Toshiba tried this with HD-DVDs. The combo HD-DVD/standard DVDs were priced higher than regular HD-DVDs, and never were a success. Basically, the folks who wanted regular DVDs weren’t going to pay twice as much for a combo DVD, and the folks who already had a HD-DVD player naturally bought the regular HD-DVD at the lower price, leaving the combo DVD/HD-DVD stranded in no man’s land.
Sony needs to push Blu-Ray prices lower, both for the players and the discs.
Agreed. They’re moving that way, but aren’t there yet.
I bought King Kong (the Peter Jackson one) and a Who concert for twenty bucks Canadian each, which I find fairly reasonable for Canadian pricing.
cheers
As a complete movie geek, I can’t see any future in blu-ray, in spite of this fan-boy article.
Do they look better? Yes. Does that matter if the medium fails and you won’t be able to play them on anything in a couple of years? You bet. Is there any sign the medium’s going to take off and replace standard DVD? No. In fact, I’d say the sluggish sales figures, mixed with the economy, suggests that blu-ray will go the way of SACD and DVD-Audio - both high-end audio formats that fizzled out due to lack of consumer interest.