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EQC @ Jan 6th 2008 12:13AM
Can you explain to me exactly why the manufacturers of BluRay are any different than the DVD Forum or the backers of HD-DVD?
DVD had no other "digital video" format to compete with for a long time, and prices fell. Why, as the only "HD video" format, would BluRay prices stay high? If HD-DVD was the only HD format, would they have raised prices up again?
You've called BluRay's group a cartel -- do you have some reason for doing that without laying the same name on the DVD forum or HD-DVD's group? If it all comes down to the price of BluRay players, then that means very little -- all it means was that Toshiba (the only HD-DVD manufacturer) was willing to take a loss and sell players at $100-200 with 10 free movies... If I was irrational, I'd call that a desperate move to force/bribe the public into choosing HD-DVD -- doesn't it sound sinister when I word it like that? Like, if the move had worked and they had won, then they would've jacked up prices?
Look, everybody hates Sony. Likewise, most people hate Microsoft (who wrote the interactivity software for HD-DVD, and likewise stands to profit from it...and look at the price of Windows Vista ZOMG!!!!! (sarcasm) ). But both groups are made up of more than just one company.
For example, the BluRay Association, according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Association) has a board of directors including (among many other groups) 10 CE manufacturers: Hitachi, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, and Thomson. Look at the wikipedia page -- that's just half of the Board of Directors. The "Contributors" and "Members" of the BDA include tons more major companies.