Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 01/17/65 11:49

On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 00:47:24 -0700, "Alpha" <none@none.net> Gave us:

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>"Roy L. Fuchs" <roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org> wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 21:53:26 -0500, Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> Gave
>> us:
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>>>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:
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>>>>>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:
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>>>>>>>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:
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>>>>>>>>>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:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>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.
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>>>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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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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>High Definition will take over...but not in the Blu Ray or HD DVD formats.
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Tell us, oh Alpha Guru.. what is the emerging format?

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