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The difference between Beta vs. VHS and HD DVD vs. Blu-ray
is that before Beta and VHS you had nothing. It was a classic case of this or that. You had no way to view movies on your TV unless it was broadcast, and you had no way to record anything off your TV. Now, you have excellent quality TV recording and prerecorded movies what with DVRs and DVDs, and now DVD burners. HD DVD and Blu-ray aren't only competing with each other, they are competing against what we have in the marketplace already. So even the biggest techno-geeks would think twice about plonking down their hard earned cash on either one of these technologies.

In fact I can argue that what we have now is better than either of these two. Because first, how much better can you get than what we have now? And second, the options we have now are much cheaper than HD DVD and Blu-ray. And third, who needs the extra baggage of the inevitable DRM? And I'm not talking about just being able to rip movies, I'm talking about the added restrictions placed on honest people who have to suffer the consequences brought on by illegal file sharing.
Posted by: Michael Kelly   Posted on: 04/18/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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I'll be sitting on the side-lines to let everyone else do the grunt work NT  ju1ce | 04/18/06
Two evils...which is lesser?  jinko | 04/18/06
This story makes one huge assumption.  Letophoro | 04/18/06
Gotta remember Leto...  ju1ce | 04/18/06
I'm not saying there aren't.  Letophoro | 04/18/06
True, but  Michael Kelly | 04/18/06
... waiting for $149.99 ....  Reverend MacFellow | 04/18/06
Sounds about right  tic swayback | 04/18/06
right focus  shraven | 04/18/06
That will be interesting.  Rick_K | 04/18/06
over-hyped game console factor  shraven | 04/18/06
How will the make it affordable?  darkmail@... | 04/18/06
I'll pass...  BitTwiddler | 04/18/06
BINGO (NT)  DarthRidiculous | 04/18/06
Format? - not at that price  dhopp@... | 04/18/06
The difference between Beta vs. VHS and HD DVD vs. Blu-ray  Michael Kelly | 04/18/06
mostly all good  shraven | 04/18/06
yup, that's it  Spicoli's Avenger | 04/18/06
Good point...  jinko | 04/18/06
At least instead of Blu-ray a cheaper solution-to sell external Hard Drives  Vily Clay | 04/18/06
re: external hd  galbmill@... | 04/18/06
All you need is 1 external Hard Drive, High Speed Internet and computer.  Vily Clay | 04/18/06
re: external hd  galbmill@... | 04/19/06
re: external hd  galbmill@... | 04/19/06
HD exchange (in a store) and download for regular movies (a few Gig). (NT)  Vily Clay | 04/19/06
Plus I saw a paid online real streaming movie, ...  Vily Clay | 04/20/06
The market already have DVD/HD Combo. Why not to add a removable HD? (NT)  Vily Clay | 04/18/06
boycott!  galbmill@... | 04/18/06
HD DVD, BLUERAY DVD  sam6321@... | 04/18/06
So where are HD DVD's if we have player now?  FirstNLastN | 04/18/06
Ummm, how about there will be no winner?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/18/06
Here's an idea for Toshiba & Sony  gordon@... | 04/18/06
and then there is video download  stevey_d | 04/18/06
There's a dark horse in this race  riredale | 04/18/06
Sony Betamax  simcoeknights@... | 06/09/06

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