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HD DVD's only winning strategy is soliciting mass market acceptance based on "cheap" hardware.

Posted by oscar on September 17, 2007 at 18:25:52:
I'll admit $200 is awful close to "mass market" pricing but it is still a price premium over "equivalent quality" $30 DVD players. The low end Toshiba players don't even offer the same features as the bottom of the line blu-ray players (except for that IME BS I don't care about).

A lot of this could be low price vs. perception of format by the public. Is HD DVD a junk format where the only "namebrand" is Toshiba ? Is Blu-Ray the way to go because of support by multiple namebrand CE manufacturers ? Will the Blockbuster software advantage Blu-Ray enjoys continue to translate to a big edge in software sales ? Can the near-term current hardware standalone player advantage enjoyed by Blu-Ray be sustained into the Holiday season ?

I've thrown my support to Blu-ray because it is the format which consistently delivers on lossless audio tracks for HD movies and I'm a firm believer it will be the format of choice for music video producers. E.g. I have serious doubts HD DVD can deliver "Planet Earth" quality HD video with 24/96 lossless audio because of bandwidth limitations.