Comments on: Why there will be a combo player http://www.hdblog.net/2006/09/25/why-there-will-be-a-combo-player/ HDTV Home Theater and Television Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:25:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Why there will be a combo player by: John Feeney http://www.hdblog.net/2006/09/25/why-there-will-be-a-combo-player/#comment-17040 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 19:18:52 +0000 http://www.hdblog.net/2006/09/25/why-there-will-be-a-combo-player/#comment-17040 We whole-heartedly agree. No manufacture in their right mind is going to commit 6-9 months of production toward un-proven format. Seeing this battle may take us clear into 4th quarter of 2007. Leaders can not afford the lack of commitment. Apple has taken the stance of leaving everything as an "Option", until sales of these units warrant a re-visit. Someone down the food-chain is going to release a dual-product as a "test feeder". Sales will be the determining factor on mass production. But what needs watching closely is content development. Limited amount of titles released for each format, less than 100. Like that is going to give numbers....... We whole-heartedly agree. No manufacture in their right mind is going to commit 6-9 months of production toward un-proven format. Seeing this battle may take us clear into 4th quarter of 2007. Leaders can not afford the lack of commitment.

Apple has taken the stance of leaving everything as an “Option”, until sales of these units warrant a re-visit. Someone down the food-chain is going to release a dual-product as a “test feeder”. Sales will be the determining factor on mass production.

But what needs watching closely is content development. Limited amount of titles released for each format, less than 100. Like that is going to give numbers…….

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