Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 01/17/76 11:49

On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 21:53:26 -0500, Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> Gave
us:

>Roy L Fuchs wrote on [Mon, 05 Jun 2006 01:52:17 GMT]:
>> On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 20:18:45 -0500, Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> Gave
>> us:
>>
>>>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.
>>
>> That may well be true, but the same things were said about DVD when
>> it came out, and manufacturers won't look the other way and lose money
>> twice in the same manner. We make them enough billions now that you
>> can be sure that the big players will all be on the HD DVD bandwagon.
>
>The benefits of DVD over VHS were far greater than the benefits of HD
>over DVD. Laserdiscs were always a small market, were too big and bulky,
>and were around in a market where rental was the norm. Now that people
>buy TV series within months of the finale, and movies within a couple
>weeks of it leaving the theatre, the benefits of HD are still very
>small.

If an HD title hit the streets in the same "two week" time frame as
a regular DVD release, I am quite sure that the form factor will be
popular.

Given the choice, from what I have seen of standard DVD performance
on my HD HDMI set, I would take the HD release any day. The
difference is significant enough for that to be my choice, so I am
sure it will be for any other true videophile type as well. For the
same price.

So, any dope with a decent sized library of discs and an HD monitor
will take note of the difference.

The format will make inroads, and will displace DVD as a result.

Even though I formally stated that DVD will last for another twenty
years or so, I am not still convinced that is true. I now feel that
high resolution imagery is enough of a change to kill off the poorer
format.

And it will...

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