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SurfPark · 10-07-2005

I think the article nailed it on the head by stating we need BOTH Blu-ray and HD-DVD. The logical thing to do would stroll into the HD-DVD realm with hopes that in the next 10 years we'll all be using it, but its doubtful.

When the industry pushes a format, they really need to have a "hook" for the public. The switch from CD's and VHS wasn't that hard, the sheer space and combining of formats (audio and video) into DVD was nice. Is space the only hook they have to prompt us to give up DVDs? Maybe I'm alone in this, but I don't have enough media to store to warrant an upgrade at this point. My guess is that when high def programming becomes more common, the new format will emerge out of necessity. What do you think?

10-07-2005	#22 (permalink)
SurfPark New on Forum Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: USA Posts: 24	Re: Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD I think the article nailed it on the head by stating we need BOTH Blu-ray and HD-DVD. The logical thing to do would stroll into the HD-DVD realm with hopes that in the next 10 years we'll all be using it, but its doubtful. When the industry pushes a format, they really need to have a "hook" for the public. The switch from CD's and VHS wasn't that hard, the sheer space and combining of formats (audio and video) into DVD was nice. Is space the only hook they have to prompt us to give up DVDs? Maybe I'm alone in this, but I don't have enough media to store to warrant an upgrade at this point. My guess is that when high def programming becomes more common, the new format will emerge out of necessity. What do you think? __________________ -- SurfPark "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)