Posted by Derek Janssen on 01/09/08 03:22

Tarkus wrote:
> Lloyd Parsons wrote:
>
>> You are looking at it wrong. This was new stuff, when DVD came on the
>> horizon, prices stayed high for a very long time in comparison to what
>> has happened in the HiDef DVD market. The phony war caused that to
>> happen.
>>
>> Now that the war is over, expect to see less of the 'special' sales
>> and give-aways for awhile.
>
> I guess you missed 800.com and the like practically giving away DVDs in
> the early going of that format. And not just when DIVX was somewhat of
> a factor.

I remember DVDExpress.com <holy chorus! :) > literally giving discount
coupons away with every other order--
Back in the '98-'99 days, when DVD was still an expensive and relatively
unknown...what's that expression that's all the rage?--oh, yeah, "Niche
market"--and DVD users had to unite themselves with far-flung
online-niche Internet oases like that new "Netflix" thing, that they
couldn't find in their own hometown.

And then June '99 hit, DiVX surrendered, the national starting-pistol
fired, and the studio announcements came thick and fast, a good four
months before DVD players became the new Wii for that year's big holiday
store-trample....

All it takes is a war to be over. Things change REAL fast after that.

Derek Janssen
ejanss1@verizon.net

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