Search results

I guess by Craig's definition I was an early adopter of DVD, I got in in Sept 2000. I felt I was just slightly ahead of mainstream consumers, but quite a bit behind most HT enthusiasts. But on HD/BR, I will probably stay out of it unless it gets to the point where you can no longer find new...

You know, if enough people, like over 90% of the market, would refuse to buy into either format, that might make both sides go back to the table and work together to develop one HD standard. I'm not saying it would be easy to get that much of a boycott, but it is possible.

Josh, good description of why it's a wait-and-see game for many of us. Well put, "the world was ready to get rid of those Crappy VHS tapes". We got not only much better picture quality and sound options, but ease of use, special features, much more durable format, and people could own copies...

Cees, I agree. IMHO from VHS to DVD was a major leap forward, one that has now (and for the past few years) been rewarded by replacing VHS almost across the board, as the defacto standard for home video. The step from DVD to HD/BR, seems minor in comparison. Is the PQ better, yes. Is that...

Alex-A and Jason-V on page 1 pretty much summed up my POV, (along with a few others here). For my viewing pleasure, SD-DVD is just find. Can you find a poor Pict Qual SD-DVD, sure, but they are relatively far and few between, and in my humble opinion, the quality of releases continues to get...