If the studios handle HD-discs like they've handled DVD-A or SACD, then it looks gloomy. I hope dual-disc catches on, just so they have a marketing model to follow.
I have under 150 dvd titles, most of which I dont care if it comes out of hd-dvd cause the dvd versions are good enough. As it is now, I tend not to double dip. Theres only a few titles that I would want the best versions of. But, when hd-dvd becomes affordable for me, if I feel at that time its...
yeah, to come down to $40. He's talking $300. I was using the extreme, your still talking about a 2-3 year difference in price between the $300 drop and $40. drop. So again, a 2-3 year wait for the price of HD-dvd to come down to the $300. level isnt that long of a time.
If that is true, then HD-DVD wont catch on, cause it took less than 8 years for HD-DVD to hit the market after DVD did. From what your saying, by the time DVD stops being "the format" We're going to have the next couple technologies. 3D HD-DVD anyone? Besides, eventually I think our home...
has anyone read the article I posted a link to earlier. the #'s of HD sets being sold are staggaring. reading that article made my opinion change a little. Here, I'll post it again
But the studio's will want to push their new copy-protected format over the already mega-sold, copy-protection-bypassed DVD's. The studios would control the prices. Plus at the rate that HD tv's are selling there will be some kind of demand to see what people are paying for. Your forgetting...
Here is an interesting article on HD-DVD, basically saying it will put an end to DVD-A, SACD, and DVD's as we know it, and they speculate that it will catch on far quicker than DVD's once did.
Who's to say you have to replace your dvd's with HD-DVD's? all they will need to make is a universal HD-DVD with upscaleing capabilities for 480i/p titles right?