Comments on: Fire Sale or Incentive: Can Pricing Help HD DVD Survive? http://metue.com/01-14-2008/toshiba-hd-dvd-price-cuts/ The Business of Media Entertainment and Technology Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:15:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: J . Green http://metue.com/01-14-2008/toshiba-hd-dvd-price-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-1715 J . Green Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:39:31 +0000 http://metue.com/01-14-2008/toshiba-hd-dvd-price-cuts/#comment-1715 It is interesting that in these days if format wars that profit actually equals greed more so than ever before. The amount that both parties have put into capturing the market has nothing to do with anything other than control and "who wins." When you think about it with other formats such as SACD, did Sony die? The answer is no and they are making their money on licensing to manufacturers such as OPO who make up-conversion dvd players which carry the technology. So when I see this situation with the Hi def formats I am truly disgusted by the consortiums as they all stand to make a lot of money even if there were dual format production of the movie content. As it stands now this format war will do more damage to these companies than they realize as there were be fewer people to consider buying any new format the next time around. Let's consider the early adopters of blue ray who were force to buy a new player because of compatibility issues, or the HD DVD who were forced to buy a new player because of lack of format support. Make no mistake these company consortiums have caused more damage to their industries than they realize at this point. TO All OF YOU THAT GOT SUCKED INTO TAKING SIDES...shame on you for allowing yourself to be manipulated. Consumers should never have allowed themselves to be sucked in, there are issues with both formats. I am totally fed up with this situation and am seriously considering giving up physical media for digital download which is closer than you think. Here the war will be about download speed and quality. Funny thing is, the studios will not have to worry because their content will still be being distributed. What can be said for these electronics companies who want to control markets. It is interesting that in these days if format wars that profit actually equals greed more so than ever before. The amount that both parties have put into capturing the market has nothing to do with anything other than control and “who wins.”

When you think about it with other formats such as SACD, did Sony die? The answer is no and they are making their money on licensing to manufacturers such as OPO who make up-conversion dvd players which carry the technology. So when I see this situation with the Hi def formats I am truly disgusted by the consortiums as they all stand to make a lot of money even if there were dual format production of the movie content. As it stands now this format war will do more damage to these companies than they realize as there were be fewer people to consider buying any new format the next time around.

Let’s consider the early adopters of blue ray who were force to buy a new player because of compatibility issues, or the HD DVD who were forced to buy a new player because of lack of format support. Make no mistake these company consortiums have caused more damage to their industries than they realize at this point. TO All OF YOU THAT GOT SUCKED INTO TAKING SIDES…shame on you for allowing yourself to be manipulated. Consumers should never have allowed themselves to be sucked in, there are issues with both formats.

I am totally fed up with this situation and am seriously considering giving up physical media for digital download which is closer than you think. Here the war will be about download speed and quality. Funny thing is, the studios will not have to worry because their content will still be being distributed. What can be said for these electronics companies who want to control markets.

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