Posted by Goro on 03/23/07 14:59

On Mar 20, 6:25 am, Fred C. Dobbs <n...@tenretni.moc> wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:09:31 -0500, "def456" <def...@none.none> wrote:
> >I ignored it but obviously it's the coming thing because Netflix is offering
> >BluRay discs now. So how long before it gets as cheap as DVD...?
> >(BluRay players/burners under $50 each, and blank BluRay discs under $2
> >each)
>
> >I'm willing, so long as I can rip & burn movies to BluRay discs. It's like
> >three DVD DL discs which would hold like 3 full-length movies with full DVD
> >quality, and a significant space savings.
>
> >In the meantime I'll continue with DVD.
>
> IMHO, Since it is Sony and they are close fisted. It may be a while.
> It will be up to the Chinese manufacturers to bring the price down
> with cheap players and they will have to pay Sony a License for Blu
> Ray. If Sony wants a lot for the for the License, the Chinese may sit
> and wait. Sony likes to keep the price as high as possible. 'The HD
> DVD Camp should Open Source the standard and let the Chinese make a
> bunch of cheap players to over run Blu Ray. Then the Studios may see
> the rise in sales and release more titles in HD DVD Format.

IAWTP. The worst part is that Sony's the main entity behind BluRay.

The OTHER problem behind what the OP is asking for is that with
Vista's Secure A/V Stream, it will become increasingly difficult to
rip from a BluRay (or HDDVD for that matter) drive.

-goro-

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