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In Reply to: Somehow that seems counterintuitive to me. posted by Quadzilla on September 17, 2007 at 13:39:04:
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.
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- HD DVD's only winning strategy is soliciting mass market acceptance based on "cheap" hardware. - oscar 18:25:52 09/17/07 (12)
- RE: HD DVD's only winning strategy is soliciting mass market acceptance based on "cheap" hardware. - Jack G 04:25:37 09/18/07 (4)
- I must be behind the times; you have a source or are these rumors ? nt - oscar 05:18:07 09/18/07 (3)
- Which part? - Jack G 05:42:37 09/18/07 (2)
- Wal mart denied they were carrying Venturer (a ploy?), Amir's a PR person, - oscar 06:07:10 09/18/07 (1)
- They denied placing a HUGE order at the time - Jack G 06:44:47 09/18/07 (0)
- HD DVD's winning strategy includes getting studios to dump Blu-ray . It worked with Paramount , and .... - ZS KEKL 18:41:36 09/17/07 (6)
- Warner's turned down that bribe... - oscar 20:03:01 09/17/07 (5)
- No - Jack G 04:39:46 09/18/07 (3)
- you really believe that? NT - Jazz Inmate 22:24:57 09/21/07 (2)
- Yes, but then, you thought Universal was going neutral - Jack G 04:49:12 09/22/07 (1)
- i did? - Jazz Inmate 12:07:12 09/27/07 (0)
- Oscar , you sound very worried , and ... - ZS KEKL 21:17:17 09/17/07 (0)
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