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Posted by Lloyd Parsons on 10/10/07 12:45
In article <3MYOi.3607$ai2.3507@trndny05>,
Derek Janssen <ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote:
> Mark Jones wrote:
> >
> >>And will both be four-figure priced well out of the waning interest in
> >>HD-bridging players or format duality
> >
> > I wish that the movie studios and manufacturers would stop this
> > nonsense with having two formats. I have pretty much stopped
> > buying most DVDs because I would like to buy HD movies, but
> > I do not want to have to buy two players. I don't want just
> > one format either because of the fact that there are some
> > fairly good movies that are only available in one format
> > or the other, but not both. There is also the fact that I no longer
> > see anything but Blu-Ray in my local Blockbuster.
>
> Although, that's not "Waning interest in HD = HiDef", that's "Waning
> interest in HD = HD-DVD":
>
> The marketplace has now become so accustomed to seeing Blu as the One
> Format, it's already getting hard to sell people on the idea that HD-DVD
> will still have the amount of shelf sales by the time the working
> players will be released, and even harder to get people to wager $1100
> per player on it...
> The dual-player industry is now being seen as "The perfect device to
> keep woolly mammoths out of your backyard!"
>
> Derek Janssen
> ejanss@comcast.net
Good fanboism shown here! <G>
When Paramount shifted to HDDVD only, the phony war escalated. HDDVD
sales are up, and considering that BluRay has many more players out
there, is really doing a bang up job.
I already own and like both, but the reality is that they are both
literally the same in picture and audio quality WHEN the studios decide
to really use what is available to them.
It will be interesting when the consumer walks into the box store this
Christmas and take a look at the offerings. On one side with be BluRay
at about $500 MSRP, on the other HDDVD at about $249 for entry level
players.
Unfortunately for the average consumer, he won't know that the models of
Blu Ray players offered are literally the same boxes that were offered a
year ago, only meeting the original profile. The ad showing the
interactivity and such for Blu Ray won't tell them that the box they are
looking at won't do it.
I hope, but don't expect, to see sales of dual-format players spike.
Unfortunately the entry price point for those is much higher than any
impulse buyer would spend.
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