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Posted by Neck & Red on 01/01/07 07:56
<Rexunrex@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I predict that HDDVD/Bluray will suffer in a prolonged coma, probably
> for the next 5 years. It may never wake up at all and may even prove to
> have been stillborn all along.
>
> There are 7 excellent reasons:
>
> 1. DVD is, exactly like VHS, "good enough", cheap, and ubiquitous. Even
> playing on my computer, the video and audio are crisp.
>
> 2. The HDDVD & Bluray hardware including monitor, video card, and drive
> are hyperexpensive and beyond the means of most people. The minority of
> newly-rich people and obsessive gamers cannot support this technology.
> The only hope for HDDVD was the Microsoft $200 USB drive, but without a
> good ripper program to let the consumer avoid buying a new monitor &
> video card, even that is useless.
Why would the consumer want to buy a new tiny monitor and video card when
he's got a 50" or bigger HDTV in his living room?
> 4. Actual movie theaters are far better pictures than HDDVD or Bluray.
Take the family to see 4 movies and I could have bought the HD-DVD drive for
my Xbox along with a few movies and had enough left over for popcorn.
Oh, and HD-DVD blows away the picture quality of a movie theater.
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