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Posted by Justin on 10/15/05 06:08
Black Locust wrote on [Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:12:09 -0600]:
> In article <1129276954.634831.14410@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
> lorincantrell@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> Still, DVD has a lot of advantages:
>>
>> 1. Extreme market penetration. The most popular, most quickly accepted
>> media format of all time.
>
> Very true. It would take a small miracle for either one of these HD
> discs to be accepted even half as quickly as DVD was accepted. The
> high-end users may jump on them real quickly, but even they will likely
> hold off because of the format war. And I don't see the 'Average Joe'
> consumer even considering HD discs for at least another 8 to 10 years,
> if EVER...
What might push Joe Sixpack into buying into HD would be exclusive
content. Even then, would the studios really make exclusive content when
penetration isn't very high?
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