theprof00 on 25 September 2015
| Augen said: I see laser disc and beta max equivalent to HD DVD. Blu Ray is in an odd place. While it should be akin to VHS and DVD it finds itself as market leader in a splintered market. I know plenty of people content with DVD still and others that like streaming. Right now on Amazon, Jurassic World on DVD only is $19.08, and you can get the Blu Ray (which includes a DVD copy as well!) for $19.64. Why wouldn't you spend extra 56 cents in case you get a Blu Ray player in the future or can share that copy with a friend who has one. At most I see a $5 premium for combo packs that include Blu Ray and DVD so easy choice to me. |
I just wanted to add this because I agree, the HDDVD was more like laserdisc. It never really caught on.
However, people should understand that while this whole format war was taking place, MS was supplementing Toshiba's HDDVD players to sell for under 100$, while also getting an hddvd addon. MS is part of the reason why it took so long for BR to take off, and of course it made sense to do so, when their main console competitor was using 99$ internal br drives...low consumer adoption would keep that price high, and help stave off future price-cuts.
