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1. Comment - Gartner analyst: HD DVD has until the end of 2008

   (Jan 28, 2008 - 6:49 PM)

   I think she either rushed the story or just got confused because it also stats that Sony had the price cut to keep HD DVD on life support.

2. Comment - Interview: Universal EVP Ken Graffeo says HD DVD is here to stay

   (Jan 28, 2008 - 11:17 AM)

   The consumer has not spoken. The early adopters and some studio's have spoken. The mass market hasn't even been tapped yet. They are still with DVD and will be for a while until pricess of the players and media come down in price just like Toshiba did with their players.
   
   IF blu wins they will need to drop the price of the players down to the same price that the A3 is at now it will be a long, long time before blu will drop their prices. Most people don't want to spend that much money for a player of either format and most people don't want to buy a gaming console to play movies on. They want a stand alone unit and it will be a long time before blu can get one that low.
   
   As for supporting your "winning format" I'm in the same boat as most people. I don't want to buy a PS3 and I'm not going to wait a few months to buy a $500-$700 profile 2.0 player. Even if they came out at $300 I wouldn't buy one because it's still over priced for me. Price is a HUGE factor and it doesn't matter how many studio's are backing the format. If the prices don't come down it will never take off.

3. Comment - Interview: Universal EVP Ken Graffeo says HD DVD is here to stay

   (Jan 23, 2008 - 3:52 PM)

   Also if they sold just the combo disc you can get passed Blockbusters Blu only policy since they will still have to stock the DVD.

4. Comment - Interview: Universal EVP Ken Graffeo says HD DVD is here to stay

   (Jan 23, 2008 - 12:05 PM)

   He's saying your only choices are Blu and HD. I think more people would buy SD over Blu because of the price of the player and just upconvert. Which you can get an HD player specifically the HD-A3 for $125 on amazon right now. Most people will buy the HD player because it's cheaper and upconvert their movies and wait for a cheaper Blu player to come out if one ever does.

5. Comment - Interview: Universal EVP Ken Graffeo says HD DVD is here to stay

   (Jan 23, 2008 - 11:24 AM)

   85% on Blu, 15% on HD, and 100% on SD-DVD. So if people can't get a movie on HD they can still buy the SD version and most people will since they won't drop $400+ on a blu player.