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Originally Posted by Clarkey
So how much are these new DVD's going to cost? I've never gotten why people are so eager to spend 20-30 bucks to purchase a DVD. There's only a few movies that I would watch more than once or twice. It just seems like a big waste of money to me but obviously a lot don't feel that way.
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I agree. Until I have to buy an HD-DVD I'm perfectly content with regular old widescreen DVDs. Look just fine to me and I don't see how my 2-hour movie viewing experience a couple times a month will be greatly enhanced at this time by going to HD. HD-TV I can understand as it's an everyday thing but not HD-DVD or Blu-Ray.
I could also understand VHS/Beta. There was something new...you could tape TV and watch it when you wanted. You didn't need to go to a theater to see a movie..just wait a few months. This whole HD-DVD/Blu-Ray thing just doesn't seem to be that great leap forward that it is going to make people flock to the stores in the next 6-12 months.
People are simply going to wait until their current DVD players crap out and if the price of a HD-DVD or Blu-ray is comparable or reasonable then yeah they'll buy one. But other than that I don't see it. Many industry folks don't see it either. They don't see any rush for these things until 2011 or so when more than a handful of people have nice widescreen HD televisions and are hooked up to HD-TV such that they are used to that type of picture (I can't possibly tell you how many people I know that have a beautiful HD-TV but don't actually use the HD capabilities at all).
I think in the end the market is going to go to the companies that produce a dual player that will handle either format and if they are smart will also include a DVR on the same unit. For my money at this time the current technological advance is the DVR (or PVR depending on what company you o with).