Hectic

The title pretty much describes how the week has gone. The end result - no blogging or visiting of blogs. But, things should be slow from here on out for a couple of weeks. The hectic time did bring me a new client though so that is nice. Our Directv is back too. It wasn't going to be fixed until next week, but I called a different company to do it and they were able to come yesterday; almost a week sooner. It was killing me because I need to have it on. Even when there isn't really anything on, I still need it on for the noise. I hate silence. Jess and I kept ourselves entertained by playing video games and watching movies.

It has been an exciting week for me on the technology front. This past weekend, Warner Bros studios dumped their support for HD DVD. That is great news for a guy like me who supports Bluray. What am I talking about? Basically, just like their are Hi-Def TVs, there are now Hi-Def DVDs. Unfortunately, there are two different kinds of Hi-Def discs like there was VHS and Beta. Bluray is the brain child of Sony while HD DVD is the product of Toshiba. What is the problem with 2 formats? The seven major movie studios have basically chosen sides of who they are supporting and are only releasing their movies on the the one format. For instance, I would love to own a Hi Def version of Transformers, but it is a Paramount movie and they are HD DVD exclusive and I am a Bluray guy.

As of last week, 4 studios were Bluray exclusive and 2 were HD DVD exclusive with Warner Bros being the only company that supports both. Well, last Friday, Warner Bros announced they were going Bluray exclusive, giving them 5 of the 7 major studios. Why couldn't they do both. Well, DVD sales were down almost 4% last year. One of the main reasons - people are confused about this whole DVD/HD DVD/Bluray thing. People are holding off on buying because they know a new format is coming and are holding off buying anything until a clear winner emerges. Yeah, the current economy hurts too, but this a factor. Warner, and I, believe that the sooner one format clearly is declared a winner and the other format is dead, the sooner people will start buying again. They went with the company on top. So now, Bluray has Warner, Fox, MGM, Sony, and Disney. HD DVD has Universal and Paramount. There are a few other companies on both sides, but these are the heavy hitters and most important to the war. I think it is only a matter of months before the holdouts switch too. Trust me, if you don't own or haven't seen a Bluray movie in stunning 1080p, you are missing out. It is beautiful! So support Bluray and choose wisely......Harrison has his eye on you!!!!