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Posted by Alpha on 10/07/44 11:49
"Roy L. Fuchs" <roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 21:53:26 -0500, Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> Gave
> us:
>
>>Roy L Fuchs wrote on [Mon, 05 Jun 2006 01:52:17 GMT]:
>>> 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.
>>
>>The benefits of DVD over VHS were far greater than the benefits of HD
>>over DVD. Laserdiscs were always a small market, were too big and bulky,
>>and were around in a market where rental was the norm. Now that people
>>buy TV series within months of the finale, and movies within a couple
>>weeks of it leaving the theatre, the benefits of HD are still very
>>small.
>
> If an HD title hit the streets in the same "two week" time frame as
> a regular DVD release, I am quite sure that the form factor will be
> popular.
>
> Given the choice, from what I have seen of standard DVD performance
> on my HD HDMI set, I would take the HD release any day. The
> difference is significant enough for that to be my choice, so I am
> sure it will be for any other true videophile type as well. For the
> same price.
>
> So, any dope with a decent sized library of discs and an HD monitor
> will take note of the difference.
>
> The format will make inroads, and will displace DVD as a result.
>
> Even though I formally stated that DVD will last for another twenty
> years or so, I am not still convinced that is true. I now feel that
> high resolution imagery is enough of a change to kill off the poorer
> format.
>
> And it will...
High Definition will take over...but not in the Blu Ray or HD DVD formats.
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