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Posted by Jay G. on 03/10/06 03:00
On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:34:05 GMT, AZ Nomad wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 13:26:37 -0600, Jay G. <"Jay "@tmbg.org> wrote:
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>>Older films will be released on HD. However, they still will be released
>>on DVD as well. DVD is too large a market for anyone to ignore, and most
>>films being released on DVD nowadays are mastered in HD anyway.
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> How long were laserdisk players made once dvd arrived? 3 years?
> I'd expect dvd players to vanish in not much longer, perhaps 4 or 5 years.
DVD didn't require the purchase of an entirely new TV in order to
experience the increase in quality. That's going to be a major stumbling
block to HD discs that DVD didn't have.
Plus, even if everyone in the US did buy an HDTV tomorrow, that would
typically mean that their previous TV was moved to another room, possibly
adding to several other TVs in the household. And as far as buying a disc
goes, which would they rather buy: a disc that only works on one of their
TVs, or a disc that works on all their TVs and DVD players?
Joshua compare HDDVD vs. DVD to DVD vs. VHS. However, I think a more apt
comparison would be LD vs. VHS. HDDVD is going to be limited to
videophiles until enough people buckle down and buy an HDTV. Or possibly
the comparison between DVD-A or SACD vs. CD would fit, where the obvious
jump in quality isn't enough to steer people away from the older, more
convenient format that works everywhere (home, car, PC, plane).
-Jay
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