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Consumers delaying Blu-ray purchases, can't find value proposition {Engadget HD}
Aug 1st 2008 3:21PM In my opinion, they can throw out all bonus features and even the trailers. Use as much of that 50GB for the movie and soundtrack as possible. Use as little compression as you have to and put that other crap on a disc you can get with a mail-in-rebate, postage due package. Wow, wasn't aware I felt so strongly about bonus featuers...
Consumers delaying Blu-ray purchases, can't find value proposition {Engadget HD}
Aug 1st 2008 3:14PM Manufacturers' greed?
Remember the losses Toshiba took on their players for the prices we were seeing?
Think about it this way...
The cheapest BD-ROM will run you ~$130...add to that a video processor, audio processor and just a few other things you're getting really close to the $298 magnavox at walmart.
As people buy more and more of the players component prices will go down and player prices will follow. Same as with DVD.
Consumers delaying Blu-ray purchases, can't find value proposition {Engadget HD}
Aug 1st 2008 3:04PM FYI, I didn't have to try very hard to find a BD-ROM in the $130-$170 range or a 2X burner, while slow, that can be had for less than $300.
Lack of competition sends Blu-ray player prices upward {Engadget HD}
Mar 13th 2008 11:27AM Nfinity,
Don't be ridiculous. Do you honestly think Toshiba was planning on sustaining a business that lost almost $1B in 2007? You think if HD DVD had won the prices would not have come up at all? If you answered yes to any of these questions you are a complete moron with the logical abilities equal to that of a spoon.
I suppose in your little world, if HD DVD had won, Toshiba would have sent everyone in the world a free player. They would continue taking those losses just so we could all be happy and enjoy high def movies at home.
Wake up and welcome to the real world buddy. It's time to understand how it works here. It's time to quit bemoaning the loss of your preferred format.
I'm sick and tired of your silly posts.
Official: HD DVD dead and buried, format war is over {Engadget HD}
Feb 19th 2008 2:29PM "Blu-ray has a lot of grandfathers. A lot of people call it a Sony standard but by our estimates Sony doesn't even have 30 percent of the IP," Doherty said. The top four IP holders are likely Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer and Warner."
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http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9874317-1.html?tag=recentPosts
So, before you go spouting off some crap that you heard from a guy you knew that knows someone who loaded boxes into trucks near a Best Buy get your facts straight. You're not going to be able to impeach Blu ray and reinstate HD DVD no matter how much you wish you could. Either live with it or stay SD...those are your choices.
HD DVD deathwatch: we're making it official {Engadget}
Feb 15th 2008 5:04PM Moises,
You definitely stop selling things that make you money if that same shelf space can be filled with something that will make you more money per unit. That's truly how business works.
Blu-ray and HD DVD discs probably have similar impacts on Walmart's business, but I'm almost certain the blu-ray players are more profitable for the retailer. If you're only going to support one player, don't confuse the public with two types of movies that are incompatible.
That makes perfect business sense to me.
Win a Philips 42PFL5603D 42-inch 1080p HDTV! {Engadget HD}
Feb 6th 2008 1:05PM you said it!
Nielsen VideoScan High-Def market share for week ending January 20th, 2008 {Engadget HD}
Jan 25th 2008 5:54PM I can't explain "Good Luck Chuck" being the number one DVD/blu-ray any easier than I can explain how in the world a no-talent jackhole like Dane Cook has such a large fan base. It bewilders the ever-loving crap out of me...I mean really...this guy is a hack!
The real reason why Warner went Blu? {Engadget HD}
Jan 5th 2008 1:41PM Go easy on him fellas...I believe that is what you call sarcasm...
Warner goes Blu-ray exclusive {Engadget HD}
Jan 4th 2008 4:30PM I shouldn't even dignify your post with a response, but I imagine there are many in the red camp that are going to put up this type of ignorant argument.
I suppose that if WB had gone HD DVD prices would have dropped and we'd all find free movies in our mailboxes.
Competition between formats is good, but competition between manufacturers is what is going to bring prices down. If blu-ray becomes the standard and when/if mass adoption becomes a possibility, prices will drop just like they did for DVDs ten years ago. C'mon take an economics class. This isn't oil or corn that we're talking about. And you call fanboys idiots...
