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Posted by CJ on 01/05/07 01:50
"Martin Heffels" <twentyfourthof@november.edu> wrote in message
news:nr6rp257ds2mtb6u27f5erv0hebom5dk8l@4ax.com...
> There are no more worries. We can play 'm both with a single player from
> now on :-) LG will introduce a HD DVD and Blu-ray-combi-player at CES!
>
What's the point?? A dual player still forces the customer to choose one
format over the other, now they just get to do it on a per-movie-basis based
upon quality or price of the individual movie in HD-DVD or Blu-Ray rather
than forking over money for a player that is a future doorstop. They're not
going to want to have an entire library full of future coasters, so they're
just as likely to stay away from HD-DVD or Blu-Ray altogether even with a
player that will play both.
The biggest thing I see that could tip the balance in this war in 2007
is PS3. Once PS3 is available in large numbers in the United States in March
or April, that will introduce thousands of Blu-Ray players into homes that
ordinarily probably would have sat this format war out, but now get a player
because they bought the PS3 for video games. Yes, it's probably not a top
quality player and videophiles will laugh at it, but it's better than none
at all, and Sony, for all their fumbling and stupidity in 2006, knows it.
Introduce people to the format using something they bought for another
reason and they'll stay along for the ride.
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