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Very well comunicated opinion that I for one agree with in full.
Unfortunatelly Dan wasn't among those "gladiators". On the spot.
What a great column! Concise, and right on the money, as far as I see it. It's moves like this that always make me feel like even I could be a big time fancy smancy business executive, because even I can make huge a$$, boneheaded mistakes with the best of em!
I am a huge DVD fan. I agree 100% with this article, especially the part about how having an unclear path to the High Def standard hurts current DVD sales. I am in an unsure period where it's been a good 6 months in which I have bought no DVD's period. I usually buy some every Tuesday. But knowing that a High Def standard is on the horizon means I have been holding off. For instance, I don't want to buy that DVD of King Kong only to find out it will come out on HD DVD in a few months. But even worse, I don't even want to buy King Kong on HD DVD because I am not sure if HD DVD will win. Likewise, I don't want to buy Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon on Blu-ray because I don't want to find out Blu-ray lost out. And besides, I bought it on DVD already so it will be a 2nd purchase of the same moive even if I pick the right HD format. The movie studios are only delaying their own profits by offering two standards.
Dan is absolutely correct we need one new high definition format with no world region codes,audio and subtitles support for the world's major languages all on 1 high resolution audio/video DVD. We also need all DVD Media Supply companies to provide independent DVD retailers with wholesale download services to burn legal copies for our clients on demand instead of forcing us to stock them and hope they sell! |
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9/13/2006 8:19:25 PM PT
Dan pretty much hit the nail on the head. From my experience, it seems that the studios are more intrested in getting people to rebuy their existing catalog-this also applies to the music industry.
look at the progression over the years in the music industry-4 track,8 track,Cass.-Lp,CD,enhanced CD,DVD-surround sound.In each case the Major Labels wanted people to rebuy what they already owned,based on the fact that each new format was better. Ironically,LP sales are up!! Most teenagers will tell you that they inherited their parents records, and turntable-and that they like the sound of the old albums. I have a friend in Dallas who owns an independant music store,he has been in business over 25 years, and the biggest part of his business comes from the sale of Albums, both used and new! New album sales account for over 25% of the sales of the One Stops that he is currently buying from-all of the new albums are from other countries such as Japan. My point is that album sales have never gone away-our focus was just changed to get us to spend more money on catalog!