when the war is over.....

[buckshot]

an interesting discussion broke out at my st. pat's day party. we had been watching boondock saints (dvd) followed by the departed (blu-ray) and my xbox friends were doing their normal ''well it looks good, but the xbox w/the add on is still cheaper''. which was met with the ps3 friends talking about how hdmi output and less compression make a better hd experience. this is all backstory to the real conversation. what will happen when hd-dvd disappears?

one of my friends believes, and has a valid point, that once blu-ray wins the price's of the blu-ray movies will go up closer to their suggested retail price because of the lack of competition. I believe that the competition with regular dvds will keep prices in check. the same things are being said with terrestrial radio and satellite radio. will xm and siri raise their price's if they merge?

the price of the BDs is important to me. what do you think will happen?