Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
I bought my first VCR in the early eighties, it was a vhs.
Sure I preferred the sony, and the selection was about even with models from both camps,
but everybody I knew was buying vhs, and I liked the six hour record time also, and it wasnt a casual purchase, at 899$ it was roughly three grand in todays dollars, you couldnt buy something you couldnt rent tapes for.
Well, in a year Sony was GONE, you could only buy them in a few stores, adios.
A local rental store touting beta went outta business, wouldnt stop renting the tapes because they were "better".
I had lasedisc for years, after the advent of DVD It too was pretty much over in a year.
And vinyl is a special case, a niche product if ever there was one, kept alive by audiophiles
either living in denial or (like me) an attachment to their old discs.
The truth is that industry insiders have already discerned a "winner", and its blu-ray.
HDDVD will be pretty much gone in a year, guarentee it, especially if the only (one!) studio supporting it starts in with Blu-ray.
HDDVD, the edsel for the 21st century
What do we get it HD DVD lasts more than a year and you fail on the gaurantee? ;-)

I am certainly not proclaiming HD DVD the winner or anything like it, but I am pretty confident it will be around much longer than a year... I guess we will see.

Also, keep in mind HD DVD has many studios that support it, I assume you are referring to the one *major* studio that supports it *exclusively*?

---Dave