Paramount and partner Dreamworks Animation have just extended the Blu-Ray/HD DVD war, as they have announced that they are throwing their exclusive support behind HD DVD.
Encouraged by a $150 million bribe from Toshiba, Paramount Pictures will release the films in its library only on HD DVD -- these include one of my favorites, Braveheart, the Star Trek films and obviously thousands more.
Phil Swann over at TVpredictions.com has put together a good, quick synopsis on the impact this move will have, but basically the consumer is getting screwed again.
I don't care which side wins -- Blu-Ray or HD DVD -- since I have both players, but I would like this decided sooner rather than later, so that I can start building my library. I'm hedging my bet on Blu-Ray winning the war, but with this latest announcement from Paramount and Toshiba forking over millions to keep the battle going, who knows when it will come to an end?
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August 21, 2007
Xbox 360 Bamboozle
I've been on the road for the last three weeks, but I did get my Xbox 360 back via UPS as expected on July 31 -- four weeks, instead of the promised three, not too bad.
What is bad that I didn't get my original system back. Having saved my serial number from the 360 I sent in, I checked the back of the console to find that I was sent a different refurbished system.
What I sent to Microsoft was one of the original 360's from November 2005, and what came back was a console built in April 2006. And, what is irritating about it is that the new system gets a lot hotter than my old 360, so I expect to go through the Red Ring of Death within the next six months.
My question is that since Microsoft sent me a new 360 with a later manufacturing date, does my three year warranty end in November 2008, or in April of 2009? I'm guessing the former, but what's the difference? I'm also guessing that the new system will break long before then and I won't have to worry about it.
Now I'm going to go crack open Madden 08 and see what improvements were made over last year's game, and next week I'll be picking up Tiger Woods 08. I should have reviews of both games in the next couple of weeks.
