Universal Studios under pressure to support Blu-ray?

[mshulman]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

The problems are:

(1) There isn't enough DVD-18 capacity for a single major DVD release. And what exists isn't necessarily easily converted to HD DVD too.

Consider that a major DVD title can sell 5 million copies in a single day, and less than 1.5 million HD DVD (of all types) have sold since launch.

(2) Why would the STUDIOS want to spend about 2.4x their DVD cost for 99% of disc usage to push HD DVD?

Gary

P.S. They could now consider the new twin format (single layer of each) but then both formats get shafted.

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

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.

As far as #2 is concerned, I agree. But then again, Universal seems committed to HD DVD, so why not show that commitment.