Could Warner Bros. Abandon HD DVD in 2008?

[space2001]

And really BD50 is cheaper per GIG the HD DVD 30

[TheMoose]

If HD-DVD software is so much cheaper to produce how come it costs the same if not more than Blu-Ray movies?

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

No, Toshiba's players are much cheaper. Onkyo's first player is to list at $899 and when you look at the $999 list price of the dual format players it doesn't take a Maths whiz to see that Toshiba's current players are subsidized and smack of desperation.

It's a rebadged XA2 with slight changes. When it actually hits the market it will be more competitively priced than the $899 they claimed in August. I've heard $499 to $649. However since it will be hitting the week of Black Friday...

My money is on the lower price point.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

Please lets stop the misinformation right here. The Panasonic PDMC factory in Torrence, CA does BD50 discs and has replicated many of them for Fox and Disney.

In addition to the three SonyDADC factories there are BD50 replication factories up and running from Technicolor, Panasonic and Cinram and Infodiscs is getting up and running right now.

There are 11 factories with BD25 replication status with 3 more about to start-up as well in Russia, Laser-Video Multimedia and Quantum Optical Laboratories (QOL)

Don't accuse other people of "lying" when you're doing it yourself.

PS - in 2007 75% of Blu-ray Discs released have NOT used MPEG-2.

You're right, there EXIST many lines, but are they in use? Not to my knowledge. Last I checked (and it was over a month ago) there were only 3 replication lines IN USE, because most of them have a 10% yield. Even Sony's yields were around 38%.

Are you saying they finally found a solution to this problem?

If so, my apologies for not being up to date.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by TheMoose

If HD-DVD software is so much cheaper to produce how come it costs the same if not more than Blu-Ray movies?

This is marketing. It has little do with anything but marketing. Currently they believe that consumers will pay the extra amount for HD content.

They're of course wrong. If HD DVD cost on average $4 more than its DVD counterpart you'd actually see better sales. Paying $30 at Best Buy for a title is not a good strategy.

[space2001]

Originally Posted by Lotus

You're right, there EXIST many lines, but are they in use? Not to my knowledge. Last I checked (and it was over a month ago) there were only 3 replication lines IN USE, because most of them have a 10% yield. Even Sony's yields were around 38%.

Are you saying they finally found a solution to this problem?

If so, my apologies for not being up to date.

what this information is so wrong. The yields are around 85% stop spreading lies and misinformation.