In Reply to: HD DVD will continue to preach the "cheapness" of it's products. posted by oscar on September 17, 2007 at 13:28:49:
Trying to sell a "premium" technology at bargain-basement prices seems pretty odd to me. The smartest thing that Blu-ray did was to sidestep any reference to DVD. HD DVD simply doesn't sound significantly different from DVD for Joe Six-Pack to understand the concept ... or even to want to investigate. It still sounds like the same-old, same-old to most people. When they advertise movies on DVD AND Blu-ray disk, it serves to differentiate the formats; thereby implying a justification for a premium price. Not taking sides, just a few observations.
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- Somehow that seems counterintuitive to me. - Quadzilla 13:39:04 09/17/07 (13)
- HD DVD's only winning strategy is soliciting mass market acceptance based on "cheap" hardware. - oscar 18:25:52 09/17/07 (12)
- RE: HD DVD's only winning strategy is soliciting mass market acceptance based on "cheap" hardware. - Jack G 04:25:37 09/18/07 (4)
- I must be behind the times; you have a source or are these rumors ? nt - oscar 05:18:07 09/18/07 (3)
- Which part? - Jack G 05:42:37 09/18/07 (2)
- Wal mart denied they were carrying Venturer (a ploy?), Amir's a PR person, - oscar 06:07:10 09/18/07 (1)
- They denied placing a HUGE order at the time - Jack G 06:44:47 09/18/07 (0)
- HD DVD's winning strategy includes getting studios to dump Blu-ray . It worked with Paramount , and .... - ZS KEKL 18:41:36 09/17/07 (6)
- Warner's turned down that bribe... - oscar 20:03:01 09/17/07 (5)
- No - Jack G 04:39:46 09/18/07 (3)
- you really believe that? NT - Jazz Inmate 22:24:57 09/21/07 (2)
- Yes, but then, you thought Universal was going neutral - Jack G 04:49:12 09/22/07 (1)
- i did? - Jazz Inmate 12:07:12 09/27/07 (0)
- Oscar , you sound very worried , and ... - ZS KEKL 21:17:17 09/17/07 (0)