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Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 10/07/37 11:49
On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 20:18:45 -0500, Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> Gave
us:
>Roy L Fuchs wrote on [Sun, 04 Jun 2006 22:41:21 GMT]:
>> On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 16:25:55 -0500, Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> Gave
>> us:
>>
>>>Roy L Fuchs wrote on [Sun, 04 Jun 2006 21:04:36 GMT]:
>>>> On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 14:13:20 -0500, Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> Gave
>>>> us:
>>>>
>>>>>GMAN wrote on [Sun, 04 Jun 2006 18:37:28 GMT]:
>>>>>> In article <v25582h3c6m7r44rvprjb5fe4i3bf0hnre@4ax.com>, Roy L. Fuchs <roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>On Sun, 4 Jun 2006 03:53:11 +0000 (UTC), you@somehost.somedomain.aus
>>>>>>>(Your Name Here=Harvey) Gave us:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>In article <t153825qs0cn77n47nlem5ob3k38rt6auj@4ax.com>,
>>>>>>> KimbaWLion@noemail.com says...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>"wandrinandz" <news@dvdlibrary.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>If more buyers would support HD-DVD and say no to Blu-Ray, then we would not
>>>>>>>>>>have a format war which is damaging the dvd industry.
>>>>>>>>>>Join the HD-DVD Support Group over at www.hd-dvd.uk.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I'm saying NO to both of them.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Once the PS3 drops down in price - then there would be a large Blu-Ray
>>>>>>>>market.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So what? They are STILL going to lose the battle.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Like when the PS2 killed off the Dreamcast, because it could play
>>>>>>>>DVDs straight away, and the Dreamcast couldn't.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hahaha.. what a joke, and what a weak battle for a small
>>>>>>>(relatively) market. THIS MARKET IS GLOBAL, and huge.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> HD DVD will win. Already has, in fact.
>>>>>> Where?
>>>>>
>>>>>Good question, since the overwhelming majority of people right now don't
>>>>>know or care about either format.
>>>>
>>>> That's bullshit. The majority of folks that WOULD be interested
>>>> already are. Many more come on board every day.
>>>
>>>The folks that would be interested is a very small subset of DVD owners
>>>right now.
>>>
>>>> Audiophiles and videophiles are definitely up on the latest and
>>>> greatest, and they always have been.
>>>
>>>Yes, and most DVD owners are neither. The war is to win these people
>>>over, and most of them don't care.
>>>
>> The industry will be fine right now with the market demographic of
>> all laser disc types and those DVD owners that became videophiles
>> after getting on board with DVD. I think that market is much bigger
>> than you apparently do. So do the manufacturers of our consumer
>> electronics goods... obviously.
>
>I think the manufacturers have misjudged and HD, whatever the format,
>will be a very slow take off.
That may well be true, but the same things were said about DVD when
it came out, and manufacturers won't look the other way and lose money
twice in the same manner. We make them enough billions now that you
can be sure that the big players will all be on the HD DVD bandwagon.
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