Posted by Geena Phillips on 01/30/07 04:42

Richard C. wrote:
> "Doug Jacobs" <djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> wrote in message
> news:12rsoactnkift81@corp.supernews.com...
>> In alt.video.dvd Ted <nospamforted@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes there was. It wasn't much of a fight because no one in their right
>>> mind wanted DIVX to win that war, but it there was a question of whether
>>> or not the studios would successfully cram DIVX down the throat of
>>> consumers. mInstead they successfully crammed DVDs down our throats, as
>>> many a laserdisc enthusiast will tell you...
>>
>> Divx came out too late to be a serious threat to DVD. DVD had already
>> started to accelerate in the market when Divx showed up abruptly one
>> Christmas.
>>
> =========================
> Not really true. Indeed DVD was a "good" seller from the start, but
> Divx was a threat for quite some time.

True, but it was only a threat because of the substantial amount of
studio support Divx enjoyed (which, as I recall, is what the original
poster of this thread claims "guarantees" Blu-Ray's victory). There was
never any consumer demand for it.

> DVD only really took off after the death of divx.

Honestly, I don't really see that as a causal relationship.


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