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Posted by Geena Phillips on 01/10/07 04:01
GMAN wrote:
> 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.
Sorry, mate. "That day" will NOT come before this stupid format war is
LONG over (and I have no idea who's gonna win, and I don't really care
either way).
--
Well, whaddaya know? War WAS the answer, after all. Go figure.
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