In Reply to: RE: Playstation 3 is the de facto Blu-Ray standard-bearer posted by Jack G on October 18, 2007 at 06:33:07:
And may never happen if disc prices continue to hover around $30 (this week not withstanding). Current Blu-ray players will continue to play Blu-ray disks (with the exception of the occasional fixable firmware glitch) and that's all you need to play the movie. At the moment Blu-ray is a niche and so is HD DVD; I don't expect that to change anytime soon.Maybe after Blu-ray has gotten it's act together:
put reasonably priced 1.1/2.0 profile players on the market (I don't even know/care what the profiles mean), drop Blu-ray movie prices close to DVD prices, and make HD DVD disappear is there a chance of mass market acceptance. This won't happen anytime soon, maybe in the for the next holiday season.
Edits: 10/18/07
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Follow Ups
- Mass market acceptance is not going to happen this Holiday season. - oscar 10:23:35 10/18/07 (2)
- Irrelevant - Jack G 10:46:43 10/18/07 (1)
- That is like getting upset at studios for releasing movies of different aspect ratios - Jazz Inmate 23:49:57 10/18/07 (0)