Posted by Black Locust on 10/13/05 00:02

In article <nvydnSZoOeA54tHeRVn-iA@comcast.com>,
"One-Shot Scot" <SonOf@Bitch.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure what the senior analyst is getting at here. Is he saying that
> some people will buy HD disks before there is anything on which to play
> them? More likely, he is saying that dual-format HD players will be the key
> to mass customer acceptance.

Even with dual-format players(which are nothing but imaginary vaporware
at this point), I fail to see how it would do anything to considerably
boost acceptance. Even if you had a player that was compatible with
HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, how would the average consumer know which disc to
buy? Say for example, a customer goes into Best Buy in 2010 to buy a
copy of the newly released "Indiana Jones 4" and there's both HD-DVD and
Blu-Ray versions sitting on the shelves next to each other. Which one
does the customer purchase? I'm sure the movie studios would love it if
he/she bought both versions, but obviously that will never be a
realistic option.
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"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people,
and neither do we." - George Dumbya Bush

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