Posted by Dan Luke on 12/18/06 12:46

"JoeBloe" wrote:

>>Prices will have to fall well below $200 before the new players start to
>>sell. Will that happen?
>
>
> Properly designed "HD" level playback devices will likely never (nor
> should they) fall to that EL Cheapo crap level as the hardware inside
> that makes them do what they do has a substantially higher cost than
> standard DVD players.

Too bad for hi-def DVD, then.

Unless there is huge market of hi-def players, the producers of DVDs will
eventually not bother with it. Why should they, if there are only a few
videophiles to sell to?


> There are typically high end audio chips that
> one finds formally in high end stereo receivers and the like. It
> requires a processor to decode the data stream coming off the disc.
> Much more processing power than a standard DVD does.

Not trying to be rude, but who cares? 10% of the video buying public?

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Dan

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