Freedom anime will continue on HD DVD
Freedom is the only anime with US release in HD that is not also available in Blu-ray or digital download.
source: ANN
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no it is an awful business decision to make a product that will be EOL!! in a few months, and they will have to remake it in another format anyway you know.
Feb 23, 2008 6:56 AM by ranax
no it is stupid to sell to such a small market that wont get any bigger and then on top of that not make it in any other hd format! (but it is a nice thing to do to help out the ppl that did buy the first few volumes)
and i dont think that is the market there aiming at, i think they have a contract with the makers of hddvd to fulfill
You missed my point. That is their only market because they've already started their releases on HD-DVD. Obviously it would be better if the entire series were on Blu-Ray given recent events, but it would be an awful business decision to hop formats midway through the series. The only people who'll be buying the future installments are the ones who've already watched the earlier ones, and those people all have HD-DVD players (or they wouldn't have been able to watch them in the first place). Switching to Blu-Ray midway means limiting their market to people who have both players.
They do need to continue the series in HD-DVD since they already started it that way, but it'd be best in terms of lasting appeal to release the entire thing on Blu-Ray as well.
Feb 22, 2008 5:50 AM by Krelian
I don't think it's that stupid - the people who bought the first volumes obviously have HD-DVD players, and that's exactly the market that they're aiming for (nobody is going to just decide to start watching in the middle of the series). The smartest thing would be to release the entire series on Blu-Ray as well, but there's no point in changing formats midway. It'd be pretty lame to have to own a player for each format just to be able to watch the entire series.
no it is stupid to sell to such a small market that wont get any bigger and then on top of that not make it in any other hd format! (but it is a nice thing to do to help out the ppl that did buy the first few volumes)
and i dont think that is the market there aiming at, i think they have a contract with the makers of hddvd to fulfill
Feb 21, 2008 11:14 PM by ranax
Feb 21, 2008 10:57 PM by Kurisu86
now all that is left to do is for HD dvd to dominate the market, however HD dvd players are best experienced when you have an HD screen, which even now are still pricey. perhaps now the ease of media will encourage manufactures to come ou with cheaper HD displays.
Feb 21, 2008 4:27 PM by kisami
I got no international source :( sry, but with some tools you can read it in english too ^^"
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The war is over Blu Ray won :] In my opinion they had no chance to begin with, but it was a bit of an optimistic opinion too xP
Feb 21, 2008 2:13 PM by DragooNick
And HD-DVD was only really good if you had a HD-DVD player or a 360 and an expensive addon - not really any better, and it's just common sense that a video disc would be useless to you without something to watch it on. That goes for any format.
Feb 20, 2008 8:58 PM by Krelian
Also as it stands only 2 major motion picture studios are still sticking with the HD-DVD format (Universal and Paramount) while most others are adopting blu-ray (Columbia, MGM, Fox, Disney, and Warner (after May this year)).
From what I knew Paramount and Universal weren't renewing their exclusivity to HD-DVD. --- Source & Source
Well thats good news, format war's are nice in driving down player prices but they are annoying as hell for early adopters.
Feb 20, 2008 7:32 PM by 8GaugeBrett
Also as it stands only 2 major motion picture studios are still sticking with the HD-DVD format (Universal and Paramount) while most others are adopting blu-ray (Columbia, MGM, Fox, Disney, and Warner (after May this year)).
From what I knew Paramount and Universal weren't renewing their exclusivity to HD-DVD. --- Source & Source
Feb 20, 2008 7:31 PM by Kanashimi
Feb 20, 2008 7:22 PM by cr4sian_phil
HD DVD pwns bluray anyday. =_=
Actually no... it doesn't
They are equals in terms of current video and audio quality, but blu-ray has more potential for growth in both areas because it is effectively double the storage space of HD-DVDs.
Also as it stands only 2 major motion picture studios are still sticking with the HD-DVD format (Universal and Paramount) while most others are adopting blu-ray (Columbia, MGM, Fox, Disney, and Warner (after May this year)).
Feb 20, 2008 7:19 PM by 8GaugeBrett
Feb 20, 2008 6:33 PM by cr4sian_phil
Although I'd rather have Blu-rays because I dont like those "Acronym" things were a letter really means a word that starts with that letter...what the hells DVD even mean >.>|?
PS: That wasn't a serious question, that was that british thing were you ask a question but its not spose to be answered :P
Feb 20, 2008 6:24 PM by Icy-nee-san
Feb 20, 2008 5:59 PM by tainteddonut
oh well, its for retribution for sony, who failed with MD and other failed investments. hurray for blu
Feb 20, 2008 5:52 PM by kisami
This is a positive and one of the few cases where the company seems to see the side of the consumer. I know I don't want to have to buy the blu ray version of Freedom now that there is a collective turn of media. I don't think everyone is going to trash their HD players just because Sony won on the media format war. And there is nothing I hate more than not having the complete set of something, especially anime so I want the rest of my collection in HD. If the company does want to get the market then re-release the first 3 volumes in blu ray too.
Feb 20, 2008 1:45 PM by Darkanger
Feb 20, 2008 12:07 PM by Krelian
Feb 20, 2008 11:47 AM by kisami
Feb 20, 2008 11:19 AM by Shino-rin
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