lvader said:
naznatips said:
lvader said:
Hmmm, the fact remains is that the new HD formats are well ahead of where DVD was at the same point in it's life.
HD DVD player prices are already getting close to the point where people will just buy it instead of a DVD player and once the media prices come down there will be no point in buying DVDs anymore. It's quite possible that the likes of Paramount and Universal might release ALL films as DVD/HD DVD dual format in the future.
PS There is NO difference between feeding a 1080p display 1080i or 1080p from a HD DVD or Blu Ray film. It's a completely lossless conversion. |
That's not true at all. The only difference is that Blu-Ray had a movie sell 100,000 copies faster than ever before. It takes both formats combined to even get near the market share that DVD had at this point in it's life. |
DVD managed 300'000 in the 1st year, 1.1M in the 2nd and 4M in the 3rd. Blu Ray has that beat on it's own easily. Even HD DVD isn't that far behind. |
Just curious, are you counting the PS3 as a BluRay player in your estimate? If so that's just wrong. Remember that onyl a good 40% know that the PS3 has a BluRay player and not even all of those use it as a BluRay player. I know if I had a PS3 I still wouldn't bother buying BluRay players because I don't want to buy a format that might lose (not saying it is just that it can).
