Posted by elrous0 on 09/26/05 13:05

jordanlund@gmail.com wrote:
> "But I STRONGLY suspect this crap is going to
> backfire on them big time. They're going to learn real quick that
> consumers are not made of money and they cannot keep trying to rape us
> off our hard earned cash like this."
>
> I suspect you're right. The reason people bought massive quantities of
> DVDs was because they weren't happy with the quality of VHS or the cost
> of Laserdisc.

I think the biggest problem with HDTV movies won't be consumer
reluctance to buy the *DISCS*, it will be consumer reluctance to by the
*TV's*. Decently sized HDTV's are still in the $1,000+ range. They've
come a long way down since they were introduced, but they're still
going to have to come way down before they become "mainstream" (when
you can go into Walmart and buy a 32" HDTV for <$500). Original DVD
really didn't have this problem.

-Eric

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