Comments on: The Future of the Music Industry http://www.jasondunn.com/the-future-of-the-music-industry-576 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:54:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jason Dunn http://www.jasondunn.com/the-future-of-the-music-industry-576/comment-page-1#comment-5671 Jason Dunn Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:07:52 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/the-future-of-the-music-industry-576#comment-5671 Yeah, no doubt David! There are only a few HD-DVD discs I buy, usually big blockbuster action movies that the added resolution does justice to...I picked up Transformers on HD-DVD for $32, and on the same day I bought five other regular DVDs that were about $8 each on average. I wanted to buy Army of Darkness on HD-DVD, but it was $35....so I picked it up on regular DVD for about $10. The industry is trying to use HD-DVD and Blu-ray to return to the "golden era" when DVDs were $30+. That's why so few next-gen discs sell: only the people who REALLY want the movie are willing to pay that much. Yeah, no doubt David! There are only a few HD-DVD discs I buy, usually big blockbuster action movies that the added resolution does justice to…I picked up Transformers on HD-DVD for $32, and on the same day I bought five other regular DVDs that were about $8 each on average. I wanted to buy Army of Darkness on HD-DVD, but it was $35….so I picked it up on regular DVD for about $10.

The industry is trying to use HD-DVD and Blu-ray to return to the “golden era” when DVDs were $30+. That’s why so few next-gen discs sell: only the people who REALLY want the movie are willing to pay that much.

]]> By: David Horn http://www.jasondunn.com/the-future-of-the-music-industry-576/comment-page-1#comment-5647 David Horn Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:51:18 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/the-future-of-the-music-industry-576#comment-5647 "Choise"?! Choice. Sorry. 3/10. Spelling. See me. “Choise”?! Choice. Sorry.

3/10. Spelling. See me.

]]> By: David Horn http://www.jasondunn.com/the-future-of-the-music-industry-576/comment-page-1#comment-5646 David Horn Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:50:40 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/the-future-of-the-music-industry-576#comment-5646 I completely agree. HD-DVD and Blu-ray suck at the minute because the studios are engaged in a personal war and seem completely unaware that consumers are out there. My new laptop has an HD-DVD drive, and I went out the other day to buy a movie to try it with. I came home empty handed. Why? Partly it was the price - I'm not paying 2.5 x the price of a normal DVD for the HD version. Secondly, the choise absolutely stinks. Casino Royale is Blu-ray only, and there are no new HD-DVD releases at all. If either format owner had been prompt at getting all their content onto the new disk and sold them for the same price, they'd have cleaned up. However, once again it's going to be "piracy" they blame, rather than ineptness, and the consumer is caught in the middle of two children fighting. I completely agree. HD-DVD and Blu-ray suck at the minute because the studios are engaged in a personal war and seem completely unaware that consumers are out there. My new laptop has an HD-DVD drive, and I went out the other day to buy a movie to try it with. I came home empty handed.

Why? Partly it was the price – I’m not paying 2.5 x the price of a normal DVD for the HD version. Secondly, the choise absolutely stinks. Casino Royale is Blu-ray only, and there are no new HD-DVD releases at all. If either format owner had been prompt at getting all their content onto the new disk and sold them for the same price, they’d have cleaned up.

However, once again it’s going to be “piracy” they blame, rather than ineptness, and the consumer is caught in the middle of two children fighting.

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