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Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 07/07/06 05:40
On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 14:55:22 -0700, "Richard C." <post-age@spamcop.net>
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>"Scott en Aztl?n" <scottenaztlan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:pr4qa2piaop2anqfsmo3rl8c5tgrdmjhc5@4ax.com...
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>> Still, Araxen is correct: Laserdisc never achieved true mainstream
>> market penetration in the way that DVD has. And LDs were very
>> expensive - another barrier to mass acceptance. They were basically a
>> niche product catering mainly to wealthy videophiles.
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>This is an "urban myth".
>Most laser discs were 1/2 to 1/3 the price of VHS tapes when released.
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>New VHS tapes were in the range of $80 to $120 and LD were about $30 to $40.
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>Fact!
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E X A C T L Y
100% accurate!
Platoon - $99 VHS
Platoon - $34.95 LD
The reason? RENTAL RETARDS
The folks that make money off the rental retards were afraid they
were going to lose business once VHS movies were being bought more and
more often, so the price got jacked up everywhere, including to the
renters. It actually boosted Laser Disc's position in the market for
quite a while.
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