@Quickdraw McGraw
As long as Blu-Ray stabilizes as the dominant format ABOVE mass-market prices, the consumer loses out. HD DVD has reached mass-market in many cases, but it cannot from this point become anything more than a surviving format at best. What we, the consumer, need is for HD DVD to survive long enough to force Blu-Ray manufacturers to mass-market prices. Remember that the whole reason for a move to high-def from a manufacturers point of view was to charge higher prices for players (a motive that was disrupted by the emergence of two formats). The LAST thing that consumers need is for Blu-Ray manufacturers to still have an opportunity to profiteer for a year or two.
HD DVD needs to stick around for another year or two to force Blu-Ray players down in price to benefit consumers, and to lower the price of the PS3 at a faster rate (this may not be good for Sony, but I don't get why PS3 fanboys don't like the idea as it would mean developers pay more attention to your system).
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