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1. Comment - Warner's $5 HD DVD to Blu-ray trade-in: Bargain or scam?

   (Apr 23, 2009 - 12:50 PM)

   Just like VHS and Betamax... or for most geeks DVD+R and DVD-R - you take your chances and place your bets, you cover both sides... or you simply wait till there's a clear winner.
   
   Personally since I don't possess a flat screen bigger than 32in, I see little reason to jump on the BluRay bandwagon... nor did I see a reason to jump on the HD bandwagon... I don't buy movies, I use netflix... I'm more interested in something that reads my DIVX rips and looks good on my TVs than something that supports 1080p.
   
   Smart money is on Upscaling HDMI DVD for now... till a day comes that Blu is the common and inexpensive.
   
   Which is why he's saying it's lagging in adoption - more and more people are coming to the realization that they don't need blu yet... that it isn't going to rock their worlds.
   
   Kudos that "the format" for HighDef DVD has been choosen... but deep down inside it wasn't the merits of the format that won the battle (just like VHS) it was the fact that Sony learned... and paid alot of $$$ to get people to only market THEIR product... I'm not going Blu till I can get a GOOD player for less than $80-$100