It is after all a War-Zone
not like were supposed to be civil here. The British were civil during the Revolution and look where that got them Alot of Blue Users here have very thin skin, (maybe shows how nervous they are)
he he. As a Red user I must say. I stopped caring if either wins. LOL, I did some research and found out that this almost happened during the DVD inception and sort of did with DIVX (not the codec but the circuit city driven 48 hour rental platform they tried to force out). But they got Toshiba to tie in early and everything worked out.
In the end the PS2 as well as gradually decreasing in prices of players made the technology loved. But as I get more and more into research of why DVD overtook VHS. I found that it was really two factors (from those I interviewed on campus).
1. They never had to rewind the tapes.. I was shocked this was the overwhelming reason faculty and staff had changed over to DVD format.
2. DVD's take up less room storing them.
Well... I don't see either one of those being a reason for HD-DVD / Or Blue - Ray to win this time.
My survey came up with some interesting results. (only posting the interesting items)
Men over the age of 40 would only be persuaded to buy HD-DVD because Star-Trek would be released enhanced on it. (Remember these are University Professors primarily, so Bias toward geekness is high.)
Most people want to wait for one side to Win decidedly before investing in either technology.
More people were interested in digital distribution only if it involved a easy way to be portable without losing quality.
Just some interesting results of an unscientific poll I did at Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville.
