Posted by JoeBloe on 12/30/06 01:47

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:26:54 GMT, glenzabr@nospam.xmission.com (GMAN)
Gave us:

>In article <1167249811.508051.104820@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>, "Goro" <evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>GMAN wrote:
>>> In article <_PSdnadnyaAn6hDYnZ2dnUVZ_vWtnZ2d@comcast.com>, "Joshua Zyber"
>> <jzyber@mindNOSPAMspring.IHATESPAM.com> wrote:
>>> >"GMAN" <glenzabr@nospam.xmission.com> wrote in message
>>> >news:emjkqq$5ju$4@news.xmission.com...
>>> >>>> Umm...okay, I must have hallucinated that preview Disney stuck onto
>>> >>>> their "Cars" and "Pirates 2" DVD.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>What do previews have to do with whether consumers buy blu-ray for
>>> >>>their
>>> >>>kids? Nothing.
>>> >>>
>>> >> Other than the fact that you will not see those titles for HD-DVD.
>>> >
>>> >Please explain to me how your answer has anything to do with the
>>> >question that was asked in the preceeding sentence.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> Parents buy Disney for their kids, Disney backs blu ray, Parents will buy Blu
>>> Ray cause it has Disney movies that kids want. They will not buy HD-DVD
>>> because there will be no Disney HD-DVD.
>>
>>B/c 7yo kids are so discerning about video quality.
>>
>>"Wah. Mommy, Little Mermaid isn't in 1080p!!! Go buy a BluRay
>>player!"
>>
>>-goro-
>>
>
>Take it for what it is, when new movies that kids want from Disney only come
>out on Blu Ray, and not HD-DVD, the parents will buy blu ray.


Bullshit. IF the parents are movie watchers themselves, they might
consider it. Parents have tight budgets, and I am sure that standard
DVD will be in there carts for some time.

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