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Posted by Goro on 12/09/05 17:06
Black Locust wrote:
> In article <b3rhp1de7j86gbc9tvupc7tgs7mef5frao@4ax.com>,
> Allan <Spamstillsucks@buffyandkantica22arestillbrianlamb.org> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:03:29 -0800, Walter Traprock
> > <wetraprock@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Yep, DVD is dead. When they announced that they were developing a NEW
> > >system, DVD became dead. Everything newer is better. Cutting edge
> > >kills the standard. BEYOND cutting edge is so obviously better, that
> > >DVD has been rendered useless. I've thrown all my DVDs in the trash. I
> > >hope the NEW system has better copy protection, because I want MY copies
> > >protected. dvd, you see, is now dead.
> >
> >
> > CD's killed Cassettes/LP's.
>
> Major hole in your timeline here. DVD-A/SACD failed to kill CD. As far
> as audio formats goes, the train has stopped at CDs. The same could very
> likely apply to DVDs for the video world.
iPod is killing CD sales (well, that and insane DRM placed on CDs).
> > DVD's Killed Laser Disc's.
LDs weren't really killed, they just died of old age! :)
-goro-
> > DVD's are about to finish off prerecorded VHS:
>
> Haha. So using this argument, Blu-Ray/HD-DVD won't finish off DVD until
> another format comes along to replace Blu-Ray or HD-DVD! That's great
> news Allan! Whoohoo!
>
> > "Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
> > because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
> > -- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
> > - Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
> --
> "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
> They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people,
> and neither do we." - George Dumbya Bush
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