In Reply to: It takes time to gear up and.... posted by oscar on January 18, 2008 at 09:59:30:
Warner also has HD DVDs on retailer shelves, so I don't see how that is much different than Universal. The revenue from those HD DVD sales is negligible compared to what the studios stand to gain from mass-market support of Blu-ray. If Universal intends to go blu, why wait to announce it? What possible benefit would that serve? They're pissing off more people than they're appeasing...and the main thing being appeased is Graffeo's ego. He stuck out his neck by being such an outspoken supporter of HD DVD and he doesn't want to eat crow. But he better learn to like how it tastes.
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Follow Ups
- True, but Warner's announcement came four months away from its BD exclusivity - Jazz Inmate 13:49:54 01/18/08 (3)
- Universal have a big stock of HD DVD. They were selling well - Ole Lund Christensen 15:08:42 01/18/08 (2)
- No HD DVD with the possible exception of Planet Earth and Transformers is selling "well" - Jazz Inmate 16:52:07 01/18/08 (1)
- "especially if the price is knocked down" - Ole Lund Christensen 08:46:02 01/19/08 (0)