Posted by NunYa Bidness on 12/10/05 16:51

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:37:36 -0500, "Matthew L. Martin"
<nothere@notnow.never> Gave us:

>nospam@nospam.com wrote:
>> On 9 Dec 2005 08:42:43 -0800, "Goro" <evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>DVD->BRD will be a very long migration process for me. It might be so
>>>long that i endup on whatever format follows BRD.
>>
>>
>> When DVD was first on the horizon, LD fans had said the same thing to
>> DVD. I won't replace my LD collection anytime soon, many titles won't
>> be available on DVD ever, etc.
>
>I still have ~750 LDs, most of the titles are not available on DVD.
>
>> Look what happended not ten years in.
>>
>> HD DVD will do to DVD what DVD did to LD. When the studios have a
>> format ironed out, they will push the new format to skin the same cow
>> a few more times, that's how they make money from their catalog.
>>
>> It might take HD DVD a bit longer to make DVD redundant but the end is
>> near for DVD, especially when the studios can pack HD DVD and SD DVD
>> on the same disc.
>
>You might be right, but there are real differences between LD and DVD in
>the market at the introduction of the successor.
>
>LD was in a extended year over year decline of sales when DVD came out.
>There probably under 1 million LD player owners that bought LDs
>DVD didn't require the purchase of a new display for image improvement
>DVDs cost significantly less to buy than LDs
>
>DVD sales may have peaked, but the are not in an extended decline
>There are tens of millions of people who are actively buying DVDs
>HD-DVD/BR requires the purchase of expensive display for improved image
>Who knows where the studios will position HD-DVD/BR prices.
>
>I think HD-DVD/BR will take a lot longer to displace DVD than it took
>for DVD to displace LDs.
>
>Matthew


Great observation.

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