A message for the format neutral members!!

[doctorsteve]

Originally Posted by Zyclone

im not a HD fan boy and i don't want to start a flame war because everyone is nice and cool here but this is bothering me.

when HD was offering free movies alot of people started going oh HD is desperate they are giving away movies go blu ray! but now that blu ray is doing it everyone is going hey blu ray is just promoting its product thats cool.

Good point. I second that emotion. I think it may be perceived that HDDVD "blinked first", and many are quick to see the same type of behavior as now a positive thing for BR.

All things being equal, it's a tactic to get adopters, nothing more (well, might also serve to get rid of poor selling titles, too). "What's good for the goose" and all that. Consider yourself vindicated. The Doc