Posted by Matthew L. Martin on 01/15/57 11:44

Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:02:47 -0400, "Matthew L. Martin"
> <nothere@notnow.never> Gave us:
>
>> Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
>>> On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:18:32 -0400, Kimba W. Lion <kimbawlion@aol.com>
>>> Gave us:
>>>
>>>> On 6 Apr 2006 08:39:56 -0700, "rjn" <email4rjn@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> HD-DVD v. BR may be more like CED v. LaserDisc,
>>>>> with a DIVX frosting to sour the tast.
>>>>>
>>>>> LD "won", but what it won was the videophile market (1%).
>>>>> Barely enough for life support.
>>>> You have a point, and I've been wondering along those lines, too.
>>> The "videophile" market segment is much larger than 1% these days.
>>>> There are other variables besides consumer acceptance. CED beat LD in
>>>> terms of sales,
>>> Bullshit. CED was so bad that it never even hit the market. Show
>>> me an E-bay auction of a CED player.
>>>
>> You are completely uninformed on the topic.
>>
>> <http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&from=R10&satitle=CED+player&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&bs=Search&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search&fgtp=&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=ZIP%2FPostal&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=>
>>
>> If you have checked first, you could have avoided demonstrating your
>> ignorance.
>
> Oh BOY! A whole NINE listings. Yeah, it really took off... NOT!

I'm so happy that you are appreciative of education.

CED, which you said was never released, has a clear, solid lead over
Laserdisc when RCA pulled the plug. When the public heard that CED had
been canceled, Laserdisc hardware and software sales plummeted. It took
years and real patience on Pioneer's part for Laserdisc to retain even a
modest market share.

You really should marshal some facts before making a fool of yourself on
usenet. Knowing what you are talking about makes one a more interesting
conversational partner. Making things up, as you are wont to do, doesn't
help anyone.

I fully expect another rude and useless response. Please don't disappoint.

Matthew

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