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packmule	Jan 5 2008, 11:23 AM
Site founder - Your best nightmare Posts: 32,887 Group: Administrator(staff) Member #1 Joined: January 29, 2006 Favorite giant monster film: Gojira(1954) Favorite horror film: House Of Wax(1953) Favorite sci-fi film: 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)	"josh TX" With Warner announcing Blu-Ray exclusivity, it really makes you wonder how much this will tilt the Hi-def format war I believe this "war" may reach a far more swift conclusion now, with this news. "josh TX" Personally, I cant see Toshiba's format making it long without Warner, even if Universal does stick with them exclusively. There just wont be enough new releases Agreed. "josh TX" Unless Toshiba has another trick up their sleeve of some sort, Im going to go ahead and guess it is near the end for HD-DVD Agreed. I wonder how long the HD-DVD format will hang around, and how much longer HD-DVD players will sell in retailers like Best Buy. confused "josh TX" It might make it another year or so, but once the educated consumer realizes the lack of studio support, they aren't going to buy the players anymore, even if they are cheaper than BD players That, Josh, may already be happening. I bought a Blu-Ray DVD player for $299.99, on sale, despite the option of buying a Toshiba HD-DVD player for $249.99, a full $50 less. The reason I paid more: the Best Buy sales associate, and a Magnavox product representative, both told me they believed Blu-Ray would be the prevailing format, and would be within eighteen months to two years. I saw several other potential customers, considering a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD player purchase, talking with the Magnavox rep, who told them the same thing he told me. "josh TX" Overall though, I think regular DVD will still outsell either of these new formats for quite some time Agreed. At $25-35 a pop I cannot buy as many Blu-Ray discs. I will continue to buy regular DVDs and 'sprinkle" in Blu-Ray buys when it's a movie I really want or something I already have, really like, and want to upgrade.
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