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I got my copy of Transformers HD-DVD earlier this week, and watched it. It is a great movie, definitely one of the best HD movies yet released (on any format), although the audio is a little compressed (not as much dynamic punch as I would like).

So last night (Friday), I had another party with a double feature: Transformers HD-DVD first, and then the new AC/DC live concert blu-ray.

Well guess what happened? The HD-DVD player informed me after playing the dreamworks logo screen, that there was a disc error. And then the player was dead. With several party guests hurling insults at me, I tried just about everything I could think of. My Toshiba HD-DVD is a dog! Takes forever to turn off, and then on again. We cleaned the HD-DVD, rolled back the latest firmware update, etc, etc. Cold reboot. Nothing worked, it was the same error message. So then we noticed that the damn disc was doing a "network update" on startup. So next thing we disconnected the ethernet cable, and then... voila! it worked! So something in the net update between tuesday and friday broke it! When I googled this, I noticed other people are reporting the same issues.

Personally, this annoys the poop out of me. I could not give a damn about network interaction, I just want to watch the damn movie. And then to think that we have a compressed sound track, so that the Paramount can give me a buggy online interactivity option that I don't give a flying fox about..... well, that just plain sucks.

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Transformers HD DVD Party Goes Badly

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I got my copy of Transformers HD-DVD earlier this week, and watched it. It is a great movie, definitely one of the best HD movies yet released (on any format), although the audio is a little compressed (not as much dynamic punch as I would like).

So last night (Friday), I had another party with a double feature: Transformers HD-DVD first, and then the new AC/DC live concert blu-ray.

Well guess what happened? The HD-DVD player informed me after playing the dreamworks logo screen, that there was a disc error. And then the player was dead. With several party guests hurling insults at me, I tried just about everything I could think of. My Toshiba HD-DVD is a dog! Takes forever to turn off, and then on again. We cleaned the HD-DVD, rolled back the latest firmware update, etc, etc. Cold reboot. Nothing worked, it was the same error message. So then we noticed that the damn disc was doing a "network update" on startup. So next thing we disconnected the ethernet cable, and then... voila! it worked! So something in the net update between tuesday and friday broke it! When I googled this, I noticed other people are reporting the same issues.

Personally, this annoys the poop out of me. I could not give a damn about network interaction, I just want to watch the damn movie. And then to think that we have a compressed sound track, so that the Paramount can give me a buggy online interactivity option that I don't give a flying fox about..... well, that just plain sucks.

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You don't see these HD DVD stories in the news.  They, generally, get covered up somehow, so I will make it known that HD DVD players have a lot of issues.  The funny thing is that the extra web functionality killed the movie (the most important part).

Gee, you mean the general HiDef news doesn't cherry-pick through every internet forum to find whiners and trolls? Too bad, we could really use more of these excellent first-hand accounts! 

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You can find cowpie on every farm, that was the purpose of my posts there bud.

Maybe the reason you don't see it everywhere is that the HD format is centralized and different manufacturers don't have to individually release. That's been one of the biggest thorns in BD side. There is a lack of continuity so when something goes wrong eberyone has to ask who and how they are affected. It makes for bigger news because there are more players (companies) involved in the fix. When FF ROSS was released I'm sure every player manufacturer rushed to check compatibility. You don't have the same kind of a problem with HD because of the infrastructure of the technology. It IS compatible. Of course there will be glitches along the way and most people SHOULD recognize that. Neither format is perfect. Besides, it's more fun to poke fun at Blu-ray