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Jazz, I would LOVE to see the studios try that.

Posted by JMCIII on May 20, 2008 at 18:52:04:
It would kill physical video media competely. Consumers (and I don't just mean folks like us) HATE, and I do mean hate, being told what they HAVE to buy. Price is one of the big reasons the music industry is running in quicksand right about now. You'd hope the video world would have been paying attention, but by the look of thing no, they are simply repeating history instead of learning from it.

Until the manufactuers and studios get the price of players AND media down to DVD levels Blu-Ray will continue to be stillborn in the minds and wallets of the average consumer. Want to see proof? Go to your local Walmart and see, A. how many payers are even on display (much less how expensive they are), and B. the cost of the movies in comparison to regular DVD. And yes, I know some less expensive players are to be released this summer, but they are still 3 to 4 time the price of a decent upsampling DVD player, plus they is no guarantee that they will even work properly with out constant firmware upgrades since there is STILL (after how many years???) NO SET STANDARD for Blue Disc. It's too bad too, but time will tell.

John Crossett
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