In Reply to: Anyone who "invests" in a consumer media format is a fool posted by racerguy on February 26, 2008 at 08:55:58:
Formats come and go, but when a clearly superior format with better sales and better support, kills a clearly inferior format and even the sole manufacturer of the format's hardware throws up its hands, it's time to move on. HD DVD wasn't battling BD for years and years, with a significant library. This was a brief offering that lasted a year and took a drubbing in the market.
I'd say this "right now" mentality you advocate is what has led downloadable media to do significant harm to the quality of music (both technically and artistically), journalism and other important elements of society. Like it or not, consumers have responsibliity, and collectively our decisions have an enormous impact. It's nice to be entertained, but if you really have to rely on a few HD DVDs to feel entertained and can't recognized that it's a waste of money to spend even 1 cent on the format...if you can't get enough entertainment elsewhere, that's pretty pathetic.
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Follow Ups
- Nonsense...You invest in media that will be supported - Jazz Inmate 23:36:35 02/27/08 (8)
- I wouldn't buy a Blu-ray player right now at any price. - jsm 18:21:15 03/02/08 (5)
- I'll remind you of that in a few months when Sony and Universal are releasing dozens of catalog titles on BD - Jazz Inmate 22:06:06 03/03/08 (0)
- I can play every Blu-ray disc I own... - oscar 09:45:15 03/03/08 (3)
- Good luck in the future, then. - jsm 13:30:39 03/03/08 (2)
- At worst, he won't be able to play the bonus materials and PIP features - Jazz Inmate 22:08:41 03/03/08 (1)
- You mean there's more to movie watching than "just" watching the movie ? - oscar 05:09:52 03/04/08 (0)
- "to spend even 1 cent on the format" - Jack G 07:17:26 02/29/08 (1)
- So buy it on DVD if you don't care about the format...you'll save even more NT - Jazz Inmate 23:56:45 02/29/08 (0)