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Warner downgrades its HD disc expectations

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Old 09-10-2006, 10:00 PM   #1
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Post Warner downgrades its HD disc expectations

Warner Home Video has slashed its sales projections for both HD DVD and Blu-ray movie discs. The studio, which is supporting both formats, blamed limited availability of Blu-ray players. Explained Steve Nickerson, Warner’s SVP of market management, by the end of September, US consumers had spent 25 million dollars on the three players from Toshiba and [...]
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Old 10-10-2006, 9:24 PM   #2
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good news!now maybe the boffins will concentrate on producing a common hi-def player with us the public in mind.remember vhs v beta well once bitten twice shy,dvd in it's current state has run it's course i.e all the classics have been released,there is only so much money in the cash cow,mine is nearly spent,one machine i might be tempted
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Re: Warner downgrades its HD disc expectations

I agree its the industries own fault, two standards!!! certainly preventing me from buying, and I am an enthusiast.
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