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RE: Here's why HD Media will fail in the mass market

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Jack G

In Reply to: RE: Here's why HD Media will fail in the mass market posted by racerguy on December 20, 2007 at 17:31:13

I think they are being somewhat selfish/greedy and short sighted. To me, it looks like the studios don't want to release their big catalog titles unless it will be an instant success, and sell tons instantly. Personally, I think waiting for the customers first is a mistake, because they won't have any reason to change over. I think people will be more likely to adopt, if the see a bunch of their old favorites out on HD.
Jack

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I agree, and I hope that these observations prove wrong, Jack. - Audiophilander 08:11:22 12/21/07 (1)
Personally, I think both will survive as hardware prices drop & folks buy cheaper HD players, with the studios rolling out more popular titles over time, but you & racerguy have good points. In addition to hot new releases there are a number of hugely popular franchises (James Bond series, LoTR series, Star Wars series, Raiders series, Alien series, etc.) that would probably make a major dent in sales and better establish high definition in the mainstream market, but so far high profile series and big Box Office features have just been trickling out. Releasing only third string titles and animation will not sell high definition to the general public.

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- The only way to accelerate this is to choose one format and kill the other - Jazz Inmate 11:41:47 12/21/07 (0)
  Espousing the trickle/dreck format war approach is likely to let downloadable video rise in popularity to the point where optical formats are practically dead.
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