4 posts · 2008-02-14 21:13:00 to 2008-02-16 09:45:00
stewartdaniels1986 wrote:price will go down eh? Funny how Walk hard is set at 43.98.
But Blu-ray and HD-DVD are going to eclipse SD-DVD in a few years' time with the price they are? Price is only the primary factor for the end user. HVD's retail price will come down just like any other technology's. You guys are forgetting that HD in general is still in a nascent stage, nothing's set in stone yet. You're boxing yourselves into the same corner into which Bluray supporters are accusing HD-DVD supporters of residing. Early adoption does not define a standard, sorry. If anything this Bluray/HD-DVD nonsense only put the nail in both their coffins faster.
Wrong, as stated in the OP of this thread, HD-DVD is done therefore the nail is in their coffin and thats it. And while you say HVD's price will go down, I'm certain your correct, but guess what, Blu-ray will be going down as well. And even still, why do you even care? Did you buy blu-ray equipment or software? If not you have nothing to worry about do you?
BloodWork wrote:Noticed Blade Runner? its list price is at 39.99 which is pretty much what most hd dvds or blu-rays start at.price will go down eh? Funny how Walk hard is set at 43.98.
It seems to me that prices are going up.
hmm, I saw not one single movie over $25 dollars here.
All in all Microsoft made a big mistake in not including HD-DVD as standard in all of their Xbox360's. They loose out on a heck of a lot of sales on HD-DVD this way. Currently the PS3 games are all made on Bluray, therefore the millions of games that have been sold are all in bluray, compared to the Xbox360 using DVD.I agree with you, microsoft didn't want to put a hd dvd drive in their xbox just in case it lost, so they supported the format in a war that wouldn't hurt them. Hd dvd might be dying but I'll still be buying American Gangster, Beowulf, Into the Wild, I am Legend, and Cloverfield
Taking the fact that while HD-DVD is cheaper than bluray the fact that Sony decided that the PS3 would use Bluray instantly pushed up the sales for Bluray. The war isn't over and it has been known that certain products do push back in this late stage but I still feel that it's very unlikely since if the film producers stop backing up HD-DVD it won't have anything to lean against afterwards, while Sony gave bluray a safety net by making the PS3 game format bluray.
