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Rumors abound that Sony is keeping BD pricing artificially high, whereas HD-DVD is being sold for about $300 loss ($800 to build, $500 to buy).]]>Jul 9th 2006 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/08/ricoh-laser-head-can-read-hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-discs/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/08/ricoh-laser-head-can-read-hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-discs/
well, i'm happy about this, and Ricoh go into my good books. good on 'em]]>Jul 9th 2006 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/08/ricoh-laser-head-can-read-hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-discs/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/08/ricoh-laser-head-can-read-hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-discs/
Anyway, a universal player is exactly what we need, if we want to play movies from any studio in HD. ]]>Jul 9th 2006 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/08/ricoh-laser-head-can-read-hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-discs/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/08/ricoh-laser-head-can-read-hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-discs/
The alternative is for one of the formats to die off, and that is well over a year away if it is going to happen. If the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray camps continue on their present paths, then cable and satellite providers will jump in to fill some of the HD void with better HD on demand, and I expect Blockbuster and Netflix will be looking at ways to allow HD downloads via high speed internet. I'm thinking of a simple and small set-top enclosure with a small hard drive and ethernet capability (wireless?). Simply order your movies online like you do now with Blockbuster/Netflix, and it smartly steams the titles to the box and is ready to watch in 12 hours or whatever. It can only hold 3 movies at a time (or whatever you pay for it to hold) and you can keep a movie as long as you want (just like they currently offer with DVD's) then just delete it and then your queue will DL the next title. No more postage costs. No more media costs. Tivo could also outfit their boxes with similar capabilities. ]]>Jul 10th 2006 2:20PM