HTSA goes Blu-ray exclusive

[Mr Peabody]

Home Theater Specialist of America announces Blu-ray is now their sole Hi Def format. They polled their customer base and learned 92% of the Hi Def players sold were Blu-ray and some of the remaining 8% were combo players. I don't know that much about HTSA so I don't know how much weight this announcement will yield.

Adobe's video editing software Premier Elements 4 now supports Blu-ray. This was first introduced on the Apple version OSX and Adobe continues with the Blu-ray support.

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.. and the world collectively yawns

But in all seriousness, the HTSA represents roughly 60 hifi stores, with a requirement that each store has an annual revenue of over $5 Million. These are stores that cater to the wealthy and elite, those who wouldn't hesitate on paying $1,000 and more on an DVD Player. Where does all the profit lie, in a $300 HD-DVD Player, or a $1,500 Pioneer Elite Blu-Ray Player? It's no coincidence high-end retailers primarily push Blu-Ray.

The news announcement comes with a quote from the President of Consumer Sales at Sony. No question Sony is selling to HTSA retailers at a reduced price in order to increase their margins. But this isn't a bad thing, I'm just stating the obvious.

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Also, a correction - the 8% represent HD-DVD and Combo players

[Mr Peabody]

Also, a correction - the 8% represent HD-DVD and Combo players

Ain't that what I said? In so many words. Thanks for clarifying.

That makes sense though, that if you cater to the rich, you don't want to be selling a $299.00 player or a Ventura. I was told by a dealer who attended CEDIA that most of the "high end" companies are still sitting on the side lines of the format war.

[pixelthis]

This contributes to the growing feeling that HDDVD is going to lose.
And it needs to.
BLU-RAY is more of a collectors format, and hd on dvd will be for primarily collectors,
after all
And not just movie collectors, the larger size of BLU will enable more TV episodes to fit on one disc.
I'd love to have my entire firefly collection on one disk

[PeruvianSkies]

This contributes to the growing feeling that HDDVD is going to lose.
And it needs to.
BLU-RAY is more of a collectors format, and hd on dvd will be for primarily collectors,
after all
And not just movie collectors, the larger size of BLU will enable more TV episodes to fit on one disc.
I'd love to have my entire firefly collection on one disk

What was that you were saying about "hobbyist thinking"???