HD-DVD Doesn't Have Enough Space For High-Res Audio

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Well, currently the manufacturing cost doesn't seem to have any effect on the retail price (except perhaps for HD-DVD combo discs). However, the cost of manufacturing is one of the reasons Paramount cited as cause for their HD-DVD exclusivity. Anyway, this is all fairly irrelevant at this point; the HD market hasn't developed enough to really test manufacturing limits or to demonstrate significant sales numbers. It will still be a while yet before that occurs.