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Old 07-02-2009, 04:33 PM   #71
Lee Stewart
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Originally Posted by DonnyDC View Post
You didnt disagree with me.
One is a thriving format that has matured and has over production that is heavily discounted - Priced to what the market is willing to pay
The other is a failed format at fire sale prices - Priced to what the market is willing to pay.
The retailers control the price. Have you seen a major hollywood movie sell for $1 on DVD? I have seen this with HD DVD - Transformers. I believe there are also $1.99 priced HD DVD's - which don't exist on DVD - so yes - I am disagreeing with you.

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Who says it wont?
And who says it will? Analysists? Some of those same analysists forecasted there would be two HDM formats in 2011 so that's a big

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Yeah thats why it failed..
LD wasn't a faliure - not with 18,000 titles in the USA over a span over 20 years. it just wasn't a success when compared to VHS or DVD. It blew the doors off of S-VHS and ED-Beta and maybe even D-VHS.

BD's total life has not been written yet. Let's see what the future holds.
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