Joined: 2007-08-31
Posts: 3
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Well, in terms of what I'd like to see mariposaHD on, it'd have to be HD DVD, but that's just simply because I only own an HD DVD player. The player pricing on HD DVD has come way down, to around the $200 mark while Blu-Ray players remain at $500 and higher. This makes HD DVD, imo, a more viable format because more people can afford to buy it.
Past my personal preferences though, depending on publishing/manufacturing costs/etc., going with both formats would definitely yield the most return. There's no real reason to just support one format when you're a content provider. Your ideal goal is to get the content to as many people as possible, in order to increase exposure as well as maximize profits. Putting out mariposaHD on both HD DVD *and* Blu-Ray would do this.
I don't know that I'd put any time and/or effort in to putting out any WMV-HD DVD roms just for the simple fact that you already offer this on the site itself. I, personally, have every episode on mariposaHD across a few DVDs, I watch them on my laptop or on a buddy's Xbox 360 on my HDTV. I can't see a whole lot of people paying to get the WMV-HD files on a DVD when they can do it for themselves. Still, it is the cheapest, and easiest way to do it, so you'd almost be guaranteed some amount of profit via that method..
Another possible avenue, and I meant to talk to you about this in the last post, could possibly be something like HDNet. They have a series called "Bikini Destinations" that tries its hardest to live up to the quality in mariposaHD, but fails. Still, they offer HD DVD and Blu-Ray discs for sale:
http://hdnet-store.stores.yahoo.net/index.html
They might be someone you approach when the time comes. Who knows, could just work out.
Any way, keep up the great work, I hope you guys can work through whatever legalities come up; I'd love to see mariposaHD sitting in my HD DVD player at some point. :)
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Posted: Submitted by Digital Man on August 31, 2007 - 8:09am.
