Posted by ChairmanOfTheBored on 01/06/08 13:24

On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:20:02 +1300, Mutley
<mutley90210REMOVE@hotmail.REMOVEcom> wrote:

>willbill <trek@worldwide.net> wrote:
>
>>Tarkus wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>>if the BD standalone player prices don't
>>come down, and soon, it won't happen
>>
>>if BD were all that existed, i wouldn't
>>have bought into HD, no matter the price
>>
>>maybe CHDA will be what it takes to
>>turn the corner?
>>
>>imho, BD has too many problems to
>>become the HD standard
>>
>>
>>bill
>I suspect that the US studios won't allow any content to be ported to
>CHDA if it catches on..


Fuck CHDA. And no, it won't be "catching on".

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