Re: HD DVDs

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In the 'paper today, a trial of various HD LCD TVs was reviewed, putting
the Philips 42PF9831D at £3.5k and the Philips 32PF9631D at £1.3k
came-out well ahead of the pack (Sharp LC-37GD8E, JVC LT-40DS7BJ, LG
32LC2D, & Toshiba 47WLT66 were the others) ... mind you, they said the
Toshiba had massive screen resolution, but it's just 1920x1080, so I'm
not sure what to make of it ... might it be better to get a PC monitor
&
TV plug-in ... loads more resolution & a fraction of the cost ?

Chris



simonjamescoates wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I've just noticed that play.com are listing Blu-Ray and HD DVDs -
>they are between 2 to 4 times more expensive than standard DVDs.  The
>rrp seems to be £25 for most.
>What annoys me is that I've got about 500 DVDs and there's no way I'd
>be able to afford to buy them again.
>
>Remember when the DVD (and CD) fatcats came under fire for inflated
>prices - since DVDs cost less than 20p to manufacture.  The price was
>justified by movie production costs, copyright etc... But that means
>I've already paid my share towards these additional costs when I
>bought my 'standard' DVDs.  How can they justify this new
>disproportionate price increase with HD DVDs - I know they're new now
>and prices will fall but I feel prices are too high.
>
>If it wasn't for the copyright protection features of HD I'd be happy
>to justify owning a 'pirate' HD DVD or download if I also owned the
>standard DVD.  I'd just be getting a higher resolution version of a
>movie I've already paid for.
>
>Wouldn't it be fairer to have some sort of 'upgrade path' where you
>could exchange your standard DVDs for HD versions for a sensible fee?
>
>Just a thought
>
>Regards
>
>Simon
>
>