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Posted by lorincantrell on 11/18/05 22:25
Once you got to sub-$100 players at Wal-Mart, DVD's dominance was
assured. No reason for Joe Sixpack not to replace his VCR.
There are other factors that helped DVD along. Bigger, cheaper and
better TV's helped alot. Just compare what you could buy 10 years ago
to what's out there now. If Pioneer had been more agressive in their
pricing, maybe LD could have done better in the late 80's, early 90's
when it had the market to itself.
That being said, I recently pulled my LD player and discs out of
storage after 2 1/2 years and 2 moves, just to see if it still worked.
Hooked it up to my 32 inch HDTV and after a couple of false starts due
to a disc-clamping issue, it fired right up. I was pretty pleased with
the picture. Not progressive scan DVD quality to be sure, but better
than I ever remember LD being (likely a function of the TV being so
much better than the TV I had 2.5 years ago). I'm looking forward to
revisiting my LD collection. I'm kind of glad I didn't sell everything
off at firesale prices.
-beaumon
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