It's Beta-max vs. VHS all over again

Moonliner · 02-01-2006, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by The Shadoe

If HD DVD wins, it will be because of price, and price alone. .

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Originally Posted by The Shadoe

Consumers won't be the ones determining the winner of this war.

Err, umm.....

The Shadoe · 02-02-2006, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

Err, umm.....

The discs do have a manufacturing price... a few cents apiece, and are extremely marked up from there. A couple pennies per disc makes a big difference when you are pumping out large quantities.

I highly doubt that a consumer would want nothing to do with it. Higher capacity is always coming down the road... 5.25 gave way to 3.5, which gave way to CD, which is giving way to DVD, which will give way to either HD DVD or Blu-Ray.

With that said, I firmly believe that the porn industry will choose the winner. I heard a report on NPR a couple years ago that the porn industry is stronger than the average person thinks, and has had its say over many multimedia formats over the years.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-02-2006, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by The Shadoe

I highly doubt that a consumer would want nothing to do with it. Higher capacity is always coming down the road... 5.25 gave way to 3.5, which gave way to CD, which is giving way to DVD, which will give way to either HD DVD or Blu-Ray.

Again, I make no predictions on which one will be adopted. You may be absolutely right, this time the public, being more tech-savy as a whole than 30 years ago, may be won over by the better technical specs. Then again, maybe not.

But in the end, it is a 100% guarantee that if consumers want nothing to do with with one of the two for whatever reason, it will fail.