Why do people keep assuming that without two formats prices will go up? DVD has been the only format since it launched and it's done nothing but decrease in cost. Unlike the RIAA it seems the MPAA or at least the studios know what they're doing... I can buy two or three DVDs for the cost of one CD these days.
When it comes to media... it seems like the only one who has really kept costs for the consumer down is the lone format DVD. So let's stop trying to create things to be alarmed about. By eliminating a second useless format it means that now the bulk of the population have one format they can buy into. Now no one has to fear that their investment in one format or another will be wasted. In other words... now we can start to see the true HD-DVD (Blu-Ray) take off and once they start selling we'll finally be able to see those prices start falling. Competition is exactly what's been keeping the price of these discs so high initially.
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JimmyStewart @ Feb 16th 2008 2:06PM
Why do people keep assuming that without two formats prices will go up? DVD has been the only format since it launched and it's done nothing but decrease in cost. Unlike the RIAA it seems the MPAA or at least the studios know what they're doing... I can buy two or three DVDs for the cost of one CD these days.
When it comes to media... it seems like the only one who has really kept costs for the consumer down is the lone format DVD. So let's stop trying to create things to be alarmed about. By eliminating a second useless format it means that now the bulk of the population have one format they can buy into. Now no one has to fear that their investment in one format or another will be wasted. In other words... now we can start to see the true HD-DVD (Blu-Ray) take off and once they start selling we'll finally be able to see those prices start falling. Competition is exactly what's been keeping the price of these discs so high initially.