Re: Sony jacks up the price of Blu-ray

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 "tootal2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Philip wrote:
> > Mark A wrote:
> >> "Wes Newell" <w.newell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> >> news:_neCj.11627$wM2.4535@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/13/sony-jacks-price-bl
> >>> u-ray 
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> >>
> >> They are comparing retail prices during the price war between HD-DVD 
> >> and Blu-Ray where To****ba was dumping stuff on the market for below 
> >> cost to get rid of inventory before they left consumers out in the 
> >> cold when the HD-DVD format was abandoned.
> >>
> >> Prices of Blu-Ray will decrease when volume sales go up, which is 
> >> bound to happen with the format wars are over. Sony is only one 
> >> manufacturer, and they have never been a low cost manufacturer for 
> >> anything they sell. If you want cheap, it will be made in China. 
> > 
> > I think Blu-Ray will never supersede DVD sales. DVRs and internet
movie 
> > downloads make it superfluous.
> > 
> yep, my tivo hd gets me all the hd movies i want:)

Yes it does, except it is more compressed than BD discs and doesn't have 
any of the better sound codecs.  So it actually is HD just not the best 
HD!