Video Asylum

Posted by SysInfo on November 30, 2004 at 17:50:39

In Reply to: Yaaaaay format wars! posted by ristopalazzo on November 3, 2004 at 05:51:51:

You can have as many formats as you like, but is any of them a STANDARD. I can make format of my own, you can too. But to make it a standard is a bit bigger game. When something becomes a standard that means you MUST respect it. Look, 4:3 is a standard, widescreen is NOT. If someone advertise something to be 4:3 it means it MUST be that or you bring them straight to court. I can make my own DVD print Widescreen on it, and make it to look like anything I want.
Formats are useles stupid ideas to get people into game (it works), and we should NEVER buy anithing that is not standardised. When CD was about to become reality, it was a big question who will set the standard Phylips or Sony. Sony lost their standard, and now any CD that has that logo MUST comply to standard.
I say we just stop buying any CD or DVD for 1 month and let entire industry colapse, and then they will be begging us to pay $1 for package of 10 CDs and yet get 2 free DVDs. But we are stupid so let us be screwed.