Posted by ChairmanOfTheBored on 01/06/08 13:08

On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:59:50 GMT, "Will" <nospamkthx@sony.com> wrote:

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>"Tarkus" <karnevil9@atlantabraves.net> wrote in message
>news:13o04a7s9hp1f68@corp.supernews.com...
>> willbill wrote:
>>> Tarkus wrote:
>>>
>>>> To add to this:
>>>>
>>>> "The move to a single standard would prove a major victory for
>>>> consumers. Many who have come to enjoy the crisp detail of
>>>> high-definition television likely would move ahead with purchases of
>>>> advanced DVD players if they knew their technology would not become
>>>> obsolete. The Warner decision removes some of that uncertainty, and
>>>> appears to eliminate the prospect that Sony will lose out, as it did
>>>> with its ill-fated Betamax standard in the battle against VHS."
>>>>
>>>> http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2008/tc2008014_928006.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_top+story
>>>
>>> imho, you need to see the forest
>>> that exists beyond the trees
>>
>> Precisely my point. Less uncertainty means more consumers, which will
>> lead to lower prices. One only has to look at the history of VHS, CD and
>> DVD formats. Once people became confident in the stability of those
>> formats, demand went up, and prices came down due to competition and
>> manufacturing costs.
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>most people I know don't care about HD anything. They are fine with $10
>DVD's. They come over and see my stuff and have a hard time seeing the
>difference.

If you are "showing them" on a fucking upscaling player, then you are
not showing them the real difference, dipshit.

> $200-$700 for a player and $30 movies? $1500+ TV..forget it they
>say and laugh their asses off..

Then you don't have good enough gear to actually show them the
difference. If you or they can't see the difference between a CRT
display and the current high definition FPDs, then you and they are
fucking retarded.

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