Is the BBC Shop going to swap defunt HD-DVD for BR versions?
On 21/02/2008, Ian Smith (Irascian Ltd) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually one of those 8 title hits when you do a search is HD-DVD (Planet
Earth appears twice). The BBC have been pretty good on making sure both
formats are supported
On Friday 22 February 2008 08:03:43 Brian Butterworth wrote:
Is the BBC Shop going to swap defunt HD-DVD for BR versions?
Why would they (or any shop) do that? It'd perhaps be a nice gesture,
but hardly a way to run a business - I'd be really surprised if (for example)
WH Smith offered to do
Why would they? What's the money sense to them? They won. They need
to look at how to get people still buying regular DVDs to start buying
BlueRay. People who buy HD-DVD are already up for buying into next-gen
stuff.
No busines is going to trade HD-DVD for BR either, unless say... HMV
want
I don't know if it would make good business sense, but wouldn't it be
good if Sony came in right now and said 'hey all you HD-DVD deck
buyers - come swap it for a blu-ray deck for free/subsidised price'.
Could even swap it for a PS3, increasing game sales while they were at
it. Don't think the
Could be good marketing if they can make it cost effective. How many people
bought HD-DVD anyway... presumably not /that/ many or the format wouldn't
have gone belly up.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt Barber
Sent: 22 February 2008
As you all know, DG Mark Thompson called Culture Sec Ma Tessa J Mrs Shit
for Brains [1]
Seems like we have a new CultSec, who seems to be trying for the same
epiteph, but with a male prefix:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/22/digitalmedia?gusrc=rssfeed=media
[1]
These are all good points - I like the idea of the HD-DVD trade in
when you buy a playstation 3.
I haven't got either format yet - I have an HDTV, but at the moment
use it more as a PC screen than anything :\. Might get a blu-ray drive
for my PC.
What about the rumours of a blu-ray drive for the
Toshiba seem to have a bigger game plan.
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUST28617520080220
You have to love the timing. On the same day as they effectively lose
one battle, they amortise some of their losses with an extra $800
million investment. The better Sony do now, the
Or reuse -- think of DAT, which the music industry succeeded in
killing as a consumer format in the late 80s and was relegated to
recording studios, but which got a new lease on life as a SCSI data
backup format.
The original CD-Audio Red Book gave rise to the CD-ROM XA Yellow Book
after all
On Friday 22 February 2008 08:03:43 Brian Butterworth wrote:
Is the BBC Shop going to swap defunt HD-DVD for BR versions?
I don't think HD-DVD machines have suddenly stopped working.
As others have said - why should they because they supplied content to
you in the format of your choice
But I'm not buying them. I buy a piece of paper which entitles me to
watch this stuff (and I can keep copies of the ephemeral stuff if I
wish, in the formats I choose, to watch when I choose). Which admittedly
looks a little like a DRM scenario but gives me rather more choice and
the option to
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