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Originally Posted by Goko
Naaaaa. I don't buy into that, but feel free to make those economic sacrifices because I won't.
It's not the early adopters that determine if a format is a success or a failure. Ultimately it's consumers like me that are not on a crusade and simply BUY because it is our pleasure and the price is right.
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It is early adopters, that are in some part, responsible for more affordable pricing for the masses. Like it or not. If it were any other way we would all have HD-DVD players and be saying bye to Blu-ray. HD-DVD couldn't even survive when they put out players at under $200 or even $100. The reason why is because the market just wasn't there at the time in the numbers it needed. Blu-ray dvd sales consistently outpaced HD-dvd sales in the software reports month after month. So, early adopters decided which hi-def format you will end up buying, if you do buy one. What makes you think they don't play a part in making the Blu-ray players affordable? The way it works is when new tech hits the market prices are high. As the money gets made back for developement prices start to drop because the company is now seeing profit. That's anything in the electronics field. Game consoles, tvs, stereos, phones, etc. etc.