Posted by GMAN on 12/30/06 07:14

In article <r7hbp2tjudbu584hm6k2e60bl86apkruum@4ax.com>, joebloe@nosuchplace.org wrote:
>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.
But the day that the studios decide to quit with standard DVD, and that day
will come, it will be a huge factor.

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