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Posted by gbeenie on 01/26/07 22:19
On Jan 26, 4:43 pm, Ted <nospamfor...@nospam.com> wrote:
> Doug Jacobs wrote:snip
>
> > However, I don't see how making consumers participate in the format war
> > between blu-ray and hd-dvd is beneficial. Multiple formats just cause
> > confusion and splits the market. DVD - whether you think its specs were
> > good or not - presented consumers with a single format. You bought a "DVD
> > Player" and it played "DVDs". Simple. No worries about which format to
> > choose, buying multiple players or a more expensive combo-player.snip
>
> Yes there was. It wasn't much of a fight because no one in their right
> mind wanted DIVX to win that war, but it there was a question of whether
> or not the studios would successfully cram DIVX down the throat of
> consumers. mInstead they successfully crammed DVDs down our throats, as
> many a laserdisc enthusiast will tell you...
Sorry, Ted, but I collected more than my share of laserdiscs back in
the day, and I've never felt like DVD was "forced" on me. If there's a
clear and tangible benefit to a new format, then that fact is not
affected by the way it's marketed. It's either good, or it's not. DVD
was clearly the former, which is why I got on board, and I don't resent
or regret it for an instant.
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