Posted by alan.browne on 01/07/08 04:19

On Jan 6, 1:06 pm, yoman <3x3e...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The big players who are left are really just Universal and Warner, and
> to some extent, Fox. 40% HD, 60% blu-ray. Nothing scientific, but 40%
> of a possible future 11-13 billion dollars a year sounds like one heck
> of a pile of money to me.

A good observation, but as I (and others) have stated before the only
issue with that is that the entire adoption of HD (DVD or BD) is
slowed down due to the uncertainty in format.

A lot of people have not only _not_ bought HD-DVD or BD, but they're
not buying regular "old fashioned" DVD's either until the HD format
issue is resolved.

Warner leaning this way, in itself will generate a few more $B a year,
and when the others face the truth and get on with life, then the good
times can resume. HD should be good for at least a 10 year (if not
20) run before "real" broadband is available in enough places to make
owning media a waste of money/space/time.

Cheers,
Alan

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