Here's why HD Media will fail in the mass market

Posted by racerguy on December 20, 2007 at 17:31:13

Just saw a Disney Video ad on TV, touting three Disney releases for the holiday season:

High School Musical II - available on DVD and Blu-ray

Santa Clause III - available on DVD and Blu-ray

Jungle Book - available only on DVD (no plans to put it on Blu-ray)

Why? Why put the crap on Blu-ray, and leave the good one out? For crying out loud, why? Jungle Book is something people would actually buy for a home video library. The other two are movies that families might rent once out of the $1 rental machine at McDonalds. No one in their right mind is actually going to spend $20+ on one of these.

Dumb. Truly dumb.

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Topic - Here's why HD Media will fail in the mass market - racerguy 17:31:13 12/20/07 (17)

not really - tunenut 09:30:31 12/21/07 (3)

RE: not really - GtShelby350 11:51:35 12/21/07 (2)

What's the resolution of the original tape ? - oscar 15:56:36 12/21/07 (0)

Actually - JMCIII 14:36:25 12/21/07 (0)

RE: Here's why HD Media will fail in the mass market - Jack G 05:40:00 12/21/07 (2)

I agree, and I hope that these observations prove wrong, Jack. - Audiophilander 08:11:22 12/21/07 (1)

The only way to accelerate this is to choose one format and kill the other - Jazz Inmate 11:41:47 12/21/07 (0)

A gradual phase out & alliance? - TK421 04:27:06 12/21/07 (0)

Disney has a plan to gradually introduce hi-def to the general public... - oscar 17:53:57 12/20/07 (0)

And here's why HD media will succeed - jaiva 17:53:50 12/20/07 (7)

RE: And here's why HD media will succeed - Jazz Inmate 20:07:32 12/20/07 (6)

So youâ€™re an expert on porn as well eh?~t - three_sox 23:57:52 12/20/07 (5)

downloadable video and DVD have it covered - Jazz Inmate 10:37:03 12/21/07 (4)

So what does this mean then?....... - three_sox 13:18:19 12/21/07 (3)

RE: So what does this mean then?....... - Jazz Inmate 13:31:21 12/21/07 (2)

\\\That's the view from here, but if you like seeing every wrinkle, piercing, hair stubble and carbunkle///... - three_sox 14:06:28 12/21/07 (1)

Maybe my sense of humor is not coming through - Jazz Inmate 14:19:14 12/21/07 (0)

Here's why HD Media will fail in the mass market

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