OPINION: Moving Up
By Paul Sweeting -- Video Business, 6/20/2008
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According to Sanders, some 3.5 million upconverters were sold in 2007, compared with just 500,000 Blu-ray set-tops.
Still to be acknowledged: Not so inexpensive upconverting DVD players could also pose a challenge to Blu-ray.
The day before Sanders made his comments as ESCA, Kaleidescape Inc., a maker of high-end home theater systems, introduced two new upscaling DVD players weighing in at a hefty $4,300 and $3,000, respectively.
The high-end model includes an actual disc tray, so you can enjoy the upscaling effect directly from a DVD; the “cheaper” model has no tray, but works as a remote player for movies streamed from your $10,000 Kaleidescape server.
Why would anyone pay $4,000 for an upconverting DVD player when they could buy a Blu-ray player for $400?
Read the full column at ContentAgenda.com.
