Comments on: Hitler Not Too Pleased Over HD-DVD Downfall

By: Kareem

Kareem — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:43:22 +0000

Reminds me of those fanta shokata movies.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:58:52 +0000

@ Daniel – 300 is an excellent film in Hi Def and shows off the Blu Ray format at its best. I agree with William that plain old DVD will be around for a very long time. 10 years would be my guess. I’ve just purchased a multi-region Panasonic DVD recorder that upscales to 1080i, which while not proper Hi Def it’s a good balance between cost and quality. I can watch any DVD from any region in the world at a significantly cheaper cost than Hi Def discs, at a picture quality better than DVD. These are BIG pluses for staying with DVD. So whether Blu Ray or HD DVD “win” neither will become the mainstream is my opinion.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:58:00 +0000

Oh nooos, HDDVD si teh d00med. Blu-Ray FTW RALFMACHIO

By: somewhat

somewhat — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:27:01 +0000

Blu will take over eventually, but it’s a money thing, and consumers will slowly convert, as more and more TV owners switch to high def. Not an overnight thing you know…

By: george

george — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:13:22 +0000

blu-ray is far better than hddvd!!!!

sorry hddvd owners, should have looked at specs before buying!!!!

By: William

William — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:05:08 +0000

the thing people keep forgetting is the fact that most consumers are not willing to give up on old DVD format just yet. So when Blu=ray wins the format war which they will, it will still be a couple of years before it’s completely accepted by a majority of consumers.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:30:10 +0000

@Phil: Yea, I did forget to put that into my equation. Most consumers won’t buy everything that comes out for Blu-Ray. I personally get DVDs for movies that I want to see, but don’t want to pay extra for super high def quality. I actually got my first Blu-Ray movie last week, 300, which I believe is well worth the extra money since it was such a great movie and it was visually stunning as well.

By: Sk8man

Sk8man — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:13:01 +0000

@EVERYONE SUPPORTING HDDVD: you are all paid by Toshiba to troll these forums, HDVDVDDDDVDVDFV, whatever, is dead, everyone with a brain knows this and the last ditch effort you have is a terrible attempt at viral maketing, seriously? you really are supporting a format that less than 30 per cent of films are being released on? Someone needs to whack you all over the head really really really hard.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:18:53 +0000

yeah, i have a feeling this isn’t the last spoof of that scene from Downfall we’re going to see. good thing all the one’s so far have been pretty funny. poor ol’ Hitler.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:16:45 +0000

the movie used for this clip is titled ”Downfall” or in german as ”Der Untergang”

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:16:06 +0000

@ Daniel. Quote “After they see the huge different between DVDs and Blu-Ray movies, they’ll most likely continue to buy Blu-Ray discs”. You forgot to factor cost into your very simple equation. Once people see the price difference between BR and SD DVD they probably won’t buy as many as you think. Cost is ALWAYS a factor. Four of my friends have PS3’s and they have 6 films in total. Like you say they were curious, but once that wore off…

This is backed up by the huge number of PS3’s sold but relatively small number of BR films purchased.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:24:09 +0000

It is a scene from the movie The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363163/

It’s a really good movie for those of you who are history buffs.

This also isn’t the first gaming spoof to use this particular scene from the film. I recall a Halo 3 one circulating around prior to launch.

By: niyooh

niyooh — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:22:18 +0000

I think Hitler would be a Blu-Ray man. I’m an HD DVD dude myself, but this video is pretty funny =D I must admit that this is a good joke. But I think HD DVD really is the better format for the consumer =)

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:18:58 +0000

@Josh: I have no clue, but if anyone knows, I’d love to watch that movie.

By: Josh Gamestop manager

Josh Gamestop manager — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:03:37 +0000

What movie is that from?

By: digga

digga — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:49:33 +0000

Hitler would own a blu-ray ..

go buy a hd-dvd player

HD Wins!

By: TommyBoy

TommyBoy — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:48:43 +0000

Lol that legendary

By: Xboxlenny

Xboxlenny — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:30:21 +0000

funny movie, Hail Hitler (Joke)

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:41:38 +0000

@HdDvdNet: Fanboy much? Look at it this way, anyone who purchased a PS3 has a blu-ray player built into the console. The only way to get HD-DVD is to care enough to go out an buy it. The average consumer doesn’t care enough to go out and buy an HD-DVD if there are still DVDs being released. But, if they happen to have a PS3 in their home, then they will be curious and probably buy a blu-ray movie to see what all of the hub bub is about. After they see the huge different between DVDs and Blu-Ray movies, they’ll most likely continue to buy Blu-Ray discs.

By: HdDvdNet

HdDvdNet — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:33:42 +0000

Blu-ray still sucks, no matter how much they pay-off to studios. The average consumer will choose the low/fair priced HD DVD players