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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Joseph R @ Jan 5th 2007 1:29AM
Unfortunately, the Wall Street Journal report today indicated that LG's HD-DVD/Blu-ray combo player will retail for around $1200. Mainly due to the expensive chipset/software - which I think was developed by Ricoh engineers last fall.
Looks like HD DVD stand-alone units will still be the most popular. The WSJournal article stated that to date, only 15,000 Blu-ray stand-alone players have been sold, vs. around 80,000 HD-DVD stand-alone players (includes XBox 360 $199 add-on drive).
PS3 units (over 200,000 sold to date) are primarily used for game software (not Blu-ray movies), although Sony hopes this will change, looking to see more Blu-ray movie discs being purchased in '07.
Mark @ Jan 6th 2007 1:27AM
"Mainly due to the expensive chipset/software"
I personally think this should have read
"Mainly due to Blue-Ray licensing costs"
IMO, Sony's BR has more to lose than the HD-DVD camp with the arrival of a combo player (most corporate/media interest), so why not 'stick it' to anyone supporting a combo player in the form of mandating the highest licensing costs possible. Just my theory.