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umm, so absolutely no problems with any Bl-ray players then ............ right

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I name 7 seperate RECENT problems with HD DVD players.  The others name between 3 to 5 seperate problems for standalone Blu-ray players over the ENTIRE year.  That's a HUGE difference...isn't it?

"He's got a huge talent"

?????? sure, if you say so     

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If I didn't know any better, I would swear that Toshiba and Microsoft must have traumatized A_S in some way during his early childhood.  Perhaps they ran over his dog, or maybe they laid off his father, forcing him to push A_S sister's into a life of prostitution.  Or perhaps he lived downstream from their manufacturing plants and the toxic waste run-off caused his parents to lose their farm, or maybe they just bullied him in the playground and stole his lunch money.  Whatever it is he is seriously on a vendetta to exact his revenge upon these two consumer electronic villains who cause him such disdain!!! 

   

i support him because he gives me something to laugh at....

I never once said that having 80% of CE manufacturers is a thorn in BD's side...Did you even read my post?

Director Michael Bay: My Money Is On Blu-ray

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Transformers is the first major film to arrive on HD DVD ($40) since partners Paramount and DreamWorks joined that side of the high-definition video disc format war. Universal also makes its films available exclusively on HD DVD. Sony, Disney and Fox support rival Blu-ray Disc, while Warner releases on both formats.

Bay caused a brouhaha on his blog (michaelbay.com) by voicing his displeasure that Transformers would not be available on Blu-ray and that he was rethinking his plan to direct a sequel. The next day he backpedaled, but he is still upset about the format war.

"It's short-sighted and it has delayed consumers' moving to HD (home video)," he says. "As a director, my critical eye is that Blu-ray is where my money is. Consumers are smart, and they are going to wait it out."

I guess Michael Bay is ignorant too, because he is for Blu-ray.  That makes 4 top directors now.  It's pretty safe to say his blog was his TRUE feelings.

I wonder how some of you will try to spin this one. 

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I guess Michael Bay is ignorant too, because he is for Blu-ray.  That makes 4 top directors now.  It's pretty safe to say his blog was his TRUE feelings.

I wonder how some of you will try to spin this one. 

No need to spin it as I agree with him.  Consumers are smart and they will wait it out.  Wait, does that mean early adopters are stupid? 

Don't get your knickers in a twist, that was just a joke. 

Btw, I notice you forgot to congratulate HD for setting a new mark.  190,000 copies sold is the best debut of any high-def disc.

Early adopters might be stupid, if they picked the wrong format.  That was just a joke as well.

I will congratulate HD DVD for the most disc sold in a week.  Congrats, HD DVD.  I noticed you forgot to congratulate Blu-ray on the most discs sold for a HD title ("300" @ over 250,000) and the highest total discs sold on a HD format?  Will you also forget to congratulate Blu-ray on it's upcoming Spiderman 3 sales for a week (should it happen to break 190,000)?

The official Michael Bay website is having a HD DVD vs Blu-ray debate. 

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Hello,

My name is Nelson and I'm the webmaster for the official Michael Bay site (Michaelbay.com) and the admin for Michael Bay's Shoot for the Edit (SFTE) forums.

I am here to extend an invitation to a civil debate on the SFTE forums on the subject of Blu-ray vs HD-DVD. An invitation has also gone out to members of AVS forum. The debate will be moderated by me and will be amongst one person representing this forum and one person representing the AVS forum.

Please choose ONE person among you to represent your forum. Let that person contact me at nelson@michaelbay.com so I can set up the debate.

Also, when you do select that one person to represent you, that person should have 3 to 5 question they are willing to ask the other side.

Interesting.

Goodness me. Does the Giant ASC imagine anyone would want him representing anything? He is the reason I chose HD DVD after all. And there is the whole Giant ASC thing.

so far i have not had any problems with combo discs...they have all played perfectly