Some of the stupidest things ever said about DVD

Jonathan Dagmar · 05-01-2003, 05:47 PM

I came across this accidently just now, and I am most amused at the downright stupid things people have said about DVD over the years....

http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/talk...ack_58606.html

Jesse Skeen · 05-01-2003, 07:21 PM

Well, us laser people had legitimate concern that DVD would be a "Joe Sixpack" format yet still kill off laserdisc, leaving enthusiasts with nothing. Thankfully that hasn't entirely happened, though it is disturbing that a few brand-new movies have been issued only in pan and scan which would probably be in widescreen on LD if it were still around, and a number of catalog titles have come out only in pan and scan on DVD that were widescreen on LD but of course are now difficult to find.
Can't say I miss the prices though!

Steve Schaffer · 05-01-2003, 07:29 PM

If HD-DVD will only play back via HDCP-DVI connections as I fear, thus making it useless to 90+ of current HD-capable display owners, we will once again see a high end niche Home Theater Format, and dvd as we know it will indeed be a J6P format.

Jeremy Little · 05-01-2003, 07:29 PM

Quote:

"Fuck DVD"

---Kevin Smith

Steven Simon · 05-01-2003, 07:49 PM

The above quote was from Kevin Smith on the Chasing Amy Criterion dvd.... It can stay... This is an adult board...

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Jesse Skeen · 05-01-2003, 07:50 PM

You may also want to look at the Widescreen Review magazines when Dolby AC3 was first announced- there were pages of letters from people denouncing it because it was compressed and that they wouldn't be buying into it. For laserdisc the DTS system made a lot more sense for multichannel.

Jack Briggs · 05-01-2003, 11:54 PM

Resistance to new formats goes far, far back into the distant past. I've known people who, in eons gone by, wouldn't leave messages on answering machines.

If you think the hostility toward D-Theater is strong, wait until you see the first real threat to DVD. Because we think a high-def form of DVD will be so transcendent, we overlook the possibility of something altogether unexpected coming along and ripping the tablecloth out from under the technological status quo.

Zack West · 05-02-2003, 01:38 AM

I hope this is kind of on topic, looks like Microsoft is trying to get into the game: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9270

Nathan_R · 05-02-2003, 09:23 AM

What makes the Kevin Smith quote fun, though, is that it originally appeared on the Chasing Amy laserdisc.

My sentiments exactly at the time.

Best regards,

Brian Fitterman · 05-02-2003, 09:29 AM

Quote:

You may also want to look at the Widescreen Review magazines when Dolby AC3 was first announced- there were pages of letters from people denouncing it because it was compressed and that they wouldn't be buying into it. For laserdisc the DTS system made a lot more sense for multichannel.

Back when AC-3 first came out, WSR loved it. Then once DTS came out, that ended real fast, as well as my subscription (but that is for another thread).

I owned the first real consumer AC-3 decoder (Yamaha DDP-1) and was on of those people who waited anxiously for each AC-3 disc to come out.

Then in May of 1997 (living near NY I was in one of the 7 markets that released DVD in May) I was able to buy a DVD play and a few disks and any doubts about the format quickly went away. And the price was so much better than LD.

During the next couple of years I remember talking alot on the Stereo Review (remember that magazine) boards about which is better and will DVD become mass market, copy protection, compression woes, p