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Posted by doc on 01/26/06 17:47
here again, proprietary destroyed the maker. Beta was truly better by a
long shot, but the VHS team decided to make the licenses available for a
song and the result, the inferior product emurged as the winner AGAIN!
drd
"Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
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> Mark,
>
> The greed factor has made this format war inevitable, it seems. If Beta
> versus VHS wasn't enough proof of how consumer confusion thwarted sales,
> then the industry giants like Sony and Toshiba, etc. and the studios
> deserve what they get, IMHO.
>
> One would imagine that HD DVD in some form is absolutely inevitable, and
> the fact that consumer mainstream products and vendors are supporting it
> will foster demand sooner rather than later. Your 3 to 5 year forecast is
> probably pessimistic given the extremely fast adoption of standard DVDs,
> flat screens, HDTV, etc. As you are probably aware, (regarding games) the
> new Xbox 360 will support high def DVD imminently. (The 2600 Atari stuff
> is indeed a nostalgia trip and my son still cherishes the PacMan and
> wonderful game called "Adventure" I bought him, both of which went on to
> sell millions of copies.)
>
> The costs of running multiple inventories of movies in HD, SD, widescreen,
> fullscreen, BluRay, HD-DVD, etc. will be unsupportable in my view, and
> thus the marketplace will decide what remains and what doesn't. It is very
> hard for me to imagine the case where HD DVD will totally fail, however,
> and my money would be bet on a blended BluRay and HD-DVD format replacing
> standard DVD in the next 5 years. But who knows.........only time will
> tell.
>
> Smarty
>
>
> "Mark Burns" <marcus520520@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1136918165.300959.148300@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> Thanks for the update Smarty.
>>
>> I am happy to know that ULEAD will be supporting the HD format.
>>
>> I still am unclear myself on what that it shall mean over the next
>> three-five years for me personally. Will I shoot and edit in HD, than
>> down convert to DVD? (I think probably)
>>
>> Or will I shoot and edit in HD, and then save in an mpeg-4 format on a
>> much cheaper DVD-9? Will next gen DVD set top players support a HD
>> DivX? (This I hope for even more)
>>
>> Either way, I am not sure of Blu-ray or HD-DVD in the near future,
>> unless it were attached to a game of some sort I suppose. But I hate
>> computer games so that is not a personal issue.
>>
>> (As a side note, one can get a 1980's Atari 2600 flashback with 20
>> games built in for $30. I do kinda like that one! Nostalga with a
>> requirement for immagination.
>>
>> http://www.atari.com/us/games/atari_flashback/7800
>> )
>>
>> What will be the durability of these new disks? Many of us have been
>> disappointed with DVDs compared to CDs. Time will tell I suppose. We
>> will know more in five years.
>>
>> I do wonder if in five years that both Blu-ray and HD-DVD will be niche
>> products ala the laser disks of the 80's and 90's. Will the public
>> perceive the HD formats as being superior enough to DVD to warrant
>> investing in it? Will hybrid players help the new markets? (probably
>> not with dueling formats I surmise)
>>
>> Don't mind me, I am still befuddled over all of this.
>>
>> Cheers...
>>
>> Mark
>>
>
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