Posted by Justin on 12/26/82 11:29

campu2.net wrote on [14 Oct 2005 23:39:00 -0700]:
>
> Justin wrote:
>> Black Locust wrote on [Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:12:09 -0600]:
>> > In article <1129276954.634831.14410@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
>> > lorincantrell@yahoo.com wrote:
>> >
>> >> Still, DVD has a lot of advantages:
>> >>
>> >> 1. Extreme market penetration. The most popular, most quickly accepted
>> >> media format of all time.
>> >
>> > Very true. It would take a small miracle for either one of these HD
>> > discs to be accepted even half as quickly as DVD was accepted. The
>> > high-end users may jump on them real quickly, but even they will likely
>> > hold off because of the format war. And I don't see the 'Average Joe'
>> > consumer even considering HD discs for at least another 8 to 10 years,
>> > if EVER...
>>
>> What might push Joe Sixpack into buying into HD would be exclusive
>> content. Even then, would the studios really make exclusive content when
>> penetration isn't very high?
>
> Does Joe Sixpack care about exclusive content or even know what it is?
> I rarely watch the "extras" or listen to alternative tracks.

Ah, what I meant by exclsuive content was movie releases only on HD, or
on HD 6 months earlier. Similar to the way the rental structure for VHS
helped DVD penetration explode.

> I believe it will be for the high end consumers or as already mentioned
> a niche market similar to laserdiscs. Which almost guarantees $30-$40
> for HD releases (similar to the prices we saw for Laserdisc movies).

Yeah. Until they can force it on you.

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