I've said it before, I'll say it again and again, BR disc prices will always be significantly higher, they have to be, what is the point of changing formats if your margins remain the same or less because of higher production costs. The movie studios are making $millions out of DVD now, the only reason for them to change is more money, but the format is not significantly different enough to DVD for the masses at this stage. Do the movie studios care if blu ray goes bum up, other than sony, probably not, it is a means to an end. Keep prices high and milk the cash cow for as long as possible. They might even prefer a split market, that way they can keep fleasing the home theatre fans with outrageous prices on blu ray and it's business as usual for the DVD crowd.
“The other one is a biggie, and it's something very noticeable in the videos: touch sensitivity is pretty bad. Using the virtual keyboard proved to be far too painful, and we're pretty sure it wasn't multitouch-friendly.”
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I've said it before, I'll say it again and again, BR disc prices will always be significantly higher, they have to be, what is the point of changing formats if your margins remain the same or less because of higher production costs.
The movie studios are making $millions out of DVD now, the only reason for them to change is more money, but the format is not significantly different enough to DVD for the masses at this stage.
Do the movie studios care if blu ray goes bum up, other than sony, probably not, it is a means to an end.
Keep prices high and milk the cash cow for as long as possible. They might even prefer a split market, that way they can keep fleasing the home theatre fans with outrageous prices on blu ray and it's business as usual for the DVD crowd.