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MrPorterhouse wrote:
 With the fourth quarter and the all-important Holiday 2007 shopping season coming up, HD DVD had to do something to counter all the Blu-ray momentum. This does buy HD DVD some time and keeps things interesting. |
Thing is though, HD DVD doesn't own these production houses so it's not like they told them to make the swap. It sounds like it's a decision based on the number of players and the soon to be reached magic price where consumers impulse buy. When the PS3 is taken out of the equation (I own one and it's a fantastic BD player BTW) according to the article HD DVD has a slight lead in overall units. Then add in that HD DVD is more popular and more widely accepted and used over in Europe than BD, and it looks like this was a decision the movie companies made and not one Toshiba pulled out of their hat.
I'm convinced we'll see HD DVD players for $150 or less on Black Friday, and that will be a huge milestone. Even if there are some incredible sales on Bluray players, a lot of people are shying away to wait for the new players and profile to come out.
I agree with the sentiment that this is far from over, the tides just keep shifting back and forth is all.