The assumption that a dual format is necessary for getting cheap stuff is quite wrong. DVDs never had a real competition to begin with (Laserdics never took off due to very high price and unability to record), and lok. you have DVD players at $24.50 (saw at Fry's two days aggo) and dsics as low as $5.99 or $9.99 at your local supermarket.
What -is- a major pain is to have the studios split in two groups. It is more than time for one format, and prices will logically continue to drop over time.
Do you remember how much DVD players cost when the format was new? They weren't cheap. The only reason you can get those types of prices now is because Chinese manufacturers infiltrated the market at the low end. They made players cheaper than the name brand companies and thus forced lower prices.
Without this war, I assure you that nobody would be purchasing $100 HD DVD or
Do you remember how much DVD players cost when the format was new? They weren't cheap. The only reason you can get those types of prices now is because Chinese manufacturers infiltrated the market at the low end. They made players cheaper than the name brand companies and thus forced lower prices.
Without this war, I assure you that nobody would be purchasing $100 HD DVD or $300 Blu-ray players. There would not be Blu-ray BOGO's every time a major HD DVD title is released and you would not get a whole basket full of movies with every hardware purchase.
Instead of arguing that the war doesn't bring us lower prices, you should be arguing that we're not actually saving any money because now we have to support two formats. However, I think that's why all new HDTVs have two or more HDMI inputs.
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The assumption that a dual format is necessary for getting cheap stuff is quite wrong.
DVDs never had a real competition to begin with (Laserdics never took off due to very high price and unability to record), and lok. you have DVD players at $24.50 (saw at Fry's two days aggo) and dsics as low as $5.99 or $9.99 at your local supermarket.
What -is- a major pain is to have the studios split in two groups.
It is more than time for one format, and prices will logically continue to drop over time.
Do you remember how much DVD players cost when the format was new? They weren't cheap. The only reason you can get those types of prices now is because Chinese manufacturers infiltrated the market at the low end. They made players cheaper than the name brand companies and thus forced lower prices.
Without this war, I assure you that nobody would be purchasing $100 HD DVD or
Do you remember how much DVD players cost when the format was new? They weren't cheap. The only reason you can get those types of prices now is because Chinese manufacturers infiltrated the market at the low end. They made players cheaper than the name brand companies and thus forced lower prices.
Without this war, I assure you that nobody would be purchasing $100 HD DVD or $300 Blu-ray players. There would not be Blu-ray BOGO's every time a major HD DVD title is released and you would not get a whole basket full of movies with every hardware purchase.
Instead of arguing that the war doesn't bring us lower prices, you should be arguing that we're not actually saving any money because now we have to support two formats. However, I think that's why all new HDTVs have two or more HDMI inputs.