| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | Concerning DVD+R and DVD-R, most DVD writers are now DVD+/-R so it eliminates the need to pick one over the other. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,414 |
| | Posted: | | | | The DVD vs laserdisc comparison only lasted until widescreen sets became more readily available. Once you saw DVD in anamorphic widescreen, the superiority over LD was obvious. Even Widescreen Review, about the biggest LD cheerleader in the world, quickly folded its opposition once they saw the difference. | | | | "This movie has warped my fragile little mind." |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting gardibolt: Quote:
The DVD vs laserdisc comparison only lasted until widescreen sets became more readily available. Once you saw DVD in anamorphic widescreen, the superiority over LD was obvious. Even Widescreen Review, about the biggest LD cheerleader in the world, quickly folded its opposition once they saw the difference. It also didn't help that, out of the gate, a good chunk of DVD transfers were just recycled LD transfers. It's all well and good to compare the first 18 months of DVD to HD. I would expect HD to appear favorable in such a comparison. For a lot of people, DVD required something of a quantum shift in the way they looked at home entertainment. With HD, it's more of a straight upgrade. The real comparison will happen somewhere between 24 and 36 months, when DVD really started to explode. I have trouble predicting that same kind of explosion for HD. Can anybody without the HD colored glasses on really see that happening any time soon? |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,127 |
| | Posted: | | | | I agree with you.
IMO, if there is still a major perception of a format war after the next 7 months, comparing numbers with DVD will show a severe DVD lead (by the 36 month in). | | | To err is human...
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