Quote Originally Posted by nightflier
Terrence, get a life. I can sit here and debate each and every point you came back with. Your logic doesn't apply, your understanding of the scope of this issue is too narrow, and you are marred by your own interest in this format war. You are splitting hairs. It's clear from everyone else here that they are fed up with this point-for-point debate (mine and yours). We'll never get anywhere and this will go on forever, so I'll be pithy about it:
You thought this up, follow your own suggestion.

Fact is, you admit now that your sales figures are stats, so they are indeed estimates. Why don't you just admit that you were wrong about that one? I never once discounted the sales figures, so stop saying I did. And for chrissakes stop splitting hairs over examples and look at the bigger picture. The tanker was an example, of which there are many, that could affect the price of disk as well as player sales. Also your understanding of the internet and how it works is sophomoric - you better leave that alone. There won't be any tearing down and it will evolve to support more traffic - just because you can't understand it, doesn't mean you can discount that. And finally, your ability to buy both types of HD players makes you a far cry from joe6pack - you're an oddball with a creepy connection to "the industry" and here you are flag-waiving for BR. They're supposed to trust you? I'm only telling people to be careful. This is all just entertainment to you, remember? If that isn't a god-complex statement, I don't know what is. Get a life and stop trying to tell others what they should buy - they can't trust you.
Hey nightflier, its not my fault that you look at discs in the same way you look at commodities such as oil and gas. That is your fault for attempting to make something so well understood so complex. Players are not traded like oil, pot bellies, or grain. If a shipment get's lost, if we have a hurricane, if there is an earthquake, the cost of players and software remains the same. Did you ever hear any news that the cost of DVD's went up in Los Angeles after the 1994 Northridge earthquake? Or how about in New Oleans after Katrina?

Creepy connection to the industry? If I do, then you have a creepy connection to your job as well.

Alot of people have bought both. Dave right here has both. I know at least a dozen more on AVS who have both. I know at least two dozen more that have both on Bluray.com. Having both just guarantees you access to both camps library of HD movies.

As far as my understanding of the internet, well if it is sophmoric, so is your understanding of the movie business. Well its more like pre-school now that I think of it.

Better yet, why don't you put your reputation where your mouth is. I am willing to wager that both BR & HDDVD will be supplanted. If I'm wrong, I'll come back here and admit it. If it's such a stupid wager and the odds are so far in your favor, why can't you commit to it? Either put up or shut up. Everyone here, including myself, is tired of you incessant self-aggrandizing preaching. So put up or shut up.
You are sounding like a broken record, and in the process boring me. We have already covered this ground, move along