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Posted by Nomad on 01/25/07 22:44
<asjbiotek@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jan 25, 4:38 pm, "Nomad" <user@#notme.com> wrote:
>> <asjbio...@gmail.com> wrote in
>> messagenews:1169747447.744160.165440@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>
>> Disney reveals date for Cars and Pirates on Blu-ray I used to be a
>> collector with over 300 films on tape in my library;
>
>> Looking at it from a non-activist point of view, you have to admit L
> that based on all these, someone should lean most definitely towards
> Blu-ray, as not only will you have a much LARGER range of choices in
> BD as time passes, but there is always a danger that the ONE leading
> manufacturer of hd-dvd (Toshiba), might simply throw in the towel
> (especially given that it's losing money on every player it sells -
> and we're not talking a game console here, where the game titles make
> up the difference)....
Actually, from my point of view, given the price of the players and the
relatively low market penetration of both, not to mention that as the price
goes down, we'll start getting more bang for the buck in player features,
what I admit is that it is best to wait.
True, Toshiba is losing money on each player but so is Sony. True, Consoles
have games from which Sony will derive a royalty. On the other hand, while
Sony has a library of films, they also are a film studio and that is a cash
intensive business to the tune of around $100 million a film. That's a huge
cash requirement on an annual basis that Toshiba doesn't have to match.
Also, the way film library's and individual films themselves have been
shopped around, often a studio marque is meaningless. For example,
"Forbidden Planet" was made and released by MGM but the MGM library has been
parcelled off, hence, some older films, often classics, are not included in
such deals which is how "Forbidden Plane" turns up on the HD-DVD list.
A great many films are partnerships wherein the studio only gets domestic
theatrical distribution and often the producer partner either gets the
foreign and video rights or is able to make a separate video distribution
deal that may not be with the original studio that did the domestic
theatrical distribution.
If history is any guide, the format that can achieve mass market pricing
first will ultimately be the successful format and I think it's a bit early
to be making a bet on one or the other.
--
Nomad
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