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Here's the final nail in the coffin of HD-DVD?
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Person99

Joined: 09 Mar 2006
Posts: 4899
Location: Flower Mound, TX

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:16 pm Post subject:

WanMan wrote:

Person99 wrote:

It will pass, but of course I'm going to be a little irked that effectively all consumers got screwed by the short-sightedness/stupidity of less than 1% of the consumers.

So, which 1% of the consumers are to blame?

The less than 1% that helped BD win.

WanMan wrote:

I blame marketing. Ignorance is blissful, and if retailers are not talking, manufacturers not reaching me, then how can I be blamed?

Because you should have a f*cking brain. My post was dissing exactly this approach--"hey I'm just a dumb f*ck that can't use my brain to research and find out for myself, marketers have to lie to me and I'll buy into the best lie!" Puh-lease. Rolling Eyes

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emdawgz1

Joined: 14 Mar 2006
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject:

I just dont get it. Bluray is a very good product and it will get better. I bought mine and i'm happy with it. How in the world am i some brain dead idiot because i bought a product that i like as opposed to a product YOU like??? How is HD-DVD sooo much better? DRM? If you think that HD was never gonna have one, i think you're naive. _________________ Follow my blog www.thesinglebrother.com

WanMan

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 10270

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:41 am Post subject:

emdawgz1 wrote:

I just dont get it. Bluray is a very good product and it will get better. I bought mine and i'm happy with it.

How in the world am i some brain dead idiot because i bought a product that i like as opposed to a product YOU like???

How is HD-DVD sooo much better? DRM? If you think that HD was never gonna have one, i think you're naive.

Yeah, we're brain dead because we are enjoying what we bought. Go figure.
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Welwynnick

Joined: 04 May 2006
Posts: 229
Location: Welwyn, Herts, UK

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:56 am Post subject:

Person99 wrote:

WanMan wrote:

Person99 wrote:

It will pass, but of course I'm going to be a little irked that effectively all consumers got screwed by the short-sightedness/stupidity of less than 1% of the consumers.

So, which 1% of the consumers are to blame?

The less than 1% that helped BD win.

WanMan wrote:

I blame marketing. Ignorance is blissful, and if retailers are not talking, manufacturers not reaching me, then how can I be blamed?

Good to know that you're taking defeat so graciously, Dave.

I think there's an interesting point here. The format war DOES appear to have been settled by the 1% -ish of consumers that are the first adoptors. And (in spite of Paramount) settled more quickly than most people expected, as well. Yet for nearly two years, it was a popular view that enthusiasts like us, who frequented forums like these, were such a small part of the market that our choices and allegiances were not significant. Early adopters are generally the people who are not put off by higher prices, rushed-to-market technical solutions and inevitably higher risks. And they also tend to be better informed, often through these sorts of places.

So the vast majority of consumers were happy to wait until the format war was concluded, and let the early adopters take the risks (and never-ending firmware updates). So the voting was not done by the vast, uninformed, unwashed masses, but by people like us who took a great (often too great) interest in the formats, and often focussing more on the technical differences in the formats than other people would. And they -er- us, we are the people that made the decision, collectively. And I'm proud of us, of course.

All the very best, Nick

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