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Posted by Jay G. on 06/18/06 11:22
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 00:12:00 -0400, Derek Janssen wrote:
> Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>
>> On 17 Jun 2006 20:04:00 -0700, asj wrote:
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>>>HD-DVD sales sluggish
>>>
>>>http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6332298.html
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>> When are these guys going to figure out that people aren't going to just
>> jump on the latest gadget unless there is a compelling reason to do so?
>
> “With every new technology, it will take awhile to pick up,” Bjorn’s
> assistant buyer Xavier Dominguez said. “It’s like when DVD first came out.”
>
> Er...No, it isn't:
> You could play the first DVD's on your computer. You could play DVD's
> on your Playstation.
No you couldn't. You could play DVDs on your *new* computer, provided it
came with a DVD-ROM drive, or on your Playstation *2*.
> You could buy a DVD movie at a computer store,
> hook them up to whatever low-tech item would decipher them that you were
> already using anyway,
No, you couldn't. DVD required the purchase of new hardware, there were no
way to upgrade something you already had when it first came out. Sometimes
it could play on something new you were going to buy *anyway*, like a
videogame system or new computer, but it was still a new purchase.
Incidentally, Blu-Ray and HD DVD are the same way. Blu-Ray will be
playable on the Playstation *3*, and HD DVD and Blu-Ray drives for PCs are
or will be available.
> and whatever you used, you could play them on your old TV set.
Well, technically you can with Blu-Ray and HD DVD as well. The difference
would be you won't see an improvement over DVD on a standard definition
set, wheras DVD offered an improvement over VHS even on a std def set.
> We didn't buy DVD's because they were "sort of better".
HD DVD and Blu-Ray aren't "sort of better." They provide up to a 6x
increase in resolution, with built-in progressive storage of the image for
better quality.
The main difference with HD discs over DVD is that HD requires upgrading
the monitor in addition to the player. Here, however, is the situation
where some people can actually attach a HD player up to something they
already have, namely a HD monitor.
The biggest thing that's hurting HD discs is the competing formats. Much
more people would be buying HD DVD already if there wasn't Blu-Ray coming
around the corner. Nobody wants to be left with a player from the losing
side, which is why it's not surprising the strongest HD DVD defenders are
those that own it.
-Jay
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