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Posted by Doug Jacobs on 01/29/07 21:04
In alt.video.dvd Ted <nospamforted@nospam.com> wrote:
> 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...
Divx came out too late to be a serious threat to DVD. DVD had already
started to accelerate in the market when Divx showed up abruptly one
Christmas.
Problem is, although the DVD players and DVDs were more expensive than
Divx players/discs, the extra cost was easily justified.
As for LD vs. DVD, doesn't DVD still win out because of higher resolution
video and better audio? Or is this just a matter of capacity != format,
meaning you could concievably use LD to hold a DVD-quality movie - it's
just that the studios decided to move on to DVD?
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