Posted by Bill Vermillion on 09/02/05 14:35

In article <bl2112-F12976.01072125082005@news.uswest.net>,
Black Locust <bl2112@hotmail.com> wrote:
>In article <obfqg1lovt1lkkgd6va2ng10po2eib3l7e@4ax.com>,
> "Steve(JazzHunter)" <jazzhunterNotHere@internet.com> wrote:
>
>> I think Jstryker is being ridiculous. VHS and its improvement SVHS
>> have had a 26-year run so far, laserdisc lasted 18 years (from 1981)
>> as a format for videophiles who wanted quality, DVD, well, it's less
>> than 8 years and is soon to be challenged.
>
>And in a nut shell, that's the fucking problem! VHS is actually on a 30
>year run(it debuted in 1976) and is still not "officially" dead. By
>that, I mean pre-recorded VHS movies are still being made and recordable
>tapes are still readily available. But the format is OBVIOUSLY on the
>verge of extinction. LD was nothing more than a niche format, even at
>it's peak, but it managed to last about 18-19 years. Yet here we are
>with DVD, which has been more successful than VHS and LD combined(!) and
>is only 8 years old to boot, but yet it's time to lay the format to
>rest?!?! WTF?! I have no problem replacing DVD with a new format, but do
>it within a 10 year period? Fuck that. And technically, it's only been
>about 5 years for me since I got my first DVD player in late 1999. And
>believe me, it's even less time for *A LOT* of other consumers out
>there. Imagine if you bought your first DVD player in 2003 or 2004...
>This is how long a good 40 to 50 million people in the United States
>waited to buy a DVD player. This isn't about giving the consumers what
>they "want." This is about corporate greed in Hollywood and trying to
>get a new copy protection system on the video market. Nothing more.

>Even Betamax, which got it's ass kicked by VHS and was considered a huge
>failure for Sony managed to last about 10 years or so(from 1975 to
>1985). Something to ponder..

Actually a lot longer than that as they released a top quality
machine near the end of the 1990s - as an anniversary edition.


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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com

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