Posted by AnthonyR on 01/11/07 06:52

"JoeBloe" <joebloe@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
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> On 6 Jan 2007 03:00:39 GMT, colinm@rideau.carleton.ca (Colin McFadyen)
> Gave us:
>
>>
>>The reason that 16x9 HD TVs are outselling 4x3 TVs is that the price
>>has dropped drastically in the past 2 years. W
>
> You're dumber than dog shit. Ther are/were several reasons.


Yeah the main one being, that's all they make nowadays! Dugh... Go to a
store like BestBuy and see how many 4:3 big screen tv's are on display,
none..so of course 16:9 they will outsell 4:3, but it's the new standard,
so...your point?



>
>>hen plasma and lcd were
>>first introduced, you could not find a set for less than $5000.
>
> You were blind for a while then. The first units out were $40k
> and the like.
>
>> Now,
>>you can pick them up for less than $1000,
>
> Won't catch me buying old plasma technology, and I fucking KNOW that
> you are NOT getting new plasma technology at that price. D'OH!
>
>> depending on size and
>>quality of course.
>
> There's the thing.
>
> This thread is about a new consumer electronics industry dive into a
> new form factor for data delivery.
>
> They won't be abandoning either any time soon.
>
> There will be cross overs in the studios too. Disney will end up
> producing on both formats, and not too long from now, DVD will get
> completely dropped. I'd say in 4 to 6 years.
>


Never in 4 years! I for one have hundreds of blank DVD's yet to be written
to. 2 burners and hundreds of DVD movies
in my collection, that I have no intention of repurchasing in any other
format. After destructible VHS, I swore DVD will be the format for my
collection for my lifetime. I don't need any better picture than I get now
with current DVD. Period.

My sister and millions of people like her, still own a VHS, although it
still blinks 12:00 and she hasn't rented a tape in years. She is planning on
buying a DVD player for the first time in her life in the next few years and
will never buy a bigger than 32" glass tube TV, even that I forced her to
upgrade to when her 27" busted last year. So, no HD for her and definitely
no HD-DVD in next 4 years.
Unlike 8-track and cassette, DVD is digital, as is an audio CD. Both formats
will live for MANY MORE years to come, maybe even the hundred DVD and CD's
are suppose to last! :)

AnthonyR.

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