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And ganthc, you are off in virtually all of your points. The "Paramount" story has never been officially proved and was largely fueled by a Bill Hunt rumor which he was forced to retract; on the record Paramount has officially stated the deal is indefinite and no money changed hands.
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I'm glad to see that Bill Hunt now writes for the New York Times. It's okay, Ruined, you can continue to live in denial.
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Next, the same source that reported the Onkyo "discontinued" (foreign A/V mag) is now stating that they were in error and that it is not discontinued, but rather simply in short supply in Europe.
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The Samsung has Blu-Ray attached and... who cares? Did you forget to mention that Samsung recently cancelled their BD-P2400 Blu-Ray player annoucement, leaving the HD DVD/BD combo BD-UP5000 as their new flagship model?
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The reason it's important is because the Samsung will still count as bd player, and will allow for the 2:1 sales trend to continue. And the BD-P2400 was supposedly pulled because it wasn't going to meet the 1.1 profile deadline, whereas the bd-up5000 will. Are you implying that Samsung will no longer make blu-ray only players?
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Venturer "can't compete with the A3"? The Venturer is based on A3 reference design, however it saves costs by having a smaller and cheaper chassis (no big open spaces between PCBs as is the case with HD-A3). Where is the RCA in making HD DVD? Well, RCA stopped making HD DVD players after 1st gen because the RCA brand was subsequently sold off to a company that had no interest in the hidef disc market. LG is also making dual players, and Meridian is working on an HD DVD product. Many more Chinese CEs will join in the fun next year. On the whole, though, it doesn't matter anymore. Ever hear of iPod/iTunes? Zune/Zune Marketplace? Entire media formats based on one singular CE brand. And lets not forget those big brand names like "Apex" and "Oppo" that KO'd the traditional Pioneer, Panasonic, Sony, etc Japanese manufacturers in the DVD market. Needing a vast array of well-known brand names for a media format is very much a 20th century affair.
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Perhaps...it's just hard to see a ROI for CE's getting into hd-dvd when Toshiba is cutting them off at the knees by fireselling their players. Just like you stated that no one wants to buy movies unless it's a bogo sale, perhaps no one wants to buy an hd-dvd player for $200-250, when they can just wait for Toshiba to firesale it for $99.
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As for Harry Potter, it will be interesting to see the results. Based on HMM, the recent Ocean's Thirteen only managed 1.6:1 despite it being the type of movie the BD base usually snaps up in droves (guns, guns, guns!)
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Yes, I wouldn't say that O13 is the title to compare with Harry Potter. And I would speculate that by mid next year, the overall sales difference for O13 might end up being 2:1.
