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Posted by WinField on 11/18/05 16:18
There is a wonderful synergy that has materialized with the DVD format.
"Loverly and quite a surpreze", Count Olaf explained to me.
It's definitely a "sweet-spot". A modern computer has plently of
processing power and hard-drive space that, combined with broadband
cable access & a DVD-burner, can unshackle a person from the
entertainment slave-masters.
For stand-alone players operated by the average Joe, it's a dependable,
convenient and quality format that anyone can learn how to use. When I
have my movie night over at my neighbor's house (who will never age
mentally beyond being ~15 years old or so) I allow him to operate the
DVD remote. He's gotten pretty good at it.
elrous0@pop.uky.edu wrote:
> http://tinyurl.com/bwgty
>
> It's funny to think this was all-too-typical of laserdisc fans'
> predictions for DVD at the time. I still remember arguing in 1997 with
> alt.video.laserdisc denizens who would claim "DVD's are too fragile to
> rent" and "No way they'll stay this cheap" (this was when DVD's
> *AVERAGED* $25 a disc and $15 discs were unheard of).
>
> Of course, I've been wrong myself sometimes. I never expected HDTV's to
> catch on as fast as they have. And even I was surprised how quickly and
> thoroughly DVD's caught on with the general public.
>
> -Eric
>
From today's perspective, those LaserDisc fans do look kinda stoogy. :~)
However, since I'm sorely tempted to buy a certain ED! Panasonic plasma
television, I may be joining the laser fan-club near future. 8*P
- Winfield
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