Well, obviously he is going to defend HD-DVD, he is a Toshiba rep!
But regardless whether HD-DVD drops prices faster, in the end it doesn't matter as most of the Major studios are behind Blu-Ray!
It doesn't matter if HD-DVD players cost 100 bucks, people are missing the point.
Most Blu-Ray movies now and in the future will NEVER come to HD-DVD. It doesn't do you a lot of good to buy a HD-DVD player as only 1/8th of the content you want to will ever come out for that format. That is a lot of titles to be missed.
AG I disagree with your premise that Blu-ray movies will NEVER come to HD DVD just simply based on historical record. Both Fox and Disney supported Divx over DVD yet today they both deliver movies on DVD. Disney's CEO Robert Iger said that he thought they'd eventually support both formats but they felt that Blu-ray was the superior format.
Fox is antagonistic towards Blu-ray but it's News Corporation that makes the final decision just as Time Warner makes the final decision on what Warner studios does.
The studios will go to where they can make money plain and simple. They will support a format if it brings in profits so all HD DVD needs to do is create a large enough userbase to generate profits.
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Well, obviously he is going to defend HD-DVD, he is a Toshiba rep!
But regardless whether HD-DVD drops prices faster, in the end it doesn't matter as most of the Major studios are behind Blu-Ray!
It doesn't matter if HD-DVD players cost 100 bucks, people are missing the point.
Most Blu-Ray movies now and in the future will NEVER come to HD-DVD. It doesn't do you a lot of good to buy a HD-DVD player as only 1/8th of the content you want to will ever come out for that format. That is a lot of titles to be missed.
AG I disagree with your premise that Blu-ray movies will NEVER come to HD DVD just simply based on historical record. Both Fox and Disney supported Divx over DVD yet today they both deliver movies on DVD. Disney's CEO Robert Iger said that he thought they'd eventually support both formats but they felt that Blu-ray was the superior format.
Fox is antagonistic towards Blu-ray but it's News Corporation that makes the final decision just as Time Warner makes the final decision on what Warner studios does.
The studios will go to where they can make money plain and simple. They will support a format if it brings in profits so all HD DVD needs to do is create a large enough userbase to generate profits.