Posted by Tom Stiller on 01/15/40 11:44

In article <ggia32dlqrm5otf58ltrvrbv2j2v5tq2b0@4ax.com>,
Kimba W. Lion <kimbawlion@aol.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> There are other variables besides consumer acceptance. CED beat LD in
> terms of sales, but still did not meet RCA's projections, and so they
> killed it while sales were still growing.

There were a number of reasons why RCA killed VideoDisc, but slumping
sales wasn't one of them. The disc pressing process was fatally flawed
and if disc sales had gone as projected, the division would have
collapsed sooner than it did. As it was, RCA only lasted another 18
months before being swallowed by GE.
>
> Will the industry kill the goose that lays golden eggs (DVD) just so they
> can push the market into the new formats' DRM? Or will they bail out early
> if sales don't meet their projections?

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