Why HD's propaganda may be for naught... because we know where it's all heading....

[joeorc]

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for those that have not seen this little gem read on..this from the COMPANIES that make the formats. what is spoken above board...looks like Blu-Ray is makeing sure its going to be used. i have a feeling HD DVD not so much.

because unlike HD DVD once again Blu-Ray is used for more than just movies ,and backup. even in backup Blu-Ray is still the cheaper choice.SOFTWARE is the big market that Blu-Ray like its base optical formats before it. CD, and DVD formats Blu-Ray is also used for Software.HD DVD is not.

"Up until (the) launch of two formats you could do an analysis and it was fundamentally a PowerPoint deck...more or less a white paper," Bell said. "We were the first company that went ahead and said, we're going to try both. A year later...does it become a good consumer proposition?" Compatibility, as well as consistency of the players from competing manufacturers and content availability led the studio to HD DVD, he said.

Though Paramount might think it has picked a winner, consumer polling by The NPD Group doesn't back up that decision. There are still plenty of factors holding up the next-generation packaged media industry as a whole.

Though NPD is forecasting that more than 1 million next-generation players will be sold and 400 movie titles released next year, there still doesn't appear to be a stated demand from consumers for high-definition DVDs. According to an NPD poll, 66 percent of respondents said they're not likely to buy a high-definition player in the next six months. "We've been seeing this over and over and over again," said Russ Crupnick, a senior industry analyst for NPD.

Besides intent to buy being low, standard-definition DVDs are just fine with most consumers. "Unfortunately, we developed the perfect product (with the DVD)," Crupnick said. "We've got to overcome the fact that we're competing against a wonderful product that's in 80 percent of households." Upconverting DVD players--players that translate standard-definition discs to output them in high-definition--cost significantly less (around $60) than HD DVD and Blu-ray players, which go for between $200 and $800.

"We can use HD discs to train consumers to move into digital, but it's a transition."
--Dan Silverberg, vice president of high-definition media development, Warner Bros.

http://www.news.com/Blu-ray-vs.-HD-D...3-6212782.html

digital downloads....please