Things WB could do

[stockstar1138]

Well, WB is in a contract with HD DUD til May, they'd really like to clear up anytpe of confusions ASAP so here are some things they can do to do that will help. The goal is how to make the HD DVD copies as bad as possible so nobody wants them and then ditch them all in the end.

1. Make a seperate Blu-ray encoding that is superior. To not waste money and have to do another encoding, simply put the encoding on the DVD onto the HD DVD. Nothing in teh contract probably regards this.

2. Make the absolutel min. number of discs required in contract.

3. Make a deal with retailers. Charge retailers full MSRP for the disc, no retailer is going to take losses on HD DVD software. Retailers will say, well at that price, Im going to have to cut my order in half down to 3 discs instead of 6 (thats if they still cary DUD) and so consumers just are going to look at it and say, "I'm not paying $39.99 for The Invasion" or "Why is the blu-ray version chepaer, I thought HD DVD was cheaper". The deal is with retialers, once they have sold out of all their HD DVD hardware, they are allowed to mark everything down 75%, and warner will pay the difference or buy the discs back. WB will provide them with stickers that say Special HD DVD Lquidation on them.

4. Release titles as far behind the blu-ray version as possible.

5. NO SPECIAL FEATURES.

I just think it would be absolutely hillarious for DUDers to have to wait an extra month for titles, pay lots more, and only get a 480p encode.

I don't think WB would do any of these, expecept maybe #2, but any other thins WB could do before now and May to really hurt HD DVD.