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With only one hi-def format, we'll probably see BTGO . . .

Posted by townsend on January 4, 2008 at 15:43:14:
"Buy two, get one!" I.e., we used to get two hi-def discs for what one will cost.

Seriously, I have no hi-def player, no hi-def display, but I just picked up 4 hi-def discs (Troy, The Departed, 300, The Wild Bunch) on Amazon's latest BOGO sale. On the sale, two discs averaged out to 12.00 per disc, and then I ordered two more, averaging out to 10.00.

That's total cost. No tax, and no shipping (since order "theoretically" or actually exceeded $25.00). I just couldn't pass these up at this price.

I don't care to mention what format I bought, because I'm no fan-boy, but it's not hard to figure it out. I'm just hedgin' my bets.

Along with you, Jack, I fear that Sony's monopoly on hi-def, should it play out that way, could be costlier to consumers. The manufacturing cost of blu-ray is considerably higher than HD DVD, so there aren't any savings to pass on to consumers on the software side.

So it's a catch 22 . . . glad there may be movement toward one format, saddened this format war won't drag out longer, because I do think there was some advantage (e.g., BOGOS, rapidly declining hi-def player cost, etc.) for us consumers.

I'm not singing the blues for HD DVD, but HD DVD does have a tougher road to sled.