LOL @ HD-DVD

**haohmaru** · 26 Mar 2007, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by MechDeus

I was just making a point about the progress of formats and why a person would buy one over another, not the actual real-world integration of LD. Cheebs said that DVDs did so great was because they offered so many improvements, yet the previous format which offered all those same improvements did not take the world by storm. DVDs offered the same upgrade (besides physical size) that HD-DVD/Blu-Ray offers, so obviously there were other factors at work that led to DVDs success besides what the discs themselves offered.

My counterpoint to this would be that many people, at the time, viewed LD's with marked skepticism because it offered as many drawbacks as it did features. Remember, when LD was released VHS was its largest competitor and movies were primarily rented and not owned. Typical "new" VHS releases of blockbuster movies were routinely priced from $99-$149 because they were geared towards rental. The thought of owning movies was still novel and unaccustomed to at that point and "regular" people wondered why such an expensive machine couldn't even record. LD's were coming down in price a couple of years before DVD entered the marketplace and were starting to get routinely priced at $39-49 and the DVD's were coming in $5-10 cheaper with more features and less drawbacks. LD was doomed.

**MechDeus** · 27 Mar 2007, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by haohmaru

Typical "new" VHS releases of blockbuster movies were routinely priced from $99-$149 because they were geared towards rental.

Even well after the release of DVDs new VHS tapes were that much, when owning them was commonplace you still had to wait a couple months before they dropped to a reasonable price.

**ElCapichan** · 30 Mar 2007, 02:09 AM

For those that are fans of Rescue Me, news is it is coming to BluRay same day as the DVD release on June 5.

http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/03/29...-on-bd-50-dis/
Poll any random group of HDTV owners about what non-HD station they wanted in high-def and you'll get two stations more than any other: Sci-Fi and FX. We can't help you with the first one today but Sony is releasing one of FX's amazing original TV series on Blu-ray. Plus it's going to be the first TV show released on the 50 GB disc. Rescue Me: The Complete Third Season will hit selves for $79.99 instead of $49.99 for the standard DVD release come May 3rd. Moreover, according to a conversion with one of their press agents today, Sony is considering season one and two for a Blu-ray release too. In case you're haven't been watching the show just because it wasn't in HD, you've been missing out. (Follows the life of post 9/11 firefighters & stares Denis Leary) Sure, high-def is great but content is important too. Now lets hope we can get some of FX's other original series like The Shield, Nip/Tuck, and their new one this season, The Riches on Blu-ray - or maybe the station in HD; that would do too.

Thats a little pricey, but the show is great, and already looks amazing on regular DVD.

**Razor Ramon** · 30 Mar 2007, 04:01 AM

I'll get it for free from the internet. The show isn't worth purchasing.

**Wildkat** · 12 Apr 2007, 07:15 PM

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/564

Interesting numbers, Sony recently released them to show the how much better Blu-ray is now selling over HD-DVD.

What everyone seems to miss, is BOTH formats are selling in pathetic numbers.

**Advocate** · 12 Apr 2007, 07:20 PM

I tried doing a Google search for the DVD sales. Nowhere to be found.

**Rumpy** · 12 Apr 2007, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by Wildkat

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/564

Interesting numbers, Sony recently released them to show the how much better Blu-ray is now selling over HD-DVD.

What everyone seems to miss, is BOTH formats are selling in pathetic numbers.

Pretty interesting, the top selling hddvd is very close number wise to it's blu ray cousn, only like 3k difference. But like I've said before, the HD disc market is still next to nothing, it's less than 1% of the DVD market.