HD War is over. Disney wins

innerSpaceman · 02-19-2008, 03:19 PM

Yep, and just like that one ... the majority of criitcal reports that I read (and I read many of them) gave a slight picture quality edge to HDTV.

But, in light of the Betamax fiasco, I'm kinda glad it won this format war with its lower quality product.

imo, this is not going to revolutionalize home video in the ways that VHS and DVD did.

blueerica · 02-19-2008, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

imo, this is not going to revolutionalize home video in the ways that VHS and DVD did.

To be fair, the only revolutionary product of the two listed was VHS, which in and of itself was just something that followed the path Betamax blazed, since VHS actually changed, or disrupted, a previous behavior - namely going to the movies. DVD was a mere innovation, as is Blu-Ray/HDDVD, though perhaps less-so than the DVD was... Aside from quality and size, there are no radical differences with the technology.

I'm a big fan of innovation.

02-19-2008, 03:19 PM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yep, and just like that one ... the majority of criitcal reports that I read (and I read many of them) gave a slight picture quality edge to HDTV. But, in light of the Betamax fiasco, I'm kinda glad it won this format war with its lower quality product. imo, this is not going to revolutionalize home video in the ways that VHS and DVD did.
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