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Posted by Bill Vermillion on 10/01/01 11:44
In article <123hvt4co6t31ac@corp.supernews.com>,
Matthew L. Martin <nothere@notnow.never> wrote:
>Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
>> On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:02:47 -0400, "Matthew L. Martin"
>> <nothere@notnow.never> Gave us:
>>
>>> Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:18:32 -0400, Kimba W. Lion <kimbawlion@aol.com>
>>>> Gave us:
>>>>
>>>>> On 6 Apr 2006 08:39:56 -0700, "rjn" <email4rjn@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> HD-DVD v. BR may be more like CED v. LaserDisc,
>>>>>> with a DIVX frosting to sour the tast.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> LD "won", but what it won was the videophile market (1%).
>>>>>> Barely enough for life support.
>>>>> You have a point, and I've been wondering along those lines, too.
>>>> The "videophile" market segment is much larger than 1% these days.
>>>>> There are other variables besides consumer acceptance. CED beat LD in
>>>>> terms of sales,
>>>> Bullshit. CED was so bad that it never even hit the market. Show
>>>> me an E-bay auction of a CED player.
>>>>
>>> You are completely uninformed on the topic.
>>>
>>> <http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&from=R10&satitle=CED+player&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&bs=Search&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search&fgtp=&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=ZIP%2FPostal&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=>
>>>
>>> If you have checked first, you could have avoided demonstrating your
>>> ignorance.
>>
>> Oh BOY! A whole NINE listings. Yeah, it really took off... NOT!
>
>I'm so happy that you are appreciative of education.
>CED, which you said was never released, has a clear, solid lead
>over Laserdisc when RCA pulled the plug. When the public heard
>that CED had been canceled, Laserdisc hardware and software sales
>plummeted. It took years and real patience on Pioneer's part for
>Laserdisc to retain even a modest market share.
And the almost immeidate upshot of the RCA cancellation, was that
LD titles went up in price from $5 to $10 on average, to as much
as $20 for some selections.
Having RCA in the mix forced Pioneer to keep their LD prices down
to about $5 more per title than the corresponding CED.
RCA had many $19.95 titles and the LDs were typically $24.95 for
the same title. Within a few months those were $29.95 and some
at $34.95.
>You really should marshal some facts before making a fool of
>yourself on usenet. Knowing what you are talking about makes one
>a more interesting conversational partner. Making things up, as
>you are wont to do, doesn't help anyone.
>I fully expect another rude and useless response. Please don't
>disappoint.
Just ignore Roy. And my reply was just a comment to your post.
I probably have about 400 CEDs, and at least 3 times that many LDs.
I'm just if video junkie at heart :-)
Bill
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