Posted by Phat Bytestard on 08/08/06 05:20

On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:19:05 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir
<invalid@invalid.com> Gave us:

>On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:27:38 GMT, Tarkus <karnevil9@atlantabraves.net>
>wrote:
>
>>On 8/7/2006 7:37:57 AM, Charlie Hoffpauir wrote:
>>
>>> I personally think BOTH will be huge losses for all the manufacturers
>>> for a lot longer than they anticipated..... We'll be very lucky if we
>>> have a clear winner and decent prices in 5 years.
>>
>>Define decent prices.
>
>That would be a different definition for each individual.
>
>for *me* it's approximately 20% of the initial price (for electronic
>items). ie, my first VCR, about $200, and the same for my first CD
>burner. So my first HD DVD recorder, $100-$200.
>

It won't be one that contains the right hardware to make it HD.

The sound chips alone ain't cheap, boy.

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