The war officially ends for the consumer if hybrid players come to market, but only at a reasonable price point. Then it's just the studios decision on which format to release their titles. I imagine there will be quite the competition from both the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD camps to get studios to use their formats, and hopefully that will translate to lower pricing for the movies themselves. So in the end this *war* could end up benefiting the consumer in the long run by having this type of format competition.
I read that there is the possibility to create a blue laser pickup that works with both formats (LG or Samsung spoke of it, can't remember exactly). I would also be willing to buy a hybrid player that had no red laser pickup for traditional CD/DVD's, to keep the cost down.
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Jim @ Jun 21st 2006 11:30AM
The war officially ends for the consumer if hybrid players come to market, but only at a reasonable price point. Then it's just the studios decision on which format to release their titles. I imagine there will be quite the competition from both the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD camps to get studios to use their formats, and hopefully that will translate to lower pricing for the movies themselves. So in the end this *war* could end up benefiting the consumer in the long run by having this type of format competition.
I read that there is the possibility to create a blue laser pickup that works with both formats (LG or Samsung spoke of it, can't remember exactly). I would also be willing to buy a hybrid player that had no red laser pickup for traditional CD/DVD's, to keep the cost down.