Re: Blu-Ray v. HD-DVD


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> "GMAN" <glenzabr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> In article <aqWdnaTaQYK4GEvfRVn-2g@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> <normanstrong@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>It isn't really a question of which one is cheaper to manufacture. Both
>>>formats will be cheap enough. The real question is, what will be the
>>>impact
>>>on the factory cost of new DVD players--players that have to handle DVD's
>>>as
>>>well as Blue-Ray. Consider the range of formats facing the consumer
>>>today--without Blu-Ray:
>>>
>>>DVD
>>>DVD-R
>>>DVD-RW
>>>DVD+R
>>>DVD+RW
>>>DVD-RAM
>>>CD
>>>CD-R
>>>CD-RW
>>
>> Making a player today that is capable of playing all those is trivial and
>> can
>> be done on the cheap. You already can go to walmart or best buy and get
>> $29
>> players that almost cook your breakfast.
>>
>> SO adding playback of those formats in a Blu Ray or HD DVD player should
>> be
>> trivial
>
>
> It will NOT BE TRIVIAL. In fact it may be impossible. All of the formats
> you mentioned have the same physical disc. That is NOT TRUE between HD
> DVD and Blue Ray. That is why Blu Ray requires completely new production
> facilities and HD DVD does not.
>
It requires new production lines, not entire facilities. And the large disc
makers like the concept, because it _will_ require new capital outlay that
smaller companies won't be able to fund. That's less competition and a
slower price-down curve for the suppliers.

Glenn D.


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