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Asc...Here's one route you could take in the future to avoid getting hate mail when you log on... Instead of blaming HD DVD, blame the studios for not showcasing the BD version in all its glory. It is ultimately their decision to limit the BD release, not the HD DVD camp.

Or...Simply pretend to be happy that you're getting a 1080p/DTS-Master transfer. You know as well as everyone else here that it's going to look and sound superb.

Compared to what we could have with new technology it ALL looks like crap.

With your Q4 rant, you don't know how that is going to play out and you state it as fact that BD will continue a lead (relatively small all things considered) and that HD has no chance. Let it happen first. Wishful thinking is one thing but you take it a step further than most...

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"The answer apparently is yes! Because with this post, I am announcing that I am no longer managing HD DVD development at Microsoft!

Yes, it was a dream job. As was managing the other areas such as VC-1 and technologies we don’t discuss here. But after 10 years of doing the same thing, and nearly 5 years of being involved in this “format war,” I thought I should go and do something new."

"I will be reporting to Robbie Bach who runs the Entertainment and Devices (E&D) division in a strategic position focusing on future “Connected Entertainment” scenarios."

"With this, I will be curtailing my participation here as an official representative of Microsoft with respect to HD DVD. I will continue for a bit more on VC-1 front but that will be it. I will of course, continue to be involved in AVS in areas of personal interest for me. But my official representation of Microsoft is coming to an end."

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I just read on highdefdigest and dvdtown that Spielberg titles (in Japan) are coming to High Def... and HD DVD that is

In that list were titles as Caspar, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, Jaws and E.T.

That is great, because you know Steven Spielberg's stance on titles he directs.  He said that those titles can't come out without being on Blu-ray as well.  This could mean the Universal might be going neutral soon!

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HD DVD has to live down to the limits of a 25 GB BD disc as well...Can we agree that both formats limit each other to some degree? I for one am willing to make that concession.

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I think that looking at the picture that was shown on HighDefDigest it pretty much looks like Spielberg than has choosen for HD DVD.

I heard a rumor Spielberg was paid $150 mil to do this.  I read it on the internet.

Just saying.