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The next 3-4 months will not determine much more than we know now, that with both HD formats combined the total percentage of disc sales is only 1% to 2%, with standard DVD accounting for about 94% of all sales, and VHS, streaming/downloads/, PSP etc, accounting for the rest.

I don't think this war will be settled for years to come. Sony had better hope Warner doesn't decide to go "HD DVD exclusive" at some point.

On the hardware front, others have mentioned here recently that right now you can get a great "upconverted DVD" player [with HD DVD playback too!] for only $199 on sale :-))

Blu-ray players aren't low enough yet. And the packaged discs are STILL TOO HIGH PRICED for either format, to entice those happy with buying the cheaper standard DVDs [that usually have more bonus content anyway].]]>Sep 24th 2007 5:11PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/Sep 24th 2007 6:28PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/
We've been putting up with this 720p,1080i,1080p for a few years now, why not a few years of HD/BR?

I don't think the real deal will be decided until the masses start buying those above mentioned digital tv's to view digital content OTA. Until then, a good old fashioned price war is to the benefit of everyone who isn't an early adopter with plenty of ca$h to burn.

If BR doesn't lower prices soon though, they're in danger to go the way of laserdisks, just as hd dvd needs to either go all in or nothing with the combo discs that are keeping them from being the low price point leader.]]>Sep 24th 2007 3:04PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/
Still if the Audio wars SACD or DVD-Audio were any indication, most consumers care more about convenience than quality which is why MP3 won the day. Could the same thing happen here? Will those pushing for Vidoe-On-Demand catch up to the point where people could care less about going out and "buying" a disc?

Perhaps this fight will only produce losers.

- Roger]]>Sep 24th 2007 3:17PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/
I guess this the Paris/Britney post of the day. ]]>Sep 24th 2007 3:22PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/no relevance]]>Sep 24th 2007 3:25PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/
I think that neither format will win as they expected.But one format will emerge as the victor.

That winner will end up playing the "Apple" role and the DVD market will be the "Windows" role.Only difference being "Apple" in the case would be more successful.

HD isn't a issue for everyone so we can't expect it to take such a leap in market share that DVD did.The differences between DVD and HD(HD-DVD/Blu-Ray) aren't vast enough to warrant a switch over that would shut DVD out of the market.

I see the HD winner being sort of a niche to people who prefer the higher end of things leaving dvd to the average joe.]]>Sep 24th 2007 4:09PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/Sep 24th 2007 4:33PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/Sep 24th 2007 6:05PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/Sep 24th 2007 7:49PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/Sep 24th 2007 10:46PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/Sep 25th 2007 2:28AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/
In theory, I prefer HD-DVD to BD, but I am not going to be purchasing either until the time comes to replace this set. Seeing how my last big screen tv went 15 years before conking out, physical media will most likely have gone the way of the dodo by then anyway and it won't matter. ]]>Sep 24th 2007 7:48PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/
BD has about 2/3 of the market in the US, and it is utterly dominating in Japan.]]>Sep 24th 2007 11:08PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/Sep 24th 2007 7:58PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/
The BDA is in the format war for the long haul. With the PS3 they not only gained a player but a computer data format. There have been millions of bluray disks shipped. Along with alliances from computer makers such as Apple they are dug in to compete and profit in a variety of ways. So even if HD-DVD starts to take the market bluray won't have to crumble. So even if consumers start flocking to HD-DVD this year it doesn't mean BD will be dead by next.

The longer the war goes on the less consumers will want to do with it.]]>Sep 24th 2007 9:35PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/
I don't own a HDTV yet..so no HD DVD player either...but if I had to buy a new player now...I would get the free movies and upconverting player just to have...cause I know I am just a few weeks or months from getting an HDTV.]]>Sep 24th 2007 10:53PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/
Right now I'm happy to download SD movies/TV shows from Amazon's Unbox service to my Tivo - love the $0.99 movie rentals.

No reason the above can't happen with HD content.]]>Sep 25th 2007 4:30PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/09/24/q4-of-2007-critical-in-format-war/ Why pay a shit load to buy a BR player when an up converted DVD player does a bloody good job, J6P just can not justify the amount of coin required. However, $200 and less players are a whole different ball game, J6P can justify that amount of coin, then the market will get some traction.]]>Sep 26th 2007 3:52AM