Posted by Tarkus on 01/05/08 21:15

willbill wrote:
> what on earth is Warner thinking of?
>
> i mean, how on earth is this Warner
> decision going to reduce BD standalone
> player prices in the USA?

Easy. A lot of people have been standing on the sidelines, waiting for
a winner to emerge. Now that one apparently has, more people will buy
into it, and thus, competition among manufacturers and studios will
reduce prices, and production cost/disc will decrease as production
increases.

You know, just like VHS, CD and DVD. The format war wasn't increasing
competition; it was stifling it, due to the fact a great many people
weren't willing to buy into a possible losing format on either side.

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