Another Media War: Remember VHS vs. BETA?

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Lower cost was a MAJOR factor in the VHS/Beta wars. I worked retail, and most people wanted something cheap that does what they want. Most did not care or know the difference between quality. Heck, they wanted to record their favorite TV shows. Movies were hardly a factor at the time.

As for the production issue of BD's. It's been addressed already. They have a machine that makes the discs very fast and brings the production cost to about the same as HD-DVD. Cost is moot.

I think a "player-only" model is not bullcrap. It helps people have an emotional tie-in as to what kind of recorder format to support. Much in the same way I want my DVD-R discs to work other people's DVD players.

Face it, a player-only is cheaper and less complicated to use. That is also a factor to reach the techno-phobe market. "I only need it to do one thing."