Re: Blu Ray and HD DVD compomise over

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 03:05:33 GMT, "Joshua Zyber"
<jzyber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"<>" <JSTRYKER483@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:1124937075.204363.223150@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> In 1983 I bought the RCA Selectavision CED system which went belly-up
>> a
>> year later.
>>
>> I bought into VHS which is now on its way out.
>>
>> I bought into LaserDisc because it was the only way to see Dario
>> Argento's films clearly at that time. We all know how that format
>> ended...
>>
>> I bought into DVD because it was irresistible...
>>
>> Now they are rolling out High Definition DVDs.
>>
>> I honestly wish that consumers would refuse to buy into this format
>> because Hollywood is in the business of re-issuing their products
>> countless times over and making money off of fools like us who buy
>> these movies in different formats and carp about their aspect ratios,
>> lack of extras, box art, etc. We rarely are satisfied anyway...
>>
>> We should all sit back and tell Hollywood to go f--- itself because
>> guaranteed something else will come out to supersede 1080 High
>> Definition, and ebay will once again be flooded with unwanted DVDs...
>
>So, by your logic, in the past 22 years home video technology should
>have never advanced past "needlevision" CED?
>

I think Jstryker is being ridiculous. VHS and its improvement SVHS
have had a 26-year run so far, laserdisc lasted 18 years (from 1981)
as a format for videophiles who wanted quality, DVD, well, it's less
than 8 years and is soon to be challenged. CED is the one format on
this list that went nowhere, because it was just plain Bad.

As for double-dipping, that's nothing to do with the format.

.. Steve .

.

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