tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post1112296696001665053..comments2023-11-01T10:45:23.708+00:00Comments on Virgin Media TV: Ten predictions for 2008Niallihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11917083363610144290noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post-19116868761787143852008-01-10T20:29:00.000+00:002008-01-10T20:29:00.000+00:00LOL@ number 4. Sounds like BBC2 about ten years ag...LOL@ number 4. Sounds like BBC2 about ten years ago! Please, no bowls in HD! So true. As for some of the others like point number 1 I'd dearly love C4 HD in March and for people to moan about it. I'd have thought point 6 will be the point of the year.<BR/><BR/>As for HD-DVD vs Blu-ray I can't see HD-DVD dying absolutely or Blu-ray taking off absolutely. It's not just the players, it is the content. You go into shops (all right so they don't stock anywhere near all titles) and think hmmm there are about 4 HD-DVDs I want and there's a bit more on Blu-ray and you get a list of about 6 titles. Shall I buy a blu-ray player for just 6 titles. No way. Look out for future titles, mostly new ones released on DVD and BD/HD-DVD. Until some killer films like LOTR and Star Wars come out I can't see blu-ray selling vast numbers apart from one offs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post-2815377530378149612008-01-10T12:06:00.000+00:002008-01-10T12:06:00.000+00:00Hi CarolHappy New Year! I actually work for TimeWa...Hi Carol<BR/>Happy New Year! I actually work for TimeWarner and the internal stuff I've seen on this has been pretty definite. Supporting both formats was proving hugely expensive, they tried the dual format discs but that never worked, and with DVD HD still a niche they decided that Blu-Ray was the way. I honestly thought HD-DVD was going to win, but as has frequently been the case, I think I was wrong. As I may well be again..!Niallihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11917083363610144290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post-17185236862989642972008-01-10T11:51:00.000+00:002008-01-10T11:51:00.000+00:00I don't agree that HD-DVD will die out this year. ...I don't agree that HD-DVD will die out this year. Too many giant corporations (Microsoft et al) have too much invested in it to allow this to happen - plus there are still quite a few of the major studios still committed to supplying in the HD-DVD format.<BR/><BR/>Personally I would not be surprised to see Warner's do a U-turn at the back end of this year or early on in 2009. The reason I think this might happen is that I don't expect many folk who have bought into HD-DVD rushing out to buy Bluray players - they are much more expensive and they have not finalised on a standard yet. I can see that the price of HD-DVD players dropping to the £100 mark and thus become more affordable to ordinary (i.e. non geeks) people. Having just purchased an HD Ready TV, they are not likely to splash out another £300-£400 on a Bluray player, but might well consider a £100 HD-DVD player ...... and Warner's will not want to forsake a growing userbase of HD-DVD users.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com