$1000 reflects the true price. $500 for the BD section and $500 for the HD-DVD section without subsidizing.
Either way you are way better off getting a standalone HD player and a stand alone BD player. I felt no remorse getting a PS3 for less than cost and I won't feel bad getting a HD-DVD player for less than cost.
Um, that might be true if it had two complete chip sets and to Blue laser diodes, but it doesn't. The only difference here is that LG (and Samsung) has to pay royalties to both camps and include software for both formats.
The extra cost on this is whatever the royalties for HD-DVD are above a stand alone BD player as the hardware is pretty darn close for both formats.
SO maybe an extra hundred at retail, but $1000 bucks isn't going to cut it when stand alone players are rapidly coming down in price for both camps - though they are dropping faster for HD-DVD.
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Joe @ Sep 6th 2007 8:50PM
$1000 reflects the true price. $500 for the BD section and $500 for the HD-DVD section without subsidizing.
Either way you are way better off getting a standalone HD player and a stand alone BD player. I felt no remorse getting a PS3 for less than cost and I won't feel bad getting a HD-DVD player for less than cost.
KC @ Sep 6th 2007 11:30PM
Um, that might be true if it had two complete chip sets and to Blue laser diodes, but it doesn't. The only difference here is that LG (and Samsung) has to pay royalties to both camps and include software for both formats.
The extra cost on this is whatever the royalties for HD-DVD are above a stand alone BD player as the hardware is pretty darn close for both formats.
SO maybe an extra hundred at retail, but $1000 bucks isn't going to cut it when stand alone players are rapidly coming down in price for both camps - though they are dropping faster for HD-DVD.