Michael Gartenberg opinions the following on the recent HD DVD pricing plunge:
Notably the fact that we’re seeing HD-DVD players at much lower prices, as low as $99. At that point, it’s not a competition between HD-DVD and Blue-Ray, it’s a competition (correctly so) between HD-DVD and DVD.
The format war is going to be won in the retail sector. The feature count, or potential benefits of one over the other really ceases to gain traction when market forces take over. This will spill over to affect Blue-ray sales if that format can’t deliver similar cost reductions, despite suggestions this is just a HD-DVD versus DVD battle.
Blue-ray may find it’s the next Betamax. A superior format to VHS that simply lost out in the inevitable price war.
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Brendan Borlase is a Systems and Network Administrator living in Adelaide, Australia, having lived, worked and breathed Information Technology for over 12 years. Learn more.
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