Posted by skip on 12/07/06 18:20

"T B" <Partyslammerr@socall.rr.com> wrote in
news:yvYdh.50563$Fg.5600@tornado.socal.rr.com:

> "Mark Jones" wrote:
>
>> skip wrote:
>>> "Mark Jones" <noemail@mindspring.com> wrote in
>>> news:52Ndh.7603$tM1.3179 @newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net:
>>>
>>>> skip wrote:
>>>>> Hey best buy I went in to buy a Toshiba HD dvd player. Only blue
>>>>> ray and they had the HSD player in the back of the store not
>>>>> connected to anything. I asked the manager what was up he said the
>>>>> new ones are coming out I said fine when can I see them he said we
>>>>> are getting 3 of them in. Three?? Did I miss something?
>>>>
>>>> Obviously you did. It takes awhile to produce enough for
>>>> all of the stores that want some.
>>>>
>>> Is that a wise idea to do this 3 or 4 weeks befor Christmas.
>>
>> It is a new product, so just be happy that there were any
>> available at all before Christmas. It could just as easily
>> have slipped to late winter when they would have first been
>> available.
>
> With such great pre-planning and support like that, is it any wonder
> both HiDef formats are going nowhere after a full year of being
> available to the public? So far, this is proving to be a classic
> example of the entertainment industry shooting themnselves in the
> foot.
>
> T.B.
>
Copy HD movies off of HBO

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