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RE: Daewoo is doing a cheap BD player...but honestly, the way to get quickest mass adoption is

Posted by oscar on August 31, 2007 at 18:40:09:
I agree a format war is simply going to slow things down. I've picked the side with the greatest studio support and CE support (for now). Too bad Paramount had to muck things up. I also believe Blu-ray's storage capacity and bandwidth advantages are eventually going to weigh in on this war. You won't see POTCesqe picture quality and 24/96 5.1 uncompressed PCM on any HD DVD movie or music video.

A couple of quotes from an article which also discusses Wal-Mart and Venturer players.

â€œThe only time a price can really stimulate demand is if that demand is already there,â€ said David Workman, director of the Progressive Retailers Organization. â€œBut Iâ€™m not sure demand is there. I think the recent Paramount news [about releasing titles in HD DVD exclusively] has polarized software companies even more, so there is further format stalemate. And consumers are still comparing high-def players against the price of [standard-def] players. A $199 player is still an expensive DVD player for people.â€

Bjorn Dybdahl, owner of San Antonio store Bjornâ€™s, added, â€œBecause of the confusion over formats, some people wouldnâ€™t spend $50 on a product that they perceive might not be around for very long.â€