Rexunrex******.com wrote:
> Ray S wrote:
>
>> First, is it logical to assume that consumers will be reluctant to part
>> with their dollars until they are sure what they buy will not be
>> tomorrows doorstop.
>
> Indeed. The one possible inroad that I can see for
> HDDVD is in the form of plain old data storage.
> Toshiba has developed a laptop HDDVD burner,
> namely this one:
> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10..._laptop_drive/
> If they made it available and cheap, there might be
> a chance for that to provide an indirect boost to the HDDVD
> video market.
>

Oh, lordy, I imagine the movie studies will scream bloody murder over
any technology that makes it even slightly feasible for joe blow to copy
HD material on their PC.