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Posted by J Rusnak on 06/15/06 00:01
"Irrat8ed" <nomail@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> So...isn't HD-DVD Backwards compatable with standard DVD's? So I guess
that
> the point of the combo is...you buy that now and watch it on your SD DVD
> player and than when you get a HD you have it HD too. Am I following
this?
>
That is the supposed rationale behind it, yes. But if you truly intend on
getting an HD player in the future, you can still rent a standard DVD now
and then buy an HD edition when you have the player. I really doubt that
the majority of consumers out there are going to rush to buy more-expensive
hybrids now. Most will stay with standard DVDs and then purchase HD movies
later on in whatever format they opt for. The real losers are those with
HD-DVD players now, who are being forced to pay higher prices for a standard
DVD version that they have no use for. That seems to be fostering a lot of
resentment, and that does not help the HD-DVD format.
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