It doesn't matter if there are 100k HD-DVD players out there or 300k HD-DVD players out there. The number is still large enough to justify having a HD-DVD copy of new releases made, just like the producers of "300" did.
no it is not, just think of this, do you think more then 1M VHS
players have been sold? Why have studios stopped releasing on
VHS?
That's the most stupid analogy I've ever read. Now that most people have DVD players, no one is interested in VHS. That's why. VHS has been outdated the same way cassette tapes were outdated by CDs. Pay attention.
Do you realise that way more then 1M Beta players were
sold and that did not help it against VHS back in the day. The
100k or 300k or even if you want over 10M or 100M (like VHS) | is only relevent if none of those people that bought HD DVD (or | Beta or LD or VHS) also bought an alternative format and only if
they refuse to buy movies not released in any other format.
VHS has been replaced by DVDs, which are far easier to produce, far better in quality, and more profitable than VHS tapes. VHS and Beta tapes are two different sizes, requiring two different mechanisms. I believe some think the reason VHS won is because the porn industry opted for VHS. (BTW, the porn industry has also opted to support HD-DVD). But once a DVD/HD-DVD/or BluRay movie is mastered, the ones sold are stamped out. VHS and Betamax had to be written to different tapes, on different machines. Disks are stamped. Your parallel argument is irrelivent. Both HD formats can survive because once each is mastered, the mass production steps are identical, and can even take place on the same stamping machine. Selling at $20 to $30 each 300,000 additional sales cost relatively little to produce yet yield considerable profit. Like I said, the smart companies are already producing both formats. Why ignore any part of the digital disk pie? The hard part was making the movies (creating and capturing all the footage then editing). Outputting an SD (DVD) or HD version is easy. Changing them so that what's on each format is slightly different is (relatively) trivial. Everything after that is profit.
You can type your "no it is not" arguments all day long, Anthony. Typing it doesn't make it true, logical, or relevant. How about we wait and see? When Toshiba states it will no longer make HD-DVD players due to the lack of any buyers or profit, I'll throw in the towel.
