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In this first book of a three-book series, author Vannetta Chapman brings a fresh twist to the popular Amish fiction genre. She blends the familiar components consumers love in Amish booksfaith, community, simplicity, familywith an innovative who-done-it plot that keeps readers guessing right up to the last stitch in the quilt. When two womenone Amish, one Englisheach with different motives, join forces to organize a successful on-line quilt auction, neither expects nor wants a friendship. As different as night and day, Deborah and Callie are uneasy partners who simply want to make the best of a temporary situation. But a murder, a surprising prime suspect, a stubborn detective, and the town's reaction throw the two women together, and they form an unlikely alliance to solve a mystery and catch a killer. Set in the well-known Amish community of Shipshewana, Falling to Pieces will attract both devoted fans of the rapidly-growing Amish fiction genre, as well as those who are captivated by the Amish way of life.
Author Bio
Vannetta Chapman is author of the best-selling novel A Simple Amish Christmas. She has published over one hundred articles in Christian family magazines, receiving over two dozen awards from Romance Writers of America chapter groups. In 2012 she was awarded a Carol Award for Falling to Pieces. She discovered her love for the Amish while researching her grandfathers birthplace of Albion, Pennsylvania. Visit Vannetta's webiste: www.vannettachapman.com Twitter: @VannettaChapman Facebook: VannettaChapmanBooks
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DonnasBookshelfTennesseeAge: 55-65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5I had no idea I would enjoy the story as much as I did!September 16, 2014DonnasBookshelfTennesseeAge: 55-65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5When I began reading this story, I had no idea I would enjoy it as much as I did and although Ive been reading mysteries most of my life, I was caught off guard more than once and I went through the entire book not knowing who the murderer was (what a relief; thats actually a good thing).
I loved getting to know Callie, Deborah, Esther and Melinda, as well as the others in the story. The interaction between Callie (an Englischer) and her Amish friends is highly entertaining. Theres enough controversy to keep the story hopping!
Callie soon gets herself arrested or almost!
If I were Callie, I would never have the nerve to do some of the things she does yet it is all very believable. Getting involved in the lives of her friends is just what she needs.
Most series are written so that you can pick up any of the books and catch up easily with whats happened before. You can probably do this with the Shipshewana Amish Mystery series, but you will miss so much if you do. Get all three books in the series and begin at book one Falling to Pieces. Youll be so glad you did.
MotherMaryGreen Bay, WIAge: Over 65Gender: female4 Stars Out Of 5This is a good Amish based mystery.July 26, 2012MotherMaryGreen Bay, WIAge: Over 65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 4There was a good mix of Amish and Englisher parts to it, showing that the two communities can get along well. The mystery kept you guessing right up to the end.
lilakaserCoshocton, OhioAge: 45-54Gender: female4 Stars Out Of 5March 16, 2012lilakaserCoshocton, OhioAge: 45-54Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 4Meets Expectations: 5This is the first book I have read by this author. For me, it was kind of slow but as kept reading it got better as the book went on. It is about a niece of a woman who own a quilt shop in Indiana in Amish country. T.he aunt dies and she comes to close the shop. A group of Amish women comes to her and ask her to put their quilts on Ebay. Some people don't like the idea especially the towns newspaper editor. This book is sort of different for an Amish book. It has suspense and romance and friendships between two people who are entirely different from each other. I recommend this book highly.
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About two weeks ago, the Padres received inquiries from other clubs about Greene's availability, Towers said, "but we would have had very little leverage. We'd be selling low. For us, we know he's a better ballplayer. He's proved over the last couple of years he's a much better ballplayer on offense" than what he's shown this season.
Greene said his dismal season at the plate caused him to snap Wednesday.
"I don't know how to put into words the frustration level, how difficult this year has been," Greene said Wednesday night. "For me to do that, it's certainly not commonplace."
Greene also said he was in "excruciating pain" from a foul ball to the shin in the seventh inning of the Padres' 7-3 loss to the Diamondbacks. After striking out for the 100th time this season, lowering his batting average to .213, Greene took out his frustration on a storage chest after his throbbing shin dropped him to a knee.
"It's a blow, no doubt, to lose a player of Greeney's ability," Black said. "But these things happen in the game. Hate to see it, but it does.
"I said, 'You'll heal.'"
Greene isn't the first National League West shortstop to go on the disabled list this season because of a self-inflicted hand injury: The Rockies' Troy Tulowitzki, angry about his hitting woes, lacerated his palm on July 5 after slamming down a maple bat, which shattered.
Towers was evasive when asked whether the Padres might seek to recoup salary from Greene for the lost playing time.
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"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ" (Colossians 2:8).
I hate to admit it, but the first years I homeschooled, I tried to make our homeschooling a carbon copy of what I experienced in a traditional school. Following the same regimented routine I remembered, I attempted to convert our home and teach my children with standards and techniques meant for a classroom of 25 children. Thankfully, God helped me to discover a more robust way to teach our school lessons, and my children became happier in their studies.
Following the traditions he had learned, the apostle Paul also had to change his thinking toward the new believers of the early church. As a devout Hebrew and learned scholar of the law, he saw Christians as a threat to the foundations of his faith. Believing he was preserving the true worship of God, Paul zealously pursued these new believers to eradicate them. Hundreds of men, women, and children died as a result of his actions, until he saw the light and encountered Jesus on the road to Damascus. Years later, Paul confessed his mistake in 1 Timothy 1:12-13 when he said, "And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief."
What about you? Is your faith in Jesus Christ based simply on following the empty traditions you learned as a child, or do you truly know the One who uniquely created you? Jesus loves you and wants to have an intimate and dynamic relationship with you, so you can experience not only the forgiveness of your sins, but also the abundant life He has promised (John 10:10). Ask the Holy Spirit to touch your heart today and let Him show you a whole new way to love the Lord!
Father, forgive me for coming to You with empty acts of worship. Take my life and use me for Your glory. Teach me from Your Word and guide me with the Holy Spirit, so I can serve You with a heart that is passionate and alive. In Jesus' name, Amen.
"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ" (Colossians 2:8).


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Syrian emergency personnel gather next to the scene of an explosion in Aleppo on January 18, 2013. (AFP PHOTO / STR)
BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS: Two car bombs exploded in southern Syria and a rocket slammed into a building in the north, killing at least 12 people in a spike in violence Friday that Syrian state media blamed on rebel fighters.
The rocket attack in Aleppo and the suicide car bombings in Deraa, south of Damascus, occurred during a particularly bloody week nearly two years after an uprising began against President Bashar Assad's regime. Opposition activists said Thursday a pro-government militia swept through a town in central Syria, torching houses and killing more than 100 people.
Also, two journalists were killed over the last 48 hours – the veteran French journalist Yves Debay by a reported government sniper in Aleppo, and Al-Jazeera's Mohammad Hourani in the village of Busr al-Harir, in Deraa.
Hourani, 33, was embedded with rebels and was shot as he ran across a street, following a fighter who had made the same sprint seconds earlier, based on video footage of the incident.
The state-run SANA news agency said the morning attack in Aleppo had been carried out by terrorists, a term the regime uses for rebels. But the Local Coordination Committees, an activist group, and the Aleppo Media Center, a network of anti-regime activists, accused the government of launching an airstrike.
Tuesday, 87 people were killed in twin blasts at Aleppo University, and the weekly demonstrations held around the country were staged to salute those killed in the blasts.
Syria's state-run TV claimed that shortly after the rocket hit the building in Aleppo, militants linked to an AlQaeda group detonated cars filled with explosives near a mosque in Deraa as worshippers were leaving following Friday prayers.
Video broadcast on Syrian state TV showed several floors of the targeted building collapsed in a government-controlled area of Aleppo. The video showed a man carrying a baby out of the damaged building and another man was seen clutching his head as blood ran down his forehead. Residents were also seen looking for people buried in the rubble. At least one wounded person on a stretcher was seen being carried away in a Red Crescent ambulance.
State TV reports said both attacks caused many casualties, but it was not immediately known how many people were killed or wounded in the two cities, both major fronts in the war.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 12 people were killed in the Aleppo attack and dozens were wounded. The group relies on reports from activists on the ground.
With the two sides deadlocked on the northern front, rebels have increasingly targeted state security facilities and government institutions in other parts of the country, including in the capital, Damascus. Suicide attacks have been a hallmark of the Islamic rebel units that have been fighting alongside other opposition fighters.
State TV said fighters with the Nusra Front, a group the U.S. has declared a terrorist organization, were behind the twin blasts in Deraa, the birthplace of the revolt that erupted in March 2011.
Fighting flared between rebels and Assad's loyalists in a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, killing 12 people and wounding at least 20 others, the U.N. refugee agency said. Children were among the casualties, according to a statement issued by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency. The agency called on both sides to "pull back from civilian areas, including refugee camps." The Palestinian camp called Yarmouk has been the scene of heavy clashes between rebels and regime loyalists since mid-December, when opposition fighters moved into the camp during an attempt to storm the capital.
About half of Yarmouk's 150,000 residents have fled since fighting erupted, according to UNRWA, which administers Palestinian camps in the Middle East. Some sought refuge in neighboring Lebanon, and others found shelter in UNRWA schools in Damascus and other Syrian cities.
Separately, the U.N. Security Council's president said the council was divided over referring reports of war crimes in Syria to the International Criminal Court.
Five council members – France, Britain, Luxembourg, Australia and South Korea – made a joint statement urging the world body to send the problem to the International Criminal Court to prosecute war criminals.
But council president Masood Khan, the ambassador of Pakistan, says the council is divided in private deliberations over what to do.
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They spoke after U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay told the Council that the death toll in Syria has reached 60,000.
"I firmly believe that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed, are being committed and should be investigated," Pillay told reporters.
"I have urged the Security Council to refer the situation to the International Criminal Court for investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity on the part of all parties engaged in this conflict," she added.
Syria is not an ICC member and the Security Council is the only body which can refer the conflict to the court.
Russia and China have used their power as permanent members of the Security Council to block three resolutions against Syria.
Diplomats at the council meeting said there was discussion of the calls for an ICC investigation but still opposition from Russia and its allies.
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5 Song Ideas for NeNe Leakes on Glee
Who else is loving NeNe Leakes' hilarious portrayal of Coach Roz Washington on Glee? We know there's more Roz appearances to come, but will NeNe get to show off her musical talent?
Here's a better question: Does NeNe have musical talent? According to her Twitter, NeNe is certainly game and we'd love to hear her get her melody on. Here are five song suggestions for her character.
5. "Stupid Girls" by Pink
If Coach Roz takes over the Cheerios, we can't think of a better message for Roz to instill in her cheerleaders.
4. "Beautiful Liar" by Beyonce and Shakira
Is it just us or is Principal Figgins playing Roz and Sue Sylvester against each other? Sounds like this war calls for a duet between McKinley's fiercest coaches.
3. "God Bless the U.S.A." by Lee Greenwood
The perfect choice for an Olympian!
2. "I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy
This old-school anthem embodies everything Roz — and NeNe — stand for... roar!
1. "Tardy for the Party" by Kim Zolciak
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News post by Hannah Siobhan ... on May 15, 2013 - 9:49am; tagged Angelina Jolie, DGR, gender policing, mastectomy, the Netherlands, twerking, Uni-Ball.
Happy hump-day! Here's some of the feminist news we've been reading at Bitch HQ.
- For those who can't get enough of Angelina's mastectomy, here's an article on why breast cancer is at the center of a supreme court battle. [Policymic]
- Pen company Uni-Ball's latest ad perpetuates the image of Black men as "criminal, hyper-sexed, uneducated and sub-human." [Newsone]
- How the expansion of surveillance techniques in the Netherlands is compromising civil liberties. [Space Invaders]
- Oof. Deep Green Resistance, a prominent ecofeminist organization, takes a transphobic stance. [Decolonizing Yoga]
- Twerking at school: the cultural demands on black students in sororities. [Racialicious]
- Be a woman right: how gender presentation is sometimes policed within trans communities. [Autostraddle]
Stay tuned!
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let's not call Deep Green
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let's not call Deep Green Resistance an ecofeminist group, since most of the ecofeminism I'm familiar with is produced by women of color and is not a "movement" founded by one white woman and two white men... also ecofeminism, again as I understand it, generally has a DEEPLY anti-oppressive praxis, and DGR doesn't seem too good at caring about ending the oppression of anyone or anything except "the planet" or "the wild" or whatever.
ecofeminism is way too high a praise for a transphobic, dogmatic group like DGR.
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Great dirt in Arkansas
There are some great dirt roads in Arkansas and some that you don't want to travel solo - if you had a problem no one would find you for weeks. On our last ride a mountail lion ran down the trail in front of me, saw many deer and what looked like bear tracks, there are a lot of black bears up there. Anyway if anyone is interested in a gps track let me know, it doesn't look like I can attach one and this is the first post for me.
The trip's home base is the Hub http://hubinfo.com/ at Marble Falls, Ar. it is on highway 7 close to what used to be Dogpatch, there is a highway 7 spur that takes you right to the Motel. Randall and Debbie run the place and they are great people, there is a restaurant which serves good food on site, they also have a large room suitable for meetings and can do prime rib banquets - be sure to check for availability as they can be full since many motorcycle groups use them for their events.
The ride in Arkansas was the tail end of what started in Topeka, Ks and then included the swinging bridges route in Mo. unfortunately several of those bridges have been replaced by concrete but it is still a great ride. We then headed for the Hub - there is a dirt road that head directly east from their parking area. You can wind around on it in several directions, make a water crossing and eventually end up on Highway 123, which is a great road with many twisties and quick elevation changes in 10 mph switchbacks, but the intent was to ride dirt so I digress.
The mountain roads are not traveled much in this area, there can be several water crossings depending on how much rainfall there is. After making the big dirt loop, we headed back up 123 at Mt. Judea to 74 (another great road) back to Jasper, gas is available here, continue east to Boxley and then north on 21 to Kingston, stop in at the restaurant and at least get a strawberry shake, the bank next door has an interesting safe that you can see through the window. Turn around and ride back to Jasper, there are a couple of recreation areas that you might want to check out, Steel Creek road is a good one. If you want some more, try 327 just before you get back to Jasper, you won't be sorry.
We had 2 KLR 650's and 2 DRZ 400's on this ride, I think the guys on the DRZ's had more fun on the trails.
If you have a Gazetter for Arkansas check out the road that you can take at Catalpa, cr-1416 lots of elevation, moon hull road is not exciting but you will run into it and it takes you back to highway 21, unless you want to loop back, you don't want to miss the general store at Oark - good food and the best Strawberry malt you have had, ask them to use strawberry ice cream to make it - they give you the mixing cup to so it is like getting 2 malts for the price of one.
Well I could go one - this area of Arkansas is a rider's delight and after about 1400 miles it was time to head back home.
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I believe one of the rules of advrider is: Pics or it didn't happen.
Anyway, nice write-up for a first post. Great job! Welcome to the asylum.
Not only does Arkansas have some great dirt roads, they have some great paved roads too.
I'm glad you had a great time.
Seriously, any pics?
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That was the question posed at the opening session of the DisplaySearch's 5th Annual HDTV Conference here. The much-hyped battle between opposing next-generation packaged media formats HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc still has no clear winner. Each of the panelists onhand to hash out the question of which side will prevail predictably had an agenda--to explain why his camp will win.
While there was no answer, several things became more clear: Studios have learned some lessons over the past year, and both sides are still essentially guessing as to what will be most compelling to consumers. Adoption of next-generation players and media is still low compared with standard-definition fare, though consumer recognition of all things high-definition is growing, which should benefit both sides.
Talk of this so-called war isn't new. But as more consumers buy high-definition television sets, and as the prices of next-generation set-top boxes and players come down and more people are exposed to the marketing push for high-definition discs from movie studios, retailers and hardware makers, they will be faced with a choice. Remaining neutral, though, is still what many are choosing.
Since this time last year, there's been some shift in the landscape of high-definition media. One of the most highly publicized changes was Paramount's decision to back off its Switzerland-like approach of offering its content on both formats and focus exclusively on HD DVD. The shift had a significant impact--at the very least on the perception of the format war, which up until that point appeared to be favoring Blu-ray.
For the record, Paramount Executive Vice President Allen Bell said the decision "didn't have much to do with the format war," but rather observations of the industry dynamics. (However, The New York Times reported that Paramount and Dreamworks Animation had both been paid off to choose HD DVD.)
"Up until (the) launch of two formats you could do an analysis and it was fundamentally a PowerPoint deck...more or less a white paper," Bell said. "We were the first company that went ahead and said, we're going to try both. A year later...does it become a good consumer proposition?" Compatibility, as well as consistency of the players from competing manufacturers and content availability led the studio to HD DVD, he said.
Though Paramount might think it has picked a winner, consumer polling by The NPD Group doesn't back up that decision. There are still plenty of factors holding up the next-generation packaged media industry as a whole.
Though NPD is forecasting that more than 1 million next-generation players will be sold and 400 movie titles released next year, there still doesn't appear to be a stated demand from consumers for high-definition DVDs. According to an NPD poll, 66 percent of respondents said they're not likely to buy a high-definition player in the next six months. "We've been seeing this over and over and over again," said Russ Crupnick, a senior industry analyst for NPD.
Besides intent to buy being low, standard-definition DVDs are just fine with most consumers. "Unfortunately, we developed the perfect product (with the DVD)," Crupnick said. "We've got to overcome the fact that we're competing against a wonderful product that's in 80 percent of households." Upconverting DVD players--players that translate standard-definition discs to output them in high-definition--cost significantly less (around $60) than HD DVD and Blu-ray players, which go for between $200 and $800.
But DVD wasn't a perfect product in the beginning, which several of the panelists were quick to point out. In fact, it was the one thing they could all agree on.
"When DVD first launched it was anything but the perfect product," recalled Andy Parsons, a Pioneer executive and chairman of the Blu-ray Disc Association. "There were many doubters that said there was little chance of overtaking VHS."
As HDTV adoption continues to creep up (8 out of 10 television purchases last month were high-definition sets, according to NPD), the number also represents potential consumers of next-generation players, because they have the displays to take advantage of high-definition content. But how to persuade consumers, first, to decide to buy a next-generation player and, second, to choose a side?
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- Toshiba HD DVD Player Number Three on Most Wanted Christmas List!
- The Toshiba HD DVD Player is number 3 on the Best Selling Gadgets in the run up to Christmas according to this evenings TheLondonPaper
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Number one is the iPod touch 8GB.
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- Its not rocket science
- 1-Price- get to the lowest price for the hardware fastest.
2-Content- You have to have the movies that people want to watch.
Way too simple
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- Cost of player is not the problem
- Just like having cheap printers, it can be cheap itself, but the ink is expensive. Same thing with HD media, sure the player is still expensive than DVD players, but the discs themselves are still expensive. They haven't lowered the media cost, they only lowered the machine price. Until they lower it more, I won't be buying a HD-DVD drive/player, let alone a Bluray drive/player (I don't support BD).
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- A lot of HDDVD content $19.95
- Newer content is more expensive, but HDDVD usually has more content then same priced Special Edition DVDs.
I agree, though, that if all studios made their DVD/HDDVD combo disks the same price as DVD's, and stopped releasing the DVD-only combo, HDDVD would win within a year.
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- I'm not paying for DRM
- I am sure that the entire premise of this article is nonsense. Consumers (me) won't spend money for devices that make DVDs disposable. I might buy metro card with limited value and throw it away when it is used up. But I'm not going to spend hundreds of dollars for a player and then each time I have new content for the player there are a limited number of times I can transfer it from device to device in my home before it becomes a coaster. thats just wrong. And I won't spend money for it.
The future of home entertainment is a hard drive that can be played in many rooms on many screens. Hard drive fail and hard drives need to be backed up and the hard ware that hard drives are attached to become obsolete. If I want to rent content I will rent it. DRM is not something I plan to pay for.
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- it is not just DRM
- For prospective HD users outside the US the issue is not only DRM but also region coding.
Nearly half of my dvd collection is Region 1 (ie US) because so much material is simply only available from the US.
It is not the big films (eg Casino Royale was released here a week after its US release) but the smaller or older films that simply are not available outside the US.
For this reasonI will NOT purchase a DVD or hi def DVD player that cannot play disks from any region.
I am not talking about illegal copies but legitimately purchased DVDs.
Whilst HD DVD does not have zones Blu Ray does. For this reason alone I hope HD DVD wins this "format war".
And as for the absurd DRM scenario where it is necessary to update firmware on a regular basis ...well consumers will simply not accept this stupidity.
So maybe the consumers are not so foolish after all...maybe the DRM model for both HD DVD and Blu Ray has to be far more consumer friendly beofre either format will succeed.
And maybe someone can explain why a HD dvd player that retails in the US for $300 costs nearly $1000 here?
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- It's NOT a format war!
- This is a CONTENT war, not a format war. We are being asked to
choose between two incompatible bodies of content - movies.
This is different than VHS vs. Beta, a true format war. There both
hardware formats had virtually the same set of available movies
to watch. We simply watched whatever movie we wanted,
regardless of format.
Now we are being asked to choose one group of movies and
exclude the other. Worse, we have no idea what desirable
movies are going to be made & released in the future- much
lees on which format.
Who cares, or even knows, which studio is going to relelease
which movie in which format - Blu-Ray or HD-DVD; we just want
to watch whichever movie we like. Trying to force consumers to
reject one group of movies by accepting the other group
because the players are incompatible is not a war that is
winnable by either side. We'll just continue to watch SD-DVD.
Unless, like me, you just bought an LG combo player thaqt plays
both formats.
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- These formats are infested with tons of DRM, stay away
- It's best if the studios just eat it on this format. Way too much DRM for me. Any suckers who want to buy into the hype and crap, well go away and waste your money. The quality isn't that big of a difference and as I stated, the DRM issues.
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- And that matters why?
- If you're someone who wishes to buy a movie and watch it, and not make copies (which, by the way, is virtually everyone), DRM makes zero difference. And if you aren't able to understand why Blu-ray and HD-DVD are better, you're obviously not the audience they're aiming for, so why do you even care?
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- Its all stupid
- Just greedy corp. ppl want ppl to buy both players or buy a duel one since they don't know which will win. If i get one anytime soon ill just get a duel one so it no problem. Its truly unfair for ppl who don't know better and buy a blue ray but there favorite movie is HD-DVD it would be enough to just hate the movie companies as much as I hate the RIAA
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- There's a Risk in Dual-Format Players
- I agree that dual-format players should be the answer. But I haven't made that leap yet because there's a risk: Suppose one format eventually wins? Then what happens to the other format content that you own? Will you still be able to buy a player for it? Or will you need to purchase that content all over, yet one more time.
I'm waiting on the sidelines, especially since my std def DVDs look truly stunning already, and for most of my TV watching (95%) are plenty satisfying to meet my needs.
--mark d.
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- HD vs Blu-Ray
- These companies should know better. They only have to look back to the VHS vs Beta debacle.
Until they finish playing their little game, I'm not buying !
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- It's very stupid, but yet not as stupid
- With physically incompatible formats like Beta & VHS there was no hope of a dual format player. But since BluRay and HD DVD are so physically similar, there are few obstacles to making a reader that is compatible with both. I think the format distinction could become meaningless once Walmart sells a dual format player for $99.
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- Until Apple sets the STANDARD, nobody goes forward.
- I've been watching the Blue/HD standard debate for 2 years, but people forget, Apple sets these kinds of standards, and so far they have been SILENT.
So until Apple makes their final choice, nobody can move forward.
Chances are high the PLASTIC CD/DVD/HDDVD is Dead!
Just like Apple created and killed the Floppy & CD for PCs, they are about to kill the last vestige of spinning PLASTIC and go directly to WIRELESS.
No need for a rotating PLASTIC Disk in this age.
THINK about it!
So Apple may have already played its cards, thus no format will survive going forward.
Only Apple has enough market power to decide this debate, and "silence" spells "wireless".
End of GAME
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- ????
- Just like Apple created and killed the Floppy & CD for PCs ???? I still use both not floppy as much but still handy when you need a boot disk.
so im not sure how they killed it but whatever.
also I never buy anything apple no ipod no iphone say no to apple hehe :)
Also I won't buy either player till this war is solved
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- Boy, you're right!
- They *really* set the standard with those PowerPC chips...
They *really* set the standard with those one-button mice....
They *really* set the standard with the Nubus slot...
They *really* set the standard with Safari...
They *marginally* set a standard with firewire...
Now, as late adopters, they are using Intel chips, with PCI/AGP/PCI-express slots, 5-button mice (by default), and most everything connecting via USB!
I think I'll wait for Apple to choose HD-DVD or Blu-ray...... or not.....
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- Uh, I hate to tell you...
- but Apple has already made their decision. Mr. Jobs is a Blu-Ray supporter and that's who Apple is backing.
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- Why does it care if Apple chooses?
- Even though Apple Inc. is a BD supporter, why does it matter if they set a "standard"? Actually, I have yet see Apple set any major standards, other than IEEE 1394 and AAC. I myself is a Mac user, but I don't see how Apple is that significant. Their significance reduce even more when they moved over to Intel (imho, stupid move, should've kept it with PowerPC), so I don't see how Apple can do anything. Maybe if this was the 1980s, then ya, Apple had a lot of power, now they barely got any ever since IBM stole the desktop concept and created the IBM-PC.
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- Apple DOES NOT set standards
- standards are set by intenational organizations such as IEEE and ISO. The only standard Apple has set is the FANBOY like youself.
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- Huh?
- They clearly set the standard for desktop computers with their whopping 5% market share.
However, they sure do seem to set the standard for iSheep, who shrilly bleat out ill-informed opinions deep w/in their own echo chamber.
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- DiVx is the best format.
- It just works on my DVD player and computer.
No issues, no annoying nag screens, and no zones to worry about.
It works, it's good enough and that is all I need.
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- 300 2 - 1 ?
- I wanted a copy of 300 the day it came out on HD-DVD, unfortunately it was sold out everywhere! There were plenty of Blu-Ray copies, though. I couldn't find a copy for almost 2 weeks. It only sold 2 - 1 on Blu-Ray because the big name stores didn't have enough of 300 on HD-DVD in stock.
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- I am an early adopter and I will not buy either
- I refuse to buy a technology that is broken from the box. If it does not put out maximum resolution from each of it's video ports it is broken.
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- North America... WAKE UP!
- This fight is absurd. Since when did Toshiba become anything other than a third-tier electronics manufacture? They are the only producer of HD-DVD, unless you feel like counting Venturer and LG's dual-player.
Toshiba did one thing right and that was to create a final specification. The BDA has fallen down by failing to require full BD+ Java support and ethernet. However, the product itself is superior. Each layer holds more and the actual discs themselves are higher quality. Aside from the Prestige incident, the discs are nearly indestructable, unlike HD-DVD. The scratch resistent coating is a big plus.
Overall the studios supported by Blu-ray are just better. More action movies and then there are some of the classics like Bergman. Aside from Bourne Trilogy and Transformers, there isn't too much to miss on the action front. Without the okay of Spielberg, Coppola, and Ridley Scott, HD-DVD is missing out on a lot of great action directors.
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- Scratch resistent coating
- This coating that they use on BluRay could actually be used on any disk, including HD-DVD. They could use it on CDs if they wanted to. The reason they use it on all BluRay is because the data on those disks is very close to the surface and therefore scathing would be a major problem if the disks weren't protected.
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- The key differentiator would be a single format
- This format war is asinine. The video industry should know better.
Ultimately, cable-based video on demand might be the ultimate winner. Remember that old Quest commercial, where they guy checks into the motel, and asks the clerk what was available on the room TVs?
"All rooms have every movie ever made in every language anytime."
In another few years, Comcast and the rest of the cable vendors will have that. And the idiots at Blu-ray and HD-DVD will have blown their chance by stalling their market.
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- Answer: Neither of 'em.
- The vast majority of people still have the old plain-jane vanilla DVD players... good luck trying to convince 'em to give that up, what with the vast majority of folks also watching those movies on tube-based television sets.
No, the convincing will have to be done of the early-adopter set... not "consumers", who couldn't care less about which format to use until they finally decide to start buying 'em.
It was the same way with VHS vs. Beta... most people didn't care because they didn't have a VCR. When the bulk of consumers finally decided to buy one, the format wars were over as far as tapes were concerned.
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- Good Point
- You make a good point about the VHS/Beta issue. Here is another thing to consider. NO ONE had to buy a new TV for their VCR--even in the case low-end or B&W TV, all you had to do is get one of those adapters for your uhf. I think most VCRs even came with those.
I'm playing around with the XB360 option right now because the thing is going to cost me $150 bucks and I'll get 6 free movies. I can buy the combo disks as well, even before I decide to buy it. So, if that format loses... really, no sweat off my ass since I already own the 360. By the time a format has won the war, a dual player will be completely affordable.
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- not too mention
- You have to buy both to be able to watch all the movies.
Screw that I can watch whatever I want on DvD no need to pay 1500 bucks for a diffrent player to do the same.
Not to mention my DvD player hooked up to my Hi-Def TV looks better and sounds better than any movie theaters within a 300 mile radius.
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- Why Are People Not Adopting High Definition Dvds
- In the article the comment is made that the reason people aren't adopting the new high definition formats is because people are satisfied with dvd and it's a perfect product. I don't believe that's the reason at all. The price and the fact that consumers have to choose between 2 formats, one of which may become obsolete is the reason. If you give the consumer a reasonable price and 1 format that is supported by all movie studios, dvd would quickly become a thing of the past, because standard dvd is inferior to high definition. People are always looking for the next best thing, but you have to make it a no brainer and right now it's far from that. It really bugs me when articles like this always seem to slant the blame toward the consumer for lack of sales. I think people would very much like more hd content, but not by the rules they have to play by now. Change the rules, make this a no lose situation for the consumer, and they will come in droves. Unfortunately for the consumer, there are millions, perhaps billions of dollars at stake here for these companys. So neither one, Blue-ray or Hd Dvd is going down silently. That's really the bottom line as to why there is this format war and the majority of consumers are not biting. There really needs to be no more analysis then that. Too much money is at stake, and in the mean time the vast majority of consumers lose. So in my opinion at some point there is going to have to be some sort of compromise by the greedy manufacturers of these formats, or everyone will lose.
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- I agree
- I agree with tqat25. At some point the simple idea of "Options" isn't the only thing that drives consumers. The only reason I am using blu-ray is that I bought a PS3 and it has a player right out of the box. I refuse to go the Sega route and buy peripherals for a system, hence why I am not buying a HD-DVD expansion for my 360.
Some people forget that the DVD Function of the PS2 helped drive sales of DVD's and the PS2.
Also the idea that one will loose is what made me wait to even buy the movies for my PS3, but the fact that Blu-Ray is superior technology AND the fact I bought a ton of movies for $9.99 and $14.99 and inexpensive box sets, such as the Spider-Man box set.
Ultimately, it might not be porn, but kids that help decide. The fact Disney (with help of having Steve Jobs on the board) is going Blu-Ray only, and is re mastering all their classics for Blu-Ray (something my wife is excited about and mentioned buying a second PS3 for our bedroom) might help push Blu-Ray farther.
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- HD DVD . . . will win, eventually .
- HD DVD has no region coding. This *is* very importantant for the non-USA consumers.
HD DVD costs less to manufacture.
HD DVD is better picture quality. BluRay is still doing MPEG2. HD DVD is doing VC1 or H264 (but support MPEG2 as well).
HD DVD is better sound quality. Decode of lossless Dolby HD is mandatory for HD DVD (not so for BluRay). Dolby Digital Plus is 3 Mbps for HD DVD, 1.7 Mbps for Bluray.
I still won't buy anything until I see a winner emerge (these things don't always go the way logic suggests they should). But I doubt anyone outside the USA is hoping for a BluRay win.
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- You are misinformed
- Blu-Ray discs, on average, cost less than HD DVDs... who cares
how much it costs to manufacture them?
Blu-Ray supports the exact same video codecs that HD DVD
does: MPEG2, VC1, and H264.
HD DVD and Blu-Ray have exactly the same audio codecs
available, but Blu-Ray makes a couple of them optional for low-
end players.
It's pretty clear Blu-Ray is way, way ahead. My Blockbuster is
one of the ones that got "grandfathered in" and rents both Blu-
Ray and HD DVD (most just rent Blu-Ray). I never see any of the
HD DVD ones rented, while about 10% of the Blu-Ray titles are
regularly gone. Our Borders also sells both, and the salesman
says he's never seen anyone buy an HD DVD. And you can look
on this site:
<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.eproductwars.com/dvd/" target="_newWindow">http://www.eproductwars.com/dvd/</a>
and see that HD DVD hasn't outsold Blu-Ray on Amazon more
than a few days of the year.
A format war, no matter what the few differences between them,
doesn't help anyone. It's time for the HD DVD camp to stop
being bribed and just acquiesce.
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- wrong wrong wrong and wrong
- 1)Blu-ray has no region coding
2) You have no idea what production costs are for HD DVD or Blu-ray.
3)HD DVD and Blu-ray have identical picture quality.Both use VC1 or H264.
4) Blu-ray and HD DVD have equal sound quality.
Blu-ray discs have the double the storage capacity,allowing potential for much better picture quality. Blu-ray video processors have a higher bandwidth.
The public has spoken: Blu-ray outsells HD-DVD 60-40 since inception.
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- No way HD-DVD is going to win the war
- How many movies studio did Sony own and also PS3 w/blue-ray built in. That is at lease 40% of the movies that will never release on HD-DVD. If Sony did not own any movies studio it will make a lot different.
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- Simple-I bought both formats and I am enjoying a constant stream
of movies in high-definition. By the time the dust settles my
machines will have paid for themselves many times over and they
will probably be worn out and need to be replaced anyway. Best
regards, David
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- With regards to the last question in the article, whether people woule even care going up to HD and then deciding which format to adopt, the answer is... most people don't really care. I see average consumers who are not really into electronics peruse items at an appliance store. What they want to know is, "Will this player be able to play discs I rent from the video rental?" See, it's like the fight between DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW. Eventually, nobody wins. Electronics companies have to support both formats. Does anybody care whether they use +R or -R? No. Will anybody care if the movie they're watching is HD or BD? No. People just aren't as geeky as those who invented these technologies, well-intentioned as they may be. They don't care if DVD is not perfect. Who cares! As long as they watch their movie, that's it! What they care about is renting a great movie and having some popcorn to go with it. DVD is already so good anyway. (Remember Betamax? If you do, you can't complain about DVD.) The benefit is there. The human need is addressed. The HD and BD camps are just pushing their stuff because they invested so much money in them and they just couldn't simply back down. Why is this format war still raging after years? Because there's no clear winner. Both are good. Both will give the consumer what he/she wants. The main problem? As I've said, "Will this disc play on my player?"
And that, my friends, will eventually lead to all manufacturers producing players supporting BOTH formats. There's JUST NO OTHER WAY, or a way either camp will get a clear victory. Right now multi-format players may be pricier, but we all know the end of this story, don't we?
Unless they think of and come up with something *really* revolutionary, convincing people next time to replace their "outdated" BD and HD players will be even tougher.
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- It's OVER:Blu-Ray Has Won
- Why is CNET writing such crap? This over, done,
finished. Toshiba and pals aren't players in anything consumer
that matters.
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- Based on what, exactly? One ill-informed person blogging on a C|Net site, with no facts, figures, or even semi-intelligent argment to back his/her opinion. Gee, I'm convinced, wow. Oh, and I'm not being sarcastic if you're not gullible.
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- I am hoping Blu-Ray wins. However, I will not be buying anything until the two sides get off the fence and come together. Both sides know that having a format war like that of VHS and Beta and more recently Circuit City's Divx and DVD is not a good thing for the consumer.
I refuse to play there little games and I will not reward either side with my money or support. Yes, I have a 56" HDTV, Direct TV HD programming and while the extra resolution is ok, it certainly isn't enough of a difference to warrant dealing with the studios and electronics makers petty little pissing matches.
Add to that the increased copy protection, add in all of the promises about the wow capabilities for both formats that will like DVD which also had a number of wow features never be used. We were promised rich movie experiences at home with multiple angles and more. So far the only people making any kind of use of such features is the porn industry.
No it is time consumers stop jumping off the cliff like lemmings and make it clear that if these companies want our time and money they need to get the stuff coming out of their poo holes together.
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- Let me think.. I have to choose a format. I choose my standard
DVD. I've seen the difference between all three formats and it's
not worth it (to me anyway) to pay that much more money for
such a minor difference. I can pick up a regular DVD release for
about 15 dollars and the hidef release is 30-40. I'm sorry but
the answer is no.
And that's not counting any of the older movies transferred from
film - from DVD to Hidef isn't going to improve much of
anything. Over all it's just not worth the money and I think a lot
of people realize this.
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- You must not have a Hi-Def television
- If you can't see the difference you must not have a hi-def
television. Also renting standard def or high-def/blu-ray discs
cost's the same. Regards, David
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- the hd war
- i only have blu-ray but i now see how dirty some movie studio's play this is not really a war but more of which can make the most money and i do believe in the end both will come out a winner in some way. i do plan to buy a hd- dvd sixaxis layer because they have more movies over blu-ray
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