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Originally Posted by Dr. Evil
HD-DVD being the only format at K-Mart means very little. It's FAR from any sort of edge when K-Mart won't be selling HD versions of Cars, Pirates, Spider-man etc. People in the US will just go to Walmart then.
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...where they are selling the Toshiba HD-DVD player for less than $100 (older model) or the more recent HD-A3 for $199 (with 7 movies).
Agree that the Disney are a big motivator for people to get Blu-ray, but since Blu-ray players aren't supposed to drop below $400 I would think people would believe the difference between a cartoon on DVD or High-Def isn't worth $200.
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Originally Posted by Dr. Evil
Soon enough people will care. Thinking otherwise is rediculous. If you don't believe there's enough of an advantage between DVD and either HD format you haven't seen them demonstrated properly. Furthermore, as I previously stated, when your local news looks so much better than your brand new DVD you are going to care.
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And this is just arguing DVD vs High-Def. I'm not sure I would go as far as you, but with the hastening demise of CRT TVs, the dropping prices of LCD, and the conversion of the US TV spectrum from analog to digital in '09 (which will probably spur a bunch of TV replacements, even though set-top boxes will be supplied) I think HDTV will invade living rooms faster than previous technological changes.