Posted by Dick Sidbury on 01/25/06 22:07

In article <1138197659.466240.245980@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
"Goro" <evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote:


....snip....


> In the end, what is going to sell BR/HDDVD to the masses will not be
> picture quality, it will be added value.
>
> for eg.
> * HD-discs could be priced substantially below DVD prices, which could
> be a combination of raising DVD prices and low HD price points. Could
> make DVD rental priced for a window and imitate the VHS-DVD siutation,
> which encouraged DVD adoption.
>

I don't see this at all. Raising the price of DVDs would have to be
industry wide. And I think that some distributors would not cooperate
and their DVD's would sell better. I also don't see a low price for HD
disks to start.

> * HD-discs available earlier than DVD. WB is saying 3weeks after
> theatrical with DVD window remainigng same. IIRC, in the earlier days
> of DVD, DVDs weren't availabel ont he same day as VHS.
>

This dog wont hunt. If there is widespread release of HD movies months
before the DVD then everyone who doesn't have HD will have access to
DivX copies within hours and lots of people will take advantage until
the DVDs are released. And some of them may forget to buy the DVD. I
can't imagine that the studios would be this stupid. Well actually I
can.

> * Convenience. More content available per single disc (and cheaper).
>

What extra content could they add? I admit that it would be a good
thing for season sets of TV shows, but that seems to have been
straightened out with recent packaging.


dick

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