Universal Studios under pressure to support Blu-ray?

[mshulman]

Originally Posted by jcdDigix

Since my first BD purchase last year (Superman Return) I stopped buying DVD and haven't ever touched a red case either. So it is gonna be Blu-Ray all the way regardless of what Universal has in store.

Problem is, those of us that are here or visit any other high def sites are not the average consumers, which is what's needed to catapult either format into dominance.

The "average" consumer could have DVD in every room, their car, summer home, portable player...etc. HD DVD and Blu-ray are both likely to be niche products for their lifetime.

I've always felt (and still do) HD DVD could make a big impact with the Combo's, but they'd need to be priced like DVD's and they'd have to produce the combo only and no DVD. This would force consumers into buying into HD DVD which in turn would force them to buy players later to make use of it. Kind of the same thinking that Sony had by including blu-ray in PS3.

In fact, the above scenario, would probably help sell TV's too for those that didn't already own an HD TV, if they had a collection of HD DVD's, they might want to make use of them.

But alas.. nothing like this has happened yet and doesn't appear to be happening anytime soon. Which is why we are left with 2 niche products. Which is also why I can enjoy both at home.