Posted by Dick Sidbury on 09/27/05 13:38

Black Locust wrote:
> In article <1127722844.506784.294370@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
> jordanlund@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>>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.
>
>
> Also another very important factor: Most people rented VHS instead of
> purchasing. I mean hell, most new release VHS titles were priced for
> rental anyway($100 smackers for a tape!). I know some people who never
> bought a single pre-recorded VHS tape during the entire formats run. I
> think it's safe to say a good 70% or more of general consumers didn't
> start buying movies until the 'collectable' and priced-to-own DVD format
> hit the scene... Now that all these people have already purchased all of
> these movies on a format they were led to believe would last them a
> lifetime and never need replacing will simply have no desire to buy the
> same movies on another variation of the DVD format simply so they can
> have a higher-resolution version of the same film...
>
I agree with this assessment except for the point that probably 100% of
users with children have bought VHS (Disney, etc) for their young kids.


dick

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