its a blu ray player.
You sir have been a blu ray supporter from the beginning!!!
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Reply from KELLI on February 19, 2008:
I knew it!!
Reply from Mike Nelson on February 19, 2008:
Actually, I own an HD-DVD player myself. What got me into it? “Scary Movie 4″ in HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO AND SOUND!
Reply from SaucyRossy on February 19, 2008:
Alright well I guess your still cool then Mike.
BUT
The format WAR is not over Mike.
Next is downloadable vs. Blu Ray.
Choose wisely Mike……
Reply from Courtney on February 19, 2008:
Well, Mike how else could you possibly enjoy the subtle nuances of Carmen Electra’s performance with just regular plain old ordinary sound and definition? The answer to that riddle is you can’t.
3 Tim on Feb 19, 2008 at 12:01 pm
I don’t know about this, Mike. I’m wary of watching “You, Me and Dupree”.
From what I understand, after viewing “You, Me and Dupree” himself, Owen Wilson lost his will to live and attempted to cut his wrist.
Evidently, it’s that bad.
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4 Rob T Firefly on Feb 19, 2008 at 12:01 pm
I’m still not convinced that Betamax won’t make a surprise comeback.
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5 Ninjew on Feb 19, 2008 at 12:05 pm
All these new-fangled gadgets. Bloo-Rey, HDVCR, and the HGTV’s being sold is screwin’ up the world.
When I was a kid, we didn’t have fancy mPod3 players. We listened on our crystal radios!
And we had to get up and WALK to the television to change channels!
We didn’t have them fancy Tivo or On-Demand things. When we wanted to watch a show over again, we had to wait for a re-run.
Waddya mean “What’s a re-run”?
We used to watch them all the time on UHF.
Waddya MEAN “What’s UHF?”!!!
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Reply from Rob T Firefly on February 19, 2008:
*pre-emptively gets off your lawn*
Reply from Brian O. on February 19, 2008:
I remember the good ol’ days when there were only 10 cable channels, and you literally had to move to another city or state just to get the Comedy Channel (and later the Sci-Fi channel). Wait, those days sucked!
6 NickE on Feb 19, 2008 at 12:07 pm
I agree, Mike.
I own an HD-DVD player, and I find that a comparison to my regular DVD players is as lopsided as pitting American Gladiator “Titan” (the “Yeah, he’s massive, but seriously — is he gay, or what?” Gladiator) against Eddie Deezen.
HD-DVD’s biggest advantage? The 25 minutes it takes to start up and actually begin PLAYING a disc gives you plenty of time to decide if you REALLY want to sit down and watch “Blonde and Blonder,” or if you’d in fact be better off going down to the shop and countersinking wood screws into your skull.
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7 HearofBlades on Feb 19, 2008 at 12:54 pm
I just finished switching from VHS to DVD!! Now I got to get Blu-Ray? It’s madness I tell you! MADNESS!!!
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Reply from KELLI on February 19, 2008:
I am boycotting this!! I shall stand my ground and watch VHS tapes and listen to LPs!!!
8 ActualDownload Editor on Feb 19, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Enjoy RiffTrax DVD Player Award from Actual Download Portal!
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Reply from Rob T Firefly on February 19, 2008:
YOU enjoy it. I’m bitter.
Reply from Erik on February 19, 2008:
It’s a major award!!!! (Edited original comment to remove link)
Reply from Chris_Fronczak on February 19, 2008:
A rifftrax dvd player, wow, now all I need is a Rifftrax dvd
9 Yanni on Feb 19, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Damn! Just when I bought a bunch of HD-DVD stock!
Perhaps I can recover by putting all this HD-DVD memorabilia on eBay…
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Reply from Onil on February 19, 2008:
Did you invest in pets.com also?
10 Kei on Feb 19, 2008 at 1:46 pm
I knew it’d end badly, but I wasn’t prepared for this.
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11 Natureboy (Ken) on Feb 19, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Anyone who bought a HD-DVD player must have been crazy! The prophet Michael Bay already warned us months ago that Blu-ray is the future. Who would go against the genius of Michael Bay? HD-DVD owners, you only have yourselves to blame. I hope you have all learned your lesson and will never again go against the wisdom of Monsenior Bay.
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Reply from Meredith on February 20, 2008:
Well, thank you. You’ve somehow managed to make this whole situation seem worse.
12 Attaturk on Feb 19, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I admit, I bought an HD-DVD player. So it’s clear why Blue-Ray won.
Although in my defense, I had heard the porn industry was going HD-DVD exclusive and I thought that would be the deciding fact.
How dare the pornographers screw me over like that!
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13 MikeP on Feb 19, 2008 at 5:44 pm
I remember back when CDs were new, and a local salesman demonstrated how it would still play after being smeared on the top (label) with peanut butter.
Has Blu-Ray passed the peanut butter test? Jam? Maple syrup? Pizza toppings?
Sorry, but discriminating consumers expect more these days.
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Reply from MikeP on February 19, 2008:
Addendum to my second sentence: Bacon?
14 Beautiful Mind on Feb 19, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Having flashbacks here, my family owned a Sony Betamax back in the 80’s. It was a clearly superior machine and it died.
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Reply from Kenny8 on February 19, 2008:
Good. I just watched “Sarah Connor” and the last thing we need is machines thinking they’re superior!
Reply from Beautiful Mind on February 19, 2008:
Fine point my friend. Machines are inherently evil and they must be kept from getting uppity.
15 Kenny8 on Feb 19, 2008 at 6:57 pm
No new format will ever compare to saving my pocket money for weeks to buy a 20 minute condensed version of “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” on Super 8mm film….WITH SOUND!!
“Forget 16mm and it’s crazy old exciter lamp technology!!” I used to yell at the A/V geeks, “Super 8 is the way of the future!”
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16 Mr. Slick on Feb 19, 2008 at 11:03 pm
I don’t know about you but I’m still waiting for BETA max to come back!
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17 AmandaGal on Feb 20, 2008 at 8:57 am
Blu-Ray only won because it sounds much cooler. Who wants to watch “HD” when you can invite people over to check out your “Blu-Ray.”
Note to future format pioneers: name your device something almost totally irrelevant to the format, but cool sounding, and it’s smooth sailing.
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18 SarahCanuck on Feb 21, 2008 at 1:34 am
I’m still miffed over Edison encouraging capital punishment so his electrical current system would beat his rivals.
Hmmph. Stupid Edison.
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