Comments on: My Choice in the Format War – One Year Later http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2007/04/my-choice-in-the-format-war-one-year-later/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-choice-in-the-format-war-one-year-later Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: SnakeDochttp://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2007/04/my-choice-in-the-format-war-one-year-later/#comment-1200 SnakeDoc Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:21:29 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=578#comment-1200 I think who ever lowers the prices on their HD DVD's will win the format war.If the prices are lowered to say 19.99 for new releases and 22.99 for outdated releases. this would make it more affordable for the consumers to buy more than 2 HD DVD's a month. Especially if HD DVD does this before blu-ray. Here's the formula: Cheaper HD Player + Cheaper HD-DVD's = happy consumer. I think who ever lowers the prices on their HD DVD’s will win the format war.If the prices are lowered to say 19.99 for new releases and 22.99 for outdated releases. this would make it more affordable for the consumers to buy more than 2 HD DVD’s a month. Especially if HD DVD does this before blu-ray. Here’s the formula:
Cheaper HD Player + Cheaper HD-DVD’s = happy consumer.

]]> By: SnakeDochttp://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2007/04/my-choice-in-the-format-war-one-year-later/#comment-7547 SnakeDoc Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:21:00 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=578#comment-7547 I think who ever lowers the prices on their HD DVD's will win the format war.If the prices are lowered to say 19.99 for new releases and 22.99 for outdated releases. this would make it more affordable for the consumers to buy more than 2 HD DVD's a month. Especially if HD DVD does this before blu-ray. Here's the formula: Cheaper HD Player + Cheaper HD-DVD's = happy consumer. I think who ever lowers the prices on their HD DVD’s will win the format war.If the prices are lowered to say 19.99 for new releases and 22.99 for outdated releases. this would make it more affordable for the consumers to buy more than 2 HD DVD’s a month. Especially if HD DVD does this before blu-ray. Here’s the formula:
Cheaper HD Player + Cheaper HD-DVD’s = happy consumer.

]]> By: Andrehttp://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2007/04/my-choice-in-the-format-war-one-year-later/#comment-1199 Andre Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:29:38 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=578#comment-1199 Thanks for the post, I had not previously thought about it under that angle. As someone sitting on the fence with a slight bias towards BD for its size, I am starting to think this "war" is not as important as previously thought. Maybe we are after all headed towards a situation where the two formats coexist. Pressing two pieces of round plastic instead of one is not a significant cost issue for the content producers. An imperfect analogy would be how current DVD titles are available in Widescreen and Fullscreen versions. Joe Consumer makes a decision at purchase-time and is stuck with it. Many titles are available in both formats--though, of course, where this analogy breaks is that they're both playable. If no format will die then this means that picking either one will still yield a substantial enjoyment for the investment. Thanks for the post, I had not previously thought about it under that angle.

As someone sitting on the fence with a slight bias towards BD for its size, I am starting to think this “war” is not as important as previously thought. Maybe we are after all headed towards a situation where the two formats coexist. Pressing two pieces of round plastic instead of one is not a significant cost issue for the content producers.

An imperfect analogy would be how current DVD titles are available in Widescreen and Fullscreen versions. Joe Consumer makes a decision at purchase-time and is stuck with it. Many titles are available in both formats–though, of course, where this analogy breaks is that they’re both playable.

If no format will die then this means that picking either one will still yield a substantial enjoyment for the investment.

]]> By: Andrehttp://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2007/04/my-choice-in-the-format-war-one-year-later/#comment-7546 Andre Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:29:00 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=578#comment-7546 Thanks for the post, I had not previously thought about it under that angle. As someone sitting on the fence with a slight bias towards BD for its size, I am starting to think this "war" is not as important as previously thought. Maybe we are after all headed towards a situation where the two formats coexist. Pressing two pieces of round plastic instead of one is not a significant cost issue for the content producers. An imperfect analogy would be how current DVD titles are available in Widescreen and Fullscreen versions. Joe Consumer makes a decision at purchase-time and is stuck with it. Many titles are available in both formats--though, of course, where this analogy breaks is that they're both playable. If no format will die then this means that picking either one will still yield a substantial enjoyment for the investment. Thanks for the post, I had not previously thought about it under that angle.

As someone sitting on the fence with a slight bias towards BD for its size, I am starting to think this “war” is not as important as previously thought. Maybe we are after all headed towards a situation where the two formats coexist. Pressing two pieces of round plastic instead of one is not a significant cost issue for the content producers.

An imperfect analogy would be how current DVD titles are available in Widescreen and Fullscreen versions. Joe Consumer makes a decision at purchase-time and is stuck with it. Many titles are available in both formats–though, of course, where this analogy breaks is that they’re both playable.

If no format will die then this means that picking either one will still yield a substantial enjoyment for the investment.

]]> By: westcotthttp://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2007/04/my-choice-in-the-format-war-one-year-later/#comment-1198 westcott Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:22:46 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=578#comment-1198 I have said it before and I will assert it again. Until HDCP is implemented, the content providers are unwilling to release any titles of significance. It is the same mentality that is keeping the content providers from winning the format war. If you released all the top 100 classics tomorrow on one format or the other, there would no longer be a format war. We would have a winner. Content is king and the studios stuck between a rock and a hard place. HD digital copies are perfect and their are WAY toom many displays that are fairy new that do not comply. There would be riots in the streets if HDCP were implemented today but that is what it is going to take before content of any significance enters the market. I have said it before and I will assert it again. Until HDCP is implemented, the content providers are unwilling to release any titles of significance. It is the same mentality that is keeping the content providers from winning the format war.

If you released all the top 100 classics tomorrow on one format or the other, there would no longer be a format war. We would have a winner.

Content is king and the studios stuck between a rock and a hard place. HD digital copies are perfect and their are WAY toom many displays that are fairy new that do not comply. There would be riots in the streets if HDCP were implemented today but that is what it is going to take before content of any significance enters the market.

]]> By: westcotthttp://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2007/04/my-choice-in-the-format-war-one-year-later/#comment-7545 westcott Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:22:00 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=578#comment-7545 I have said it before and I will assert it again. Until HDCP is implemented, the content providers are unwilling to release any titles of significance. It is the same mentality that is keeping the content providers from winning the format war. If you released all the top 100 classics tomorrow on one format or the other, there would no longer be a format war. We would have a winner. Content is king and the studios stuck between a rock and a hard place. HD digital copies are perfect and their are WAY toom many displays that are fairy new that do not comply. There would be riots in the streets if HDCP were implemented today but that is what it is going to take before content of any significance enters the market. I have said it before and I will assert it again. Until HDCP is implemented, the content providers are unwilling to release any titles of significance. It is the same mentality that is keeping the content providers from winning the format war.

If you released all the top 100 classics tomorrow on one format or the other, there would no longer be a format war. We would have a winner.

Content is king and the studios stuck between a rock and a hard place. HD digital copies are perfect and their are WAY toom many displays that are fairy new that do not comply. There would be riots in the streets if HDCP were implemented today but that is what it is going to take before content of any significance enters the market.

]]> By: James Mhttp://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2007/04/my-choice-in-the-format-war-one-year-later/#comment-1197 James M Sun, 08 Apr 2007 02:52:42 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=578#comment-1197 As good a piece of fence sitting as I have ever read....well done. As an early adopter of both LaserDisc and DVD, I was all pumped and primed to enter the HD age when they finally arrived here in Australia. Sad to say, there are about two dozen Blu Ray Titles available at our equivelent of Best Buys, and zero HD-DVD. For me content IS King. Without Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Indianna Jones, whats the point? Killer new movies? Casino Royale and Flick. Big deal. When ALL of the studio's get real, then one or the other format will prevail. In the meantime, I am not going to even think about a dual disc player in case one format DOES win. When the combo player dies, and it will, the discs that you bought from the losing side will be unplayable. Lets hope that either Sony or Toshiba see sense at some point and find a way out of this wasteful "war". As good a piece of fence sitting as I have ever read….well done.
As an early adopter of both LaserDisc and DVD, I was all pumped and primed to enter the HD age when they finally arrived here in Australia. Sad to say, there are about two dozen Blu Ray Titles available at our equivelent of Best Buys, and zero HD-DVD.

For me content IS King. Without Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Indianna Jones, whats the point? Killer new movies? Casino Royale and Flick. Big deal. When ALL of the studio’s get real, then one or the other format will prevail.

In the meantime, I am not going to even think about a dual disc player in case one format DOES win. When the combo player dies, and it will, the discs that you bought from the losing side will be unplayable.

Lets hope that either Sony or Toshiba see sense at some point and find a way out of this wasteful “war”.

]]> By: James Mhttp://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2007/04/my-choice-in-the-format-war-one-year-later/#comment-7544 James M Sun, 08 Apr 2007 02:52:00 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=578#comment-7544 As good a piece of fence sitting as I have ever read....well done. As an early adopter of both LaserDisc and DVD, I was all pumped and primed to enter the HD age when they finally arrived here in Australia. Sad to say, there are about two dozen Blu Ray Titles available at our equivelent of Best Buys, and zero HD-DVD. For me content IS King. Without Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Indianna Jones, whats the point? Killer new movies? Casino Royale and Flick. Big deal. When ALL of the studio's get real, then one or the other format will prevail. In the meantime, I am not going to even think about a dual disc player in case one format DOES win. When the combo player dies, and it will, the discs that you bought from the losing side will be unplayable. Lets hope that either Sony or Toshiba see sense at some point and find a way out of this wasteful "war". As good a piece of fence sitting as I have ever read….well done.
As an early adopter of both LaserDisc and DVD, I was all pumped and primed to enter the HD age when they finally arrived here in Australia. Sad to say, there are about two dozen Blu Ray Titles available at our equivelent of Best Buys, and zero HD-DVD.

For me content IS King. Without Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Indianna Jones, whats the point? Killer new movies? Casino Royale and Flick. Big deal. When ALL of the studio’s get real, then one or the other format will prevail.

In the meantime, I am not going to even think about a dual disc player in case one format DOES win. When the combo player dies, and it will, the discs that you bought from the losing side will be unplayable.

Lets hope that either Sony or Toshiba see sense at some point and find a way out of this wasteful “war”.

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