HD-DVD will launch with more of a whimper than a bang
by Ben Drawbaugh 
posted Mar 14th 2006 at 11:00AM
We started to hear rumors that HD-DVD
movies might not be delivered in March and now it looks like our nightmares have come true. Warner Home Video was the only studio at CES to announce a firm date for it's
titles and now they say that they may be a few weeks late due
to technical issues. Walmart was taking pre-orders and have had to cancel the orders and Best Buy pulled the item from their ad. At this point Warner is the only studio that has announced a firm release date and it seems impossible that Paramount or Universal will have any movies out within 6 weeks after they announce a firm date.
Assuming that Blu-Ray doesn't have the same problems, the first to market advantage that it seemed HD-DVD had is rapidly slipping away. Not to mention the fact that Toshiba is the only manufacture to announce a release date for a HD-DVD player.
I will buy a HD-DVD as soon as there are at least 10 movies for rent at Netflix, but I don't think I will replace my DVD collection just yet. On second thought, I will start selling them on EBay now!
Via [HDBlog]
Filed under: Programming, Toshiba
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
c.Lake @ Mar 14th 2006 9:50PM
@Ben Drawbaugh -- the writer of this article.
Why???? Why in GOD's name would you buy a HD-DVD player when it comes out??? Why?????? Do you have some spare money to throw away? Do you need more drink coasters in your home???
Seriously, I'm not trying to be an A__hole. We can all agree that HD programming is beautiful, an absolutely gorgeous picture. But it's not enough to make me throw my money away on this is made-up bullshit.
This Sony created format war is a mess. I'm not touching either of these two formats with a 10 foot pole, not until the studios settle this crap.