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Posted by Derek Janssen on 12/07/07 23:11
Doug Jacobs wrote:
> In alt.video.dvd Sam Spade <sam@coldmail.com> wrote:
>
>>What a great example of the so-called free marketplace screwing the
>>consumer.
>
> For every article or quote I see that claims that Blu-Ray is winning,
> there's another one that says HD-DVD is in the lead.
Written by Microsoft. :)
(Me, I tend to read articles like those "Blu-ray grabs 72% of Black
Friday hi-def sales", and all those "Warner still pledges to wait until
after Black Friday sales figures before deciding on neutrality" rumors
that've been popping up this week. ALSO on BW.)
> In the meantime, the total combined sales of both formats barely accounts
> for 5% of what DVD has done this year. Even the early adopters are
> staying away due to memories of VHS/Betamax.
(Okay, time for Doug Roulette--
He's already used up "Who cares, nobody's got the sets anyway", so
that's 1 down out of 5...
Place your bets for which one next: Will it be Even money on "It's all
going to be downloads, you just watch", or longshot 7:1 on "Eh, who
cares, all movies are crap anyway!"?) ;)
> And while the current setup certainly isn't very ideal or beneficial to
> consumers, consumers can fight back simply by NOT buying into the hype for
> either format
Actually, according to Variety earlier this month, the public ARE deciding:
Companies report a drastically increasing drought in DVD sales over the last
half of this year, the main theory being--
> ...Aha, aha, see??--People *are* sick of disks, it IS going to be all downloads;
> toldja, toldja, neener-neener-neener!
--No, the main theory *being*, that the uncommitted buyers are becoming
more and more afraid of buying "perishable goods" that they fear they
might have to replace in a year's time.
They're buying the hype, all right, they just don't know *which* one to
buy--
And Warner is starting to look increasingly nervous that the spotlight
is now on them to tell the entire industry...Hot, ain't it?
Derek Janssen (isn't it nice to own a PS3?) ^_^
ejanss1@verizon.net
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