Comments on: Plextor Intros Dual Blu-ray/HD DVD Drives http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/plextor-intros-dual-blu-rayhd-dvd-drives/ Upgrade Your Lifestyle Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:06:50 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Peter robbed paul http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/plextor-intros-dual-blu-rayhd-dvd-drives/#comment-55916 Peter robbed paul Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:03:17 +0000 #comment-55916 $500 bucks? No thanks, going to pass for now....what a rip. $500 bucks? No thanks, going to pass for now….what a rip.

]]> By: RX8 http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/plextor-intros-dual-blu-rayhd-dvd-drives/#comment-55915 RX8 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:34:31 +0000 #comment-55915 But Kev, you are probably paying more for a dual drive that supports HD DVD. Think how small of a population actually has an HD DVD movie, like less than 1% of all movies sold. It's a waste for Plextor to even sell this.<br /> <br /> Don't they make a Blu-ray only drive? How much is that? But Kev, you are probably paying more for a dual drive that supports HD DVD. Think how small of a population actually has an HD DVD movie, like less than 1% of all movies sold. It's a waste for Plextor to even sell this.

Don't they make a Blu-ray only drive? How much is that?

]]> By: Kev http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/plextor-intros-dual-blu-rayhd-dvd-drives/#comment-55914 Kev Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:39:11 +0000 #comment-55914 Despite the sound bytes in the media, HDDVD is not dead. Nobody's going to throw away their equipment just because Toshiba threw in the towel. In fact, Googling reveals that HDDVD titles outsold Bluray titles last week, thanks to the massive markdowns in an attempt to get them off shelves. <br /> Also Il Travatore was just announced as a new HDDVD title. Not sure why anyone's doing that at this point, but it's happening nonetheless. <br /> My theory is that people are buying the HdDVD players and titles because it's a cheap way to get both HD and upconversion of their SDDVDs, without having to take out a second mortgage for a Bluray player. That, and word is spreading that current Bluray decks are already obsolete until the 2.0 units hit shelves later this year. Sony may have won the format war, but they didn't win the market. Particularly when you consider that 80% of their sales were gamers who bought PS3's...<br /> Despite the sound bytes in the media, HDDVD is not dead. Nobody's going to throw away their equipment just because Toshiba threw in the towel. In fact, Googling reveals that HDDVD titles outsold Bluray titles last week, thanks to the massive markdowns in an attempt to get them off shelves.
Also Il Travatore was just announced as a new HDDVD title. Not sure why anyone's doing that at this point, but it's happening nonetheless.
My theory is that people are buying the HdDVD players and titles because it's a cheap way to get both HD and upconversion of their SDDVDs, without having to take out a second mortgage for a Bluray player. That, and word is spreading that current Bluray decks are already obsolete until the 2.0 units hit shelves later this year. Sony may have won the format war, but they didn't win the market. Particularly when you consider that 80% of their sales were gamers who bought PS3's…

]]> By: Stan http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/plextor-intros-dual-blu-rayhd-dvd-drives/#comment-55913 Stan Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:07:43 +0000 #comment-55913 Dumb. HD DVD is dead, so why introduce a player that supports it at this point? Dumb. HD DVD is dead, so why introduce a player that supports it at this point?

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