The format wars have came to an abrupt halt. As of Tuesday, Toshiba's withdrawl from the HD DVD players and PC drives, consumers can breathe easier and whip out their credit cards. Now there are some pro's and con's to this interesting battle.
Pro One: One format will rule them all - meaning that all movie sudios will release their movies on Blu-ray. Which means that consumers can be confident when they purchase the Blu-ray Disc Player because regardless which studio produces and distributes the films, it will be compatible with the Blu-ray player.
Pro Two: All movie collections will play in the Blu-ray Disc player - consumers can put their minds at ease because the HD DVD's will play in this player. With that being said, beware because the older models will not support the Bonus View, or the picture-in-picture, and other features. But..they will play the movie.
Con One: Slowdown of Price Drops - meaning that in 2006, Blu-ray players were introduced at $1000.00. But..acoording to Consumer Electronics Association, the average player was $500.00.
Now let us fast forward to 2007 and the average selling price has dropped to $395.00. Now let us update to 2008, the CEA expects the price to be $307.
Con Two: Fewer Deals - meaning that, will we see the Blu-ray's combined with the HD TV's? Will we see the buy one and get one free? It is true that Blu-ray's should have an investment in the promotions but the predictment on this is fewer promotions than we seen with HD DVD's.
Pro and Con: HD DVD Movies and the Hardware very cheap - meaning that since the movies and players are in the melting pot, we can expect this material at a cheaper price later in the Spring and Summer of 2008.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
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I used this article for this week, since last week I posted two comments on the Blu-ray's. Next week I will choose a different topic.
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