As a follow up to my rather grim assessment on the future of Hi-Def DVD formats (found in this pithy blog here), comes this news from Video Business...

AUG. 15 | BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.-Retailers expressed frustration over slower than expected Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD product sales during the fourth annual HDTV conference here Aug. 15-16.


One particular favorite passage:

Ken Crane's CEO Casey Crane and Bjorn's president Bjorn Dybdahl noted their employees were embarrassed delivering store demonstrations of the first batch of Blu-ray films. Staffers could discern little distinction between the discs and their standard-definition counterparts

Read the rest of the article here:

http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6362963.html?nid=2705

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