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Posted by Jack G (A) on December 10, 2007 at 08:40:59

In Reply to: RE: Replication costs go down as production goes up and "lessons learned" are applied. posted by oscar on December 10, 2007 at 08:21:24

>>>In the long-term, there won't be any replication cost differences (if any) between BD and HD DVD<<<
I really doubt that. The protective coating alone adds cost, and time to the process. Its not like HD DVD replication costs will stay the same price-they'll go down too, and probably always be cheaper than BD, not to mention the actual replicators, which are already plentiful since all DVD replicators made in the last few years are designed to be quickly and easily convertible to HD DVD. Blu-ray replicators have to be made from scratch, and they aren't cheap. BTW, who do you think will pay the difference when Sony stops subsidizing BD, the studios or the customers?
OTOH, if either format makes the discs too cheap, the same as DVDs, the studios won't have any motivation to go HD at all.
Jack