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Hus on 09 April 2007
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HappySqurriel said:
Spazgadget said:
HappySqurriel said:

Ah, but there's a big difference between UMD and Hi definition formats. UMD was just a crappy format. It had fewer features, could only be viewed on a 3" screen, and ran your PSP's batteries down at lightning speed. Blu-Ray has challenges, but I don't think you can compare UMD to Blu-Ray in terms of chances of success.

 

 


I brought up UMD because people tend to be overly optimistic by early performance of these types of formats.

The reason I was saying I anticipate that HD-Movie growth will stall is that less than half of houses have HDTVs currently and few people expect it to break that boundry until 2010/2011; at the same time there will be a large portion of the HDTV buying public who bought their TV because it was a flat-panel display. I expect that at some point (I'd say roughly 25% of the DVD marketshare) these formats will need people of modest income to replace their TV and buy a HD-Movie player in order to continue their growth; something that may happen but at a very slow pace.


you brought up UMD cause you want Sony to fail at everything, i can see that in all your posts.

actully between 50/80% of USa homes will have HDTVs by 2010/2011.  Their reason for it dont matter, they have a hdtv thats what matters... and without a hd source that hdtv aint much.

Most projections show all 3 consoles selling over 30 million in usa, thats 30 milliion Br players in the next 5 years.

Sony has said a $300 player wil be available by late 07 early 08

 i love how people always use the price as a excuss to why something Sony wont do well.

Since when are gamers/tech fans so poor.