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Don't really see the point in blaming Sony ALONE for causing a format war...afterall, they are not the entirity of the Blu-ray association.]]>Jul 25th 2006 5:19PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/25/netflix-ceo-sees-hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-war-maintaining-stalemate/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/25/netflix-ceo-sees-hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-war-maintaining-stalemate/Jul 25th 2006 5:21PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/25/netflix-ceo-sees-hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-war-maintaining-stalemate/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/25/netflix-ceo-sees-hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-war-maintaining-stalemate/Jul 25th 2006 6:35PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/25/netflix-ceo-sees-hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-war-maintaining-stalemate/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/25/netflix-ceo-sees-hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-war-maintaining-stalemate/
But you gotta hand it to Sony though, right now they are more hated then Microsoft (at least around the web and internet forums anyway)...which is quite a task.

With that said, I'll still be getting a PS3 because of Metal Gear Solid 4 and Final Fantasy XIII.]]>Jul 25th 2006 7:13PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/25/netflix-ceo-sees-hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-war-maintaining-stalemate/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/25/netflix-ceo-sees-hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-war-maintaining-stalemate/
I hope digital distribution and streaming technologies make disc obsolete.]]>Jul 25th 2006 10:29PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/25/netflix-ceo-sees-hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-war-maintaining-stalemate/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/25/netflix-ceo-sees-hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-war-maintaining-stalemate/
FYI: JOE KANE is known around the world as an expert in picture quality!!!!!!


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WASD John - the licensing costs, etc, have nothing to do with the cost of the players. Toshiba is heavily subsidizing their players to buy market share. They're losing money on the $500 player, estimates are $700-$800 production costs. For them it is a gamble, they're hoping to get a foothold for HD-DVD so they can make millions in licensing over the coming years. The BD camp doesn't feel the same pressure to buy users, so they aren't selling players at a loss. The PS3 will be subsidized, of course, and that'll probably be one of the cheapest BD options, and not a bad one really.

As for multi-format players. LG Electronics just announced that they will NOT do a combo player in 2006, as they'd earlier said they may do, and instead they will be sticking with BD only.

I intend to by a PS3 in any case, so I'll have BD. I don't intend to buy HD-DVD because there is no good reason to do so. One studio isn't backing it, I can live with that - I expect them to cave in and do BD as the market grows anyway. If HD-DVD is still viable in a year or two, I'll consider it.]]>Jul 27th 2006 5:31PM