Posted by Jay G. on 06/08/06 21:41

On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:44:20 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs wrote:

> On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 06:36:27 -0500, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:
>>
>>The big players will "all be on" the bandwagon of the format that
>>eventually wins the HD format war. There's no assurance that the winning
>>format will be HD DVD, or even Blu-Ray. Hell, there's not even any
>>assurance that one format will clearly "win." It's possible the two disc
>>formats may eventually co-exist, like DVD-R and DVD+R, or like competing
>>video game consoles.
>
> Yeah... I am sure the industry wants to press two libraries.

They're already going to be pressing two libraries, one DVD, and one HD
disc of choice. Hell, some companies already press 3 libraries if you
count UMD, and some will press both HD formats until there's a winner.

Also, if dual-format players become the norm, studios won't *have* to press
two formats. They can simply press in the HD format of their choice,
either HD-DVD or Blu-Ray, secure in the knowledge that the majority of
people will be able to play either disc in their player, much like DVD-R
and DVD+R discs today.

-Jay

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