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- Ronald Epstein
Those of you that are readers of The Digital Bits,
surely are aware of the industries move to
introduce High-Definition DVD to the
consumer marketplace.
This introduction of a superior DVD format comes
with the usual wranglings between several major
manufacturers (Sony and Panasonic; Warner Brothers;
Toshiba) who are geared to start yet another format
war which only results in the consumer being hurt.
Home Theater Forum has joined in a campaign
alongside other Home Theater/DVD websites to urge
all these companies to come together, sit down, and
decide on ONE HD-DVD FORMAT. If they don't
do this, we as consumers will be faced with at least
three separate formats with any one's future uncertain.
It is the opinion of this forum that the TOSHIBA
format is the best format on the table. It uses
the blue laser technology, is backward compatable
with today's DVD standards and it promises to be
home recordable. But we urge you all to read the
articles posted on THE DIGITAL BITS about
all 3 proposed formats.
The articles are available here:
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#hdwar
Also....
We would like to create a UNIFIED WEBPAGE
that will act as an official website for our campaign.
This website should not only list the specifications
of all three currently proposed formats, but should
urge these manufacturers to break their barriers
and come together to create ONE HD-DVD FORMAT.
If anyone out there is interested in putting together
a webpage please email: [email protected]
So far, www.dvdsite.org has volunteered to host
the campaign page. As you can see, there are no
egos here from site to site -- just people that
want to get a message out.
Any website that wants to join in this cause should
copy the above banners and post them on your website.
We also welcome discussion in this thread. It is
very important that this discussion helps all of
us to come up with ideas of how to further promote
this campaign.
The Internet has a voice. If we don't encourage
manufacturers to introduce the next generation of
DVD as a single format, all of us are going to suffer.
Please discuss. Please help.