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"Where's your BD collection?" - I've got one Blu-ray disc on the way.

Posted by Audiophilander on January 19, 2008 at 12:15:47:
>>> "Where's any tangible sign you support Blu-ray in the slightest?" <<<
If the Blu-ray or dual format players don't come down in price I may just hold onto that disc as a collectable or sell it on ebay since it's a title which won't be released in this region until late this year.
>>> "Well, gee. Whose expertise should I respect more? The president of the most successful home video division of all the studios, or some dude on a bulletin board who can't even acknowledge the importance of capacity in HD media." <<<
You should respect my expertise more since I'm not a format fanboy or a multi-national corporate CEO with a marketing agenda. You still haven't figured out that capacity is of little value if it isn't properly used and I don't know of any "High Resolution for Dummies" books available at Barnes & Noble to assist technology challenged folks such as yourself. ;0)
>>> "Consumers need a clear choice or they don't buy, and that's the bottom line. You muddy the waters and you muck up your sales." <<<
Shwoooosh! (over your head) You completely missed the point! There is NO clear choice; the waters are muddied by:
1) upconverting players with near HD resolution
2) higher priced Blu-ray hardware and HD movies (both formats)
3) hardware glitches (mostly 'not-ready-for-prime-time' players)
4) shifting HDMI specifications & no future proof hardware
Consumers have been told to wait on the sidelines by critics and experts who see nothing but confusion, the least of which comes from the two clearly identified competing formats. Only brick and mortar retailers would find these two formats problematic, and that's because of limited shelf space.
>>> "Warners decision gives consumers more confidence that Blu-ray is the way to go, and consumers are now more likely to buy Blu-ray." <<<
That sounds like a faith-based marketing strategy. BTW, before you joined the 'circus' and started doing cart-wheels and back-flips for Blu-ray your previous job wouldn't happen to have been as a salesman in the home mortgage lending industry, would it? ;0)
Ciao,
AuPh