| Re: Paramount Goes HD DVD Exclusive!
While it's still neck-and-neck, it seems that BluRay's marketing philosophy is the old "Carthage must burn" ploy. (Cato said that after all his speeches regardless of topic, eventually the Roman Senate found a thin justification and did just that by saying the treaty ending the Punic war was violated)
If you say something enough publicly, regardless of truth or merit, people will start to believe it.
Audioholics had an article from CES or one of those shows where BluRay made up fake newspapers and trade publications saying the format war was over (when in reality it had barely begun).
It'll be interesting. As of now I'm an HD-DVD guy BECAUSE they hit the magic price point. That seems to be somethign the BR doesn't get yet. He who locks in the Wal Mart consumer base first wins. Tech specs and fancy marketing mean nothing. A $200 player and sub-$20 titles does. HD-DVD seems to at least be trying for that.
My 2 cents, for what it's worth.
Last edited by Anthony; 08-21-07 at 08:22 AM.
Reason: Historical Clarification :)
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