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hmurchison @ Jan 18th 2007 4:06PM
Notice that the Blu-rays fans are hyper sensitive about quality. I guess when you've been behind since launch and felt the fire it could leave one a bit shell shocked.
Truth is both formats do look great now. Crank is an excellent quality film from what i've heard on par with the best that HD DVD has to offer. However quality isn't what's going to win the war. It's either price or content. Can Toshiba deliver a price that is irresistable or can the BDA deliver content that wins it all? That's what 2007 is going to decide.
Microsoft and Broadcom are teaming together to create a Reference platform based on Win CE 6.0 and the Broadcom BCM7440 System on Chip LSI. This should enable additional vendors to rapidly create and sell players. The goal is to sell a min of 1.8 million HD DVD players on up to 2.5 million. If HD DVD does that then it's easy to see how they can bring over the content they need to feed millions of players.
Blu-ray needs to keep the conent they have exclusive. The PS3 leads the charge but it's still well behind the 10 million Xbox 360s that all can accept the low cost HD DVD add on. The quality of both formats is fine. That's not the issue. The issue is price vs content. HD DVD will have 600 titles by years end. That's enough for most consumers to buy in if the player price is right. I'm hoping that by Christmas of this year HD DVD players can be had for $299 so that I can buy my parents a unit. I feel like both formats will survive and we'll likely see the media move to Warners Total HD or something else.