Being first to market is going to be huge for HD-DVD... studios will ALL start making movies on HD-DVD if it is out and available for 4-5 months before Blu-Ray and cost half as much...
Another big key is the HD-DVD discs that have a standard DVD on the other side... studios can release dual format discs so people don't have 2 different copies of a movie... maybe I buy my movies in the dual format even before I have the player so I can watch them on standard players before I get my HD player.
Studios are not going to sit around and watch their competition make money that they could be making just because they like Blu-Ray/Sony better... it is all about money... when they see that HD-DVD players are selling and people are buying more and more movies on HD-DVD they will jump on it... unfortunatly for Sony they will just be too late... they will be released 5 months later and cost twice as much and since there really is no difference why would you want to buy the Blu-Ray player??
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Being first to market is going to be huge for HD-DVD... studios will ALL start making movies on HD-DVD if it is out and available for 4-5 months before Blu-Ray and cost half as much...
Another big key is the HD-DVD discs that have a standard DVD on the other side... studios can release dual format discs so people don't have 2 different copies of a movie... maybe I buy my movies in the dual format even before I have the player so I can watch them on standard players before I get my HD player.
Studios are not going to sit around and watch their competition make money that they could be making just because they like Blu-Ray/Sony better... it is all about money... when they see that HD-DVD players are selling and people are buying more and more movies on HD-DVD they will jump on it... unfortunatly for Sony they will just be too late... they will be released 5 months later and cost twice as much and since there really is no difference why would you want to buy the Blu-Ray player??