Are you telling me that Sony actually did it right this time (by including other manufacturers)????

Old Betamax owner

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2001 X5 4.4i topaz blue/sand Sport, complete Dinan S2 , hitch, V1, tint, BSW Stage 1, Alpine INA-W910BT
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Life is not fair!
You can't protect people from their own stupidity!
Laughter makes life worth living

Funny will be the future of Xbox -HD-DVD partnership, a deja vu betamax, when HD-DVD ends.

I'm actually getting a Blu-Ray player within a few months........I was undecided until I heard that the other day. Now I know which one I will get.

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Sold - 2002 X5 3.0i - Steel Gray Metallic/Gray Interior
Mods: DINAN Stage 1 Engine Software; DINAN Stage 1 Transmission Software/OEM 87's!! /OEM Titanium Grill /OEM Chrome Exhaust Tips/OEM White Sidemarkers/OEM White Tail Lights/OEM White 3rd Brake Light/OEM Rubber Floor Mats/OEM Titanium Liftgate Handle/'06 Sport Steering Wheel

2005 Mercedes Benz ML350 Special Edition
2007 Mercedes Benz C230 Sport (for work)
1989 Ford Mustang GT (all original w/80k miles) my TOY!

At least the battle was relatively short lived.

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An unwavering defender of those I see worth protecting.

"promote the general welfare, not provide the general welfare"

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

I don't care who wins as long as someone wins quickly. I vowed not to buy a player until there was only one format. (Another Betamax owner)

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Wake up every day that would be a start.

Glad I didn't get an $100 HD-DVD players during the huge christmas sales. Time to save for a br player.... and ps3, new washer/dryer, new furniture, ring *cough*, suspension overhaul for goose, 335i and mods, trip to Italy, trip to Disney since Peyton has been asking, a baby........ wow, lots o things to save for. I need to win the lottery. And to think, all I wanted to say was I need to save for a blu-ray player

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Originally Posted by Roc3b "Great, so Gman landed a nympho with a brain! Damn him!
Guinness you lucky son of a byotch!!!!!!!!!!!"

http://www.bmwcca.org
http://www.sunbeltbmwcca.org

Something tells me that Blu-ray won't be around 20+ years like VHS tapes. The next great thing seems to be right around the corner at faster and faster rates these days...

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Thanks Benny! Every Breath Bernanke Takes

death to toshiba and MSFT! long live SONY! paramount is getting off their contract soon i heard

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2008 E82 135is JB2 Alpine White / Lemon
2008 E90 335i JB2 Monaco Blue/Grey
2007 E85 M Roadster Black/Black
2006 E60 550 w/ M Kit Silver/Black
2003 E46 M3 SMG w/ VMR V715 19's Blue/Black

Interesting. I bolded the text below...

"Paramount is poised to drop its support of HD DVD after Warner Brothers’ recent backing of Sony’s Blu-ray technology, in a move that will sound the death knell of HD DVD and bring the home entertainment format war to a definitive end. Paramount and DreamWorks Animation came out in support of HD DVD last summer, joining GE’s Universal Studios as the main backers of the Toshiba format. However, Paramount, which is owned by Viacom, is understood to have a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp that would allow it to switch sides in the event of Warner Bros backing Blu-ray. Warner last week joined Walt Disney, 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in backing the Sony Blu-ray format. Paramount’s decision is likely to leave HD DVD to the same fate as Sony’s now obsolete Betamax video technology."

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2008 X5 4.8i | Wheels: Summer> style 336 20" RFT; Winter> style 214 Ferric Grey 20" RFT | Aero kit | ESS E-Flash tune | V1 | LCI Rear Tail Lights | Coding completed | Engine replaced at 90K