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.
so when those few people that bought HD DVD are not interstyed in HD DVD any more why do you think how many players are out there today will matter? If over 100M VHS players don't matter because most people eventually also bought a DVD player why do you think less then 1M people that bought HD DVD will stay steadfast and not buy a movie ewxcept if it is on HD DVD?
I believe some think the reason VHS won is because the porn industry opted for VHS.
the reason is not important, the point is guys,like my Dad bought a Beta player and then eventually a VHS player because it did not make sense to stick with Beta, it was a dead format. The same will happen with HD DVD except much faster because there is only a small fraction of the players
(BTW, the porn industry has also opted to support HD-DVD).
not at all, just do a search there have been several BD titles available for some time. Like most HD DVD supporters you have most (if not all) your facts wrong.
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.
not at all. LIke we discussed before you need to make a BD master and a totaly different HD DVD master. Yes BD/HD DVD are stamped while VHS/Beta were copied but a studio needs to make two masters for each format that are then used to create the coppies be it mechanical or not.
Selling at $20 to $30 each 300,000 additional sales cost relatively little to produce yet yield considerable profit
do you really think that for every HD DVD player one copy of the movie will be sold? Does that even remotely make sense to you? It is funny since no movie has even sold to 1/3 of the HD DVD players out there. I am sure a studio would be happy if it sold 50k HD DVD copies.
also do you really think that a studio makes 20-30$ profit? The store will make close to 1/2 of our cost, then you add the replicator, the distributor...... and that 30$ does not leave much to the studio. If creating the content needs over 100k (which from friends that work in the biz , it does) then there is very little at these numbers that are profits to the studio.
Why ignore any part of the digital disk pie?
because you are not ignoring any part of the pie. let's assume that a studio would make some money (and not loose money because costs>revenue) the person with an HD DVD player might buy the BD (because he has both, like the guy with a VCR and a DVD player) then the other person might buy the DVD (do you like James Bond? Did you buy Casino Royal?) and what is left is very very small. Also the faster HD DVD dies the faster the person with only HD DVD buys a BD player and now they can buy that movie that they did not earlier. And when they do buy it, it cost the studio just the replication and distribution instead of a high mastering cost to HD DVD.
