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1. Comment - Blu-ray: Early adopters knew what they were getting into

   (Jan 18, 2008 - 10:20 PM)

   Well well well. Its amazing to me the lack of knowledge on this whole situation. I work in retail, (electronics); The clientel that we deal with are ordinary everyday people, such as most of you are, and have absolutely no clue as to whats been said here or more importantly how its affected their entertainment investment. There are some people out there that are saying EXACTLY what a lot of you have already put so eloquently, "I'm gonna wait untill the prices/dust settles down." I guess it will pay off in the end.
   
   Fact: Consumers will be upset...very upset, pissed if you will
   Fact: BD has "more" backing with major film companies that HD DVD. (BD = $$$$$$$)
   
   So put yourself in these companies shoes for one second-
   Do you:
   A) Turn back on BD, loose your sales, pull your product off the shelves and reproduce films for HD DVD
   B) SUE SUE SUE BD, Pray to the allmighty JEBUS himself that your company doesnt loose its a** in the process ~ no guarenteed solution is found
   C) Make BD players with the proper format that are VERY affordable and perhaps offer the consumer some sort of reembursment for this hassle
   D) Make BD/HD DVD COMBO or stand alone BD players with an upgradable format that is VERY affordable (price of a current BD player $450-$500) and something the average consumer could update in a 1/2hr at home (someone said PS3 before?!?!)
   
   What do you do? Only time will tell.
   
   I do find something very... "Deja Vou" about this situation.
   
   Does anyone remember VCR and Beta?