| Re: Toshiba deploys new HD-DVD marketing initiatives... No white towel yet!
Bottom line...
New films don't have the spectacular and breathtaking cinematography as pre-1970
studio movies. Classic studio films like "The Wizard of Oz", "Goldfinger" and "North by Northwest"
are what's going to show off the quality of high definition DVDs. Warner (which owns the largest
studio output) has switched to the competing Blu-ray format although they haven't announced or released these titles as of yet in that formst. That leaves only Universal and Paramount as very shaky allies in the HD DVD system. Who knows what will actually be released over the next few months. Hitchcock's "Psycho" is listed in some places which would be a major attribute for HD DVD but I'll believe it when I see it. Certainly the trades have indicated that Parmamont is about to jump ship at least in terms of excusivity.
Right now, Toshiba doesn't have the guaranteed software to make their system viable. I have
their latest player HD XA2 and the quality is spectacular but I wouldn't recommend purchasing it now. All I can hope for is that if Blu-ray is the winner, they release the classics that HD DVD
has promised in previous listings (i.e. "North by Northwest").
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