Why last week's fire sale was a mistake...

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Originally Posted by Oblivion

Not sure I agree with that theory - Toshiba is the only major HD DVD producer but we and they know that and it isn't going to change overnight. What the firesale does do though is entrench the brand. The latest figures - 100,000 standalones and 210,000 xbox addons in the last month - will account for 1 million+ disks before Xmas assuming 3 or 4 disk attach rates. That's alot and will encourage Blu only producers to add HD DVD to their devices to ensure sales. And I think in a dual format world we'll lose; studios will be drawn to the (alleged) cheaper production of HD DUD.

Sorry, sounds like HD DVD propaganda.

(1) Inflated numbers with no backing
(2) Claims of big HD DVD disc sales coming
(3) Universal players are the future
(4) Studios with choose HD DVD

Gary