RE: HD DVDs

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You're forgetting one important point...

...just as when DVD came out and people changed their collections from VHS
to DVD the change from DVD to HiDef gives the studios another way to earn
some dough for doing bugger all.

Simple - game over player one.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]=20
> On Behalf Of simonjamescoates
> Sent: 16 September 2006 15:10
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] HD DVDs
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> Hi all,
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> I've just noticed that play.com are listing Blu-Ray and HD=20
> DVDs - they are between 2 to 4 times more expensive than=20
> standard DVDs.  The rrp seems to be =A325 for most.
> What annoys me is that I've got about 500 DVDs and there's no=20
> way I'd be able to afford to buy them again.
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> Remember when the DVD (and CD) fatcats came under fire for=20
> inflated prices - since DVDs cost less than 20p to=20
> manufacture.  The price was justified by movie production=20
> costs, copyright etc... But that means I've already paid my=20
> share towards these additional costs when I bought my=20
> 'standard' DVDs.  How can they justify this new=20
> disproportionate price increase with HD DVDs - I know they're=20
> new now and prices will fall but I feel prices are too high.
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> If it wasn't for the copyright protection features of HD I'd=20
> be happy to justify owning a 'pirate' HD DVD or download if I=20
> also owned the standard DVD.  I'd just be getting a higher=20
> resolution version of a movie I've already paid for.
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> Wouldn't it be fairer to have some sort of 'upgrade path'=20
> where you could exchange your standard DVDs for HD versions=20
> for a sensible fee?
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> Just a thought
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> Regards
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> Simon
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