Posted by Richard C. on 12/17/05 02:49

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"Black Locust" <bl2112@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bl2112-7E50DC.20502208122005@news.uswest.net...
> In article <b3rhp1de7j86gbc9tvupc7tgs7mef5frao@4ax.com>,
> Allan <Spamstillsucks@buffyandkantica22arestillbrianlamb.org> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:03:29 -0800, Walter Traprock
>> <wetraprock@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Yep, DVD is dead. When they announced that they were developing a NEW
>> >system, DVD became dead. Everything newer is better. Cutting edge
>> >kills the standard. BEYOND cutting edge is so obviously better, that
>> >DVD has been rendered useless. I've thrown all my DVDs in the trash. I
>> >hope the NEW system has better copy protection, because I want MY copies
>> >protected. dvd, you see, is now dead.
>>
>>
>> CD's killed Cassettes/LP's.
>
> Major hole in your timeline here. DVD-A/SACD failed to kill CD. As far
> as audio formats goes, the train has stopped at CDs. The same could very
> likely apply to DVDs for the video world.
>
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I agree......................
HD-DVD/BR will most likely be the same kind of niche market that SACE/DVD-A
is today.

Likely there will not be many movies released in the format over the next 5+
years.

DVD is here to stay.
(So are my old LD movies).
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