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Posted by Alpha on 10/07/30 11:49
"Roy L. Fuchs" <roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 00:47:24 -0700, "Alpha" <none@none.net> Gave us:
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>>"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:
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>>>>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:
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>>>>>>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:
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>>>>>>>>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:
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>>>>>>>>>>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:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>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.
>>
> Tell us, oh Alpha Guru.. what is the emerging format?
Holographic....maybe. The real question is when will a format be 2+ fold
superior in all aspects to the previous.
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