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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Frenzy @ Jun 29th 2007 4:02AM
It shows again that the much cheaper HD DVD format is still far ahead of the BD format regarding the development status. That what BD promised 1 year ago was already possible with HD DVD players of the first generation release 04/2006.
Its really a shame that some major studios (e.g. Fox, Disney) did confirm their support at a very early stage. They did promised the marketing promised the BDA a made. That was a mistake. HD DVD is a great format for movie releases. No real need for BD-J.
The exclusive support of some studios to BD only will cost them a lot of money in a long term. I am not sure why they did not made a simple calculation on replication price costs. Also today BD is at lease 2-3 times more expensive in replication than an HD DVD and this will also be the case in 2 years! If a major studio will release 20 Mio. HD discs for example in 2009 this will cause a hugh lost if they decided to use the more expensive format.
Frankly speaking I do not know why the HD DVD PRG is not able to propper communicate the many advantages of their format for movie/audio purposes.
Anyway - BD has also many good thinks, but HD DVD is ready NOW, it's CHEAPER for the Studios and it's CHEAPER for the consumer without any major differences in interactivity or quality.
I think Sony did made a good job to convince the major studios for BD and make them blind for HD DVD.
Cheers,
Frenzy