Posted by Derek Janssen on 10/17/07 00:30

Lloyd Parsons wrote:>
>
>>Tarkus wrote:
>>
>>>That's pretty much an obsolete problem. Virtually all new players play
>>>all formats (save for maybe DVD-RAM), and most consumers, myself
>>>included, don't even pay attention to -R and +R anymore, and just look
>>>for the best deal. If HD combo players become the norm, the same thing
>>>will happen.
>>
>>Yeah, we just have to wait five or so years until $1200 players meet the
>>even "maximum" $500-$600 of an average-level Blu player--
>>
>>And then people won't have to pat their "cleverness" on the back for
>>going out and buying both separately just to be snotty about it, and
>>then wondering why they can find so few HD-DVD disks for sale or rental.
>>
>>(Patience is a virtue, people...
>>Sometimes, the team that's ahead in the third quarter wins the game anyway.)
>>
> And Netflix is seeing more interest in HDDVD vs Blu Ray.

They're seeing more RENTALS than Blu-ray, if that's the numbers they're
counting.

(While Blu fans tend to be still at that 90's birth-of-DVD stage where
they think they have to rush out and buy "Twister" the day it's
released...When you throw sales figures into the mix, HD-DVD users
apparently don't seem to be *buying* HD-DVD as much as they watch it.)

And I repeat: Guys, it's *okay* now. There's nothing wrong with liking
Blu-ray in public anymore.
Blu-D00d hasn't been back here in months.

Derek Janssen (we must conquer our fears and traumas)
ejanss@comcast.net

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