Should BDA carry the brunt of HD DVD's demise and give reparation to supporters?

[Rob Tomlin]

Originally Posted by DaViD Boulet

Any chance that the BDA/WB will offer an olive-branch to HD DVD consumers who've stood by Warner and invested money in a format Warner has just revoked? If the BDA were to offer a $300 credit towards a BD player, for instance, it would go a long way to gaining the loyalty and good-will of consumers who have ALREADY DEMONSTRATED they are HD DISC COLLECTORS.

That $300 will come back 100 fold over the next 5-10 years. I think it's important to help smooth the obvious frustration HD DVD consumers must be feeling right now, and make the transition to blu as painless as possible. These folks have invested $$$ in HD DVD and now is not the time to ignore their feelings after closing the lid on their format.

Whoa. I missed this part.

This is absurd. Ridiculous. Retarded.

I would be pretty pissed if they even considered doing anything remotely close to this. $300 towards a BD player? Are you kidding me?

I simply cannot understand the logic/reasoning. Seriously, you are telling these HD DVD supporters that, despite the fact that they wanted BD to fail, it's ok because we are going to buy you a BD player anyway! People who supported BD from the start are the suckers, because they paid the most money to begin with (I paid well over $1000 for my Pioneer Elite BD player), but we aren't going to give them shit!

A token gesture might be fine (such as credit for trading in WB titles on HD DVD for the BD counterpart) but to pay $300 for a player is beyond ludicrous.