Posted by John W. Hall on 10/11/05 22:03

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:27:01 -0400, Bill Van Dyk
<trash@christian-horizons.org> wrote:

>Consumers have shown that they won't plunge into a new format in large
>numbers until they get a clear idea that one format will prevail. The
>incredibly fast adoption of DVD showed that.

I think that was before we became aware of DVD Hell...
-R +R RAM and others (IIRC), plus the incompatibilities between
different hardware and different brands of (nominally) the same type
of disc.

I'd settle for either, or both, of the proposed new HD formats if
things with the same label/logo would interoperate.

--
John W Hall <wweexxsseessssaa@telus.net>
Cochrane, Alberta, Canada.
"Helping People Prosper in the Information Age"

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