Digital Bits and Bill Hunt's latest 2¢ on exclusive announcements

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I think it is a horrible idea at least as it is proposed. I just wrote this to Bill about the subject as well as what could be a fair solution:

I as a blu-ray supporter from the beginning, thanks to extensive research before buying into the product, don't think anyone who picked the wrong format based on the same data I used to pick the correct format, should all of the sudden get special treatment. I've spent thousands of dollars supporting the format. I don't recall Toshiba/Paramount/Dreamworks offering to discount the HD DVD versions of Blades of Glory, Face/Off, Top Gun and the Jack Ryan collection which I had already preordered for Blu-ray. As far as I see it, the BDA and Warner are already extending a hand to HD DVD supports, they are releasing for another couple of months titles that some HD DVD owners may have already had high hopes for, much like Blu-ray owners had high hopes for some of those Paramount titles.

If you really want to see the BDA reach out to HD DVD owners, then don't make it just about HD DVD owners and rewarding their poor past decisions. How about getting the BDA to reach out to all supporters, old and new by having a massive discount program, or a coupon that anyone and everyone can use on any Blu-ray disc of their choice. New owners get rewarded, existing owners get rewarded, and there shouldn't be any illwill felt towards anyone unlike if the BDA rewards only HD DVD owners. I would be pretty pissed about that as a longtime BD supporter.