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Originally Posted by PFC5
A lot of people got burned by HD DVD. So we should stifle anyone that got burnt from stating they wonder if they will get burnt again by BD now that studios are expressing concerns about BD not catching on like they projected?
I have owned BOTH formats since their launch year in 2006 and I am concerned by these statements also.
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I know of nobody who can say they got burned by HD DVD or Toshiba other than those who turned it into a personal fight. People like the Blu-Bots who say things like that to rub it in and anti Blu people who felt Toshiba owed them and should have run the company into the ground trying to keep the format going.
As an EA you take the risk. I would like either group to show me where Toshiba made a written promise to keep the format going or even twisted anyone's hand into buying a player. The only thing that sucks is that BD doesn't have HD DVD to keep it honest. Here it is a year later and I have yet to hear of a BF sale with a sub $100 BD player with an equal brand name to Toshiba.
Personally I have won, not lost, with HD DVD. I own about 4 times the number of titles I would normally have. It's starting to equal my DVD collection. We would never have seen HDM for under $5 if Toshiba hadn't pulled the plug.