http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/more-totalhd-details-emerge/ Engadget HD Comments for More TotalHD details emerge http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/more-totalhd-details-emerge/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/more-totalhd-details-emerge/They should just blend the 2 colors and make it purple. Done.]]>Mar 16th 2007 12:55PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/more-totalhd-details-emerge/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/more-totalhd-details-emerge/Mar 16th 2007 12:37PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/more-totalhd-details-emerge/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/more-totalhd-details-emerge/
The only thing that this does is protect Warner's interests by forcing every customer to buy something they don't need instead of Warner risking losing money on unsold product for whatever format ultimately loses.

I suppose it will be beneficial to the customer because no matter which format one owns they get more releases from Warner then they'd get if Warner released select titles on both formats as this tends to end up with each format receiving different titles from the catalog.

I still think this benefits the studio more then the customer though.
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1) How much does the player cost?

2) Am I going to be left with $1000 in orphaned DVDs once someone wins the war?

Right now, the betting is that Blu-Ray will eventually win (due to PS3), but $900 is too much money for Joe Public to spend.

Now, if there was a guarantee that the disks would be playable no matter who won, spending $4-500 for a player might be OK.

So, this dual disk clearly helps the HD-DVD crowd, and might help everyone who isn't Sony. Might even be the thing that sets HD-DVD back in the fight, both by taking the fear out of a wrong choice, and getting Fox and such to support both formats.

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