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Monday, June 18, 2007
Winner begins to emerge for high def discs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
There’s been a battle going on for some time when it comes to players for high definition discs. Now it looks like a winner is beginning to emerge.
And the winner is (or danged well may be) Blu-ray. As many of you know there are two incompatible formats for playing high definition movies on a television. One is Blu-ray the other is HD DVD.
Up until recently the fight has been pretty even, but with this news that Blockbuster is backing Blu-ray in its stores - most of them will only stock high definition movies in the Blu-ray format - things are starting to get clearer.
My advice? Hold off for a bit before you buy a player in either format. Even if Blu-ray is a sure fire winner, it’s smart to wait. Here’s why. Once there is only one format, manufacturers will tool up production and the economies of scale will kick in. That means that prices will fall. And since Blu-ray is the most expensive of the two - when it comes to buying a player - it’s smart to wait for falling prices.
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