Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 06/09/06 03:42

On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 16:41:35 -0500, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:

>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.
>

AGAIN... apples and oranges. The two you mention use the SAME
LASER. HD and BluRay are enough different that such a player will
have a fairly high price attached cost to it. One that won't soon
drop.

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