seabass069 said:
As long as Blu-ray players are more expensive, the general population is going to buy the cheaper HD player.
Perhaps, but there's a possible plus for Blu-ray if you're optimistic. A more or less average Joe who's doing a little consumer shopping but doesn't really know the specs of either platform sees the prices of HD-DVD and Blu-ray, and notes that Blu-ray is higher. Often the case seems to be that higher priced items generally have a reason for being higher priced, they're often better or of higher quality. Cars, speakers, monitors, etc. Joe isn't a techy who understands why higher DPI or digital input or whatever is better, but he's accustomed to seeing higher price come more features or higher quality make. So he sees Blu-ray being more expensive, probably too expensive, but it's registered that it must be somehow better. Maybe the prices are too high on both, so he waits.
Finally, both platforms have come down in price and are now about even. Joe remembers noting in the past that Blu-ray was for some reason better, and makes a purchase.
Now I'm not saying that HD-DVD isn't going to have a huge advantage with it's lower price. However, perhaps Blu-ray won't be completely driven out. There's still a fight going.
As for Vista - this OS hasn't seen a single piece of positive news in a long time. I'm not surprised to see this.
