Universal Studios under pressure to support Blu-ray?

[Anthony P]

Are you saying a combo doesn't have the capacity or there isn't enough media?

he is saying that there is not enough production capacity. A combo is not a normal disk, it is the equivalent of a DVD-18 (dual layer dual sided DVD) and that needs special equipment that is not available everywhere and not available on all HD DVD production lines

asking to make 20M copies of a combo instead of 20k is a big difference on demand.

PS just for the fun of it search for how many replicators can do DVD-18

There is also the fact that a combo costs a lot more to produce and replicate. so instead of making more money (which is what studios want with HD) they would make less

The way things are today is different from how they'll be tomorrow. Even if blu-ray was the only format, we wouldn't see much more sales than we do today - some, but not a whole lot. We'd also probably see player prices higher.

disagree, a war always adds anxiety to people, IF HD DVD was gone people would feel more comfortable buying players and building their collection.