Posted by JoeBloe on 12/19/06 00:20

On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:46:25 -0600, "Dan Luke"
<c172rg@dingdongsouth.net> Gave us:

>
>"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.

Maybe in your living room. Different people make their compromises
in different places.
>
>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 were folks just like you saying the same thing about wide
screen displays not too many years ago.
>
>> 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?

Anyone that knows anything about electronics and or high end audio
video set ups.

You may as well buy the GE $99 "all in one" stereo outfit, and
forget about more than two channels altogether, eh?

> 10% of the video buying public?

You're a little off in this post, and not just on this alleged
"stat".

The same crowd that buys BMW or Mercedes or the like buys high end
audio gear, and a $200 DVD player is probably not a compromise they'll
take, when the real deal isn't that much more, and holds its value
much better.

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