By the way, I was talking to a rep I know at a local HiFi shop and he made an interesting point. He said that he thinks HD will ultimately come out ahead unless the blu-ray disks are heavily subsidized. He noted that HD disks are between 1/5 to 1/7th the cost of a HD disk. Although blu-ray disks hold more info (upto 50gb, if I remember correctly???) vs. the (HD disks upto 30gb), he said consumers and manufacturers will not be willing to pay a huge price differential because both will adequately store the contents of movies.
Add to this that bluRay players are expected to be much higher $$$$, it's a problem.
Anyways, if anyone else has insight or can correct/ substantiate this view point, it'll be appreciated.
Cheers, Rick
Add to this that bluRay players are expected to be much higher $$$$, it's a problem.
Anyways, if anyone else has insight or can correct/ substantiate this view point, it'll be appreciated.
Cheers, Rick