Re: HD DVD's holiday bash in doubt as majors pull back.
- From: "Goro" <evilninjax@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 12 Aug 2005 23:00:07 -0700
Black Locust wrote:
> In article <cg9pf11m7rrr06b9vddpum3iq1ddvl82fg@xxxxxxx>,
> Allan <Spamstillsucks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Now Black... you really don't think there will NO HD DVD in the future
> > do you?
>
> I'm not sure, honestly. Unlike a lot of these so called "experts"
> writing articles on the upcoming discs, I'm NOT pretending to be someone
> who can gaze into the future. I would never have the nerve to site HD
> discs as a "replacement" for current DVDs when the damn discs haven't
> even hit store shelves yet! It's possible that an HD disc format of some
> sort will become all the rage in the future, but it might not even be
> HD-DVD or Blu-Ray. All I know for certain right now is that it's too
> soon for HD DVD. Neither format stands a chance of having any real
> success at this point. With HDTV player penetration very low, a looming
> format war and the simple fact that John Q. Public is still very
> satisfied with standard DVDs with no desire to spend a bunch of cash on
> new discs and hardware, I don't see either one of these formats being
> declared the "winner" of the format war for many years, not to mention
> either one of them seeing anywhere near the success of standard DVD.
>
> The formart war alone could last 10 or more years...
i think that what will pull people into HD discs (of whatever sort)
will be something odd that we haven't thought of yet. Akin to how TV
DVDs were initially thought of as a stupid idea and are now (possibly)
the best selling DVD genre.
As of now, I'm paying attention mainly to find reasons to NOT buy into
it. These initial statements that say that BR Players will have
permanent internet connections scare me. If the final BR specs also
have these then I'll bail on it...
-goro-
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