You’ve been a High Definition person since long time however you still did not get a Blu-ray player? You are not alone. There’s been a lot of press about how Blu-ray players sales are disappointing right now, when everyone expected sales to go up after HD DVD threw in the towel. The problem is that HD DVD just recently died in the market and anyone who followed the format war knows that this could be the worst time since Blu-ray was released to buy a Blu-ray player. This is because the newest Blu-ray titles are finally taking using latest audio codecs and the latest interactive features, but the players that are currently available are not only unable to take advantage of the latest features, but also cost more than the next generation that is due relatively soon. They are about to extinct without any new codec updates. So while it’s fun to say the reason people aren’t buying is because DVD is good enough, or because the cost is too high; we prefer to think that consumers are smart enough to know that is’t better to wait a month or two for the full featured, less expensive players.
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