It may all be academic. Recent proffesional tech reviews, including the LA TIMES, have decried the relatively small improvements in image quality in HD-DVD. So, at current price points, it's highly questionable whether either of the hi-def optical disk formats will ever become a mass-market consumer medium. D-VHS revisited? At $500-plus for the players, and $25-plus for the disks, my guess is that's all it'll be.Studio insiders have allegedly said they're looking at BIG reductions in hi-def disk prices to spur consumers along.
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MILT R. SMITH @ May 16th 2006 9:48PM
It may all be academic. Recent proffesional tech reviews, including the LA TIMES, have decried the relatively small improvements in image quality in HD-DVD. So, at current price points, it's highly questionable whether either of the hi-def optical disk formats will ever become a mass-market consumer medium. D-VHS revisited? At $500-plus for the players, and $25-plus for the disks, my guess is that's all it'll be.Studio insiders have allegedly said they're looking at BIG reductions in hi-def disk prices to spur consumers along.