Posted by steveo on 01/05/08 23:57

"willbill" <trek@worldwide.net> wrote in message
news:flp4ae02chl@enews2.newsguy.com...
> Tarkus wrote:
>
>> willbill wrote:
>
>>> Tarkus wrote:
>
>>>> http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2008/tc2008014_928006.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_top+story
>
>>> imho, you need to see the forest
>>> that exists beyond the trees
>
>> Precisely my point. Less uncertainty means more consumers, which will
>> lead to lower prices. One only has to look at the history of VHS, CD and
>> DVD formats. Once people became confident in the stability of those
>> formats, demand went up, and prices came down due to competition and
>> manufacturing costs.
>
>
> i'll believe it when i see *lower* prices
> for BD *standalone* players
>
> to paraphrase what a few others have said:
> "the companies go where the money is at"
>
> i personally find it hard to believe that
> this move by Warner is "where the money is at"
>
> if anything, it is an especially dumb move
> by Warner

I don't know, a $500M to $600M payout wouldn't sound bad to me if I were a
stockholder.

It is unfortunate that Tosh couldn't match, or couldn't convince/bribe FOX.

steveo

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