MIKEB
"Blu-Ray and HD DVD both use similar technology. If HD DVD hardware technology drops in price, so can Blu-Ray players. The initial disc production cost benefit of HD DVD, as it uses the older DVD replication methods has been overcome and on average Blu-Ray discs are produced cheaper than their HD DVD equivalents."
HD-DVD discs still costs 30% less then BR discs. Also BR lasers are also still more then double the price of HD-DVD lasers. As for mass production, Sony has limited the number of commercial BR producers to 9. Less competition = higher prices.
The biggest problem I have with the format is that Sony chose a more difficult way to do something relatively simple. I'm not saying that HD-DVD is going to win. I'm thinking that BR is trending the right way. But, I cannot comprehend why Sony would have switched to Blue laser diodes, a new and un-tested technology, when all of the advances were more then capable with existing technology, at a much lower price. Trust me, if your PS3 came with HD-DVD you wouldn't be complaining. If my 360 came with BR, I wouldn't either... Unless they tried to charge me $600 for it.
