A high-definition fight scene in slow motion

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The brinkmanship is intensifying. Another major studio, Warner Bros., is being courted by both camps and believed to be mulling over a lucrative offer that could bring such popular titles as "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" into the HD DVD camp, according to Hollywood insiders who requested anonymity because the talks were confidential.

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Wal-Mart has yet to weigh in. During a review of its space allocation, Wal-Mart, which accounts for 40% of DVD sales, had set a mid-August deadline to determine whether it would continue to carry both Blu-ray and HD DVD, according to people familiar with the evaluation process.

In a recent meeting at Wal-Mart's headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., Toshiba offered details of its new, $299 player and, according to knowledgeable sources, pledged a large cooperative promotional budget to support HD DVD sales.

http://www.newsday.com/business/la-fi-dvdwar10sep10,0,2693880.story?page=1&track=rss

Toshiba finally playing the Sony game of buying support. The Blu-ray camp won't like it, and it is anti-consumer, but they started it in the first place so can you really blame HD DVD for doing the same (albeit they seem to be doing it better, especially if they lure in Warner too).

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Toshiba finally playing the Sony game of buying support. The Blu-ray camp won't like it, and it is anti-consumer, but they started it in the first place so can you really blame HD DVD for doing the same (albeit they seem to be doing it better, especially if they lure in Warner too).

When all the new stuff comes out, I never rush into buying any of them for two reasons, one, they are too expensive and sencond, I always believe in rinkles that need ironing out. Let's face it, there was a lot of chit chat about downfalls about Windows XP when it first game out, the same now about Windows Vista, when the XBox 360 came out there were people having problems because they overheated and then the intercooler came out to keep the console cool, I beleive there's dents in the PS3 after all that fuss about people going insane wanting to get one after queing in the streets for days and some people also went as far as robbing people of their PS3's and now all this BluRay and HD DVD stuff. I'd rather save money and also wait to see if any new thing is really worth buying. With HD, somebody buys an HD DVD player and they also need an HD TV to make it all work and the HD DVD players and HD TV's each cost a fortune. The films cost a fortune as well and DVD itself, a lot of the films are so cheap they are more-or-less given away. I can buy a DVD cheaper than their rental prices. I pay around £2.99 for some titles and more expensive titles are around £14.99 and BluRay and HD DVD films are around £49.99. What a rip-off. DVD has good picture and sound so how much better can it get? Well, I believe some films have sound not so good on DVD but that's with long films and I also believe that's why a lot of long films are now split onto two discs to improve the sound because when they are compressed too much the sound goes a bit iffy. I do remember the VHS copy of TITANIC sounded better than the DVD until it was split onto two discs. ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA and SPARTACUS were also spit onto two discs.

Darren.