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My only criticism of HD DVD is its 40% dearth in capacity

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In Reply to: RE: Look who's talking, Blu-boy posted by Jack G on November 27, 2007 at 05:14:51

That's not spinning. It's a serious concern that goes right to the issue of limiting returns on content and quality (unlike your criticisms of Blu-ray).

By the way, PS3 games are Blu-ray too. You seem to think only movies are.

Can you provide the source for your comment that "Sony expected to have killed HD DVD by now. Now they are talking stalemate". That's a new one. Only one executive made idiotic claims like those and Microsoft fired him. Today, the BDA announced greater than 75% market share in Europe. That doesn't seem like stalemate to me, but put your best spin on it and maybe you can ignore the numbers a bit longer.
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You may find this interesting - Jack G 13:44:51 11/27/07 (0)
The European HD DVD Promotional Group has released some attach rate figures, and it's very good news for HD DVD.

European HD DVD owners have purchased an average of 3.8 movies, compared to 0.6 movies for European Blu Ray player owners. The highest attach rate came from Spain, where HD DVD owners purchased 5.7 movies per player, in contrast to 0.4 for Spanish Blu Ray owners. Italy boasts a 4.4 movie/player rate for HD DVD, 0.4 for Blu Ray. French owners bought 5 movies each, 0.6 for Blu Ray. German HD DVD owners bought 2.9 movies/player, German Blu Ray owners 0.6, and UK owners took home 3.7 HD DVD movies per player compared to 0.8 for Blu Ray.

Attach rates don't tell the whole story, but they are an indicator of healthy demand. Player sales are important, but players are sold to move discs, and the numbers for HD DVD coming out of Europe are very encouraging for HD DVD.

Jack
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RE: My only criticism of HD DVD is its 40% dearth in capacity - Jack G 13:39:18 11/27/07 (0)
> > > That's not spinning. It's a serious concern that goes right to the issue of limiting returns on content and quality < < <
That's like saying CDs sound better than LPs because they can hold more music. Remember, 53% of BDs, including recent releases, are on BD-25s.
Jack
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