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Originally Posted by atsonicpark
"But what if some other format like HD DVD becomes the new standard? Then blue-ray becomes obsolete. Thats danger in buying new technologies."
I think DVD will stay the standard. I don't know a single person who even has an HDTV.. and those who want one sure as hell don't want to pay even more for DVD's.
Personally, I still buy VHS (cheap as fuck and I usually don't care about special features and shit anyway and the picture's usually not that bad, so..), but I'll buy DVD's too. I sure as hell ain't buying blu-rays or HD-DVD's, and I think I represent the majority when I say that.
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Thats kinda what I was getting at, to some extent. Theres no guaruntee that any new technology will catch on. There will eventually be a format that replaces the DVD, or at least becomes the standard (much like DVD did to VHS). But will it be blue-ray or HD dvd? Who knows. It may be something much further down the road as well.
What I was saying was that its dumb to invest in something very new like this, because:
a) it may not catch on well, much like betamax and laserdisc
b) if it does catch on and become the standard in a year or two, its gonna be a hell of a lot cheaper than it is now. Remember how fucking expensive DVD players were when they first came out? They were several hundred dollars. Now its easy to find a basic DVD player for less than $50.