Posted by Justin on 01/17/25 11:49

Roy L Fuchs wrote on [Sun, 04 Jun 2006 22:41:21 GMT]:
> On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 16:25:55 -0500, Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> Gave
> us:
>
>>Roy L Fuchs wrote on [Sun, 04 Jun 2006 21:04:36 GMT]:
>>> On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 14:13:20 -0500, Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> Gave
>>> us:
>>>
>>>>GMAN wrote on [Sun, 04 Jun 2006 18:37:28 GMT]:
>>>>> In article <v25582h3c6m7r44rvprjb5fe4i3bf0hnre@4ax.com>, Roy L. Fuchs <roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org> wrote:
>>>>>>On Sun, 4 Jun 2006 03:53:11 +0000 (UTC), you@somehost.somedomain.aus
>>>>>>(Your Name Here=Harvey) Gave us:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>In article <t153825qs0cn77n47nlem5ob3k38rt6auj@4ax.com>,
>>>>>> KimbaWLion@noemail.com says...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"wandrinandz" <news@dvdlibrary.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>If more buyers would support HD-DVD and say no to Blu-Ray, then we would not
>>>>>>>>>have a format war which is damaging the dvd industry.
>>>>>>>>>Join the HD-DVD Support Group over at www.hd-dvd.uk.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I'm saying NO to both of them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Once the PS3 drops down in price - then there would be a large Blu-Ray
>>>>>>>market.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So what? They are STILL going to lose the battle.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Like when the PS2 killed off the Dreamcast, because it could play
>>>>>>>DVDs straight away, and the Dreamcast couldn't.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hahaha.. what a joke, and what a weak battle for a small
>>>>>>(relatively) market. THIS MARKET IS GLOBAL, and huge.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HD DVD will win. Already has, in fact.
>>>>> Where?
>>>>
>>>>Good question, since the overwhelming majority of people right now don't
>>>>know or care about either format.
>>>
>>> That's bullshit. The majority of folks that WOULD be interested
>>> already are. Many more come on board every day.
>>
>>The folks that would be interested is a very small subset of DVD owners
>>right now.
>>
>>> Audiophiles and videophiles are definitely up on the latest and
>>> greatest, and they always have been.
>>
>>Yes, and most DVD owners are neither. The war is to win these people
>>over, and most of them don't care.
>>
> The industry will be fine right now with the market demographic of
> all laser disc types and those DVD owners that became videophiles
> after getting on board with DVD. I think that market is much bigger
> than you apparently do. So do the manufacturers of our consumer
> electronics goods... obviously.

I think the manufacturers have misjudged and HD, whatever the format,
will be a very slow take off.

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