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Dark Wind
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Manhattan, Kansas
Posts: 6,004
Car: 1993 Honda Prelude Si (H22a Swap)
Mods: JDM H22a Swap, Greddy SS Header, Greddy SP Cat Back, Car Sound highflow Cat, Skunk2 Cam gears (tuned), Light weight Flywheel, AEM CAI and Short Ram (I switch for different things). ON THE WAY: JUN Valve Train, Jun High Comp Pistons and JUN Flywheel
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I guess.
But, IIRC, isn't Blu-Ray (and HD DVD for that matter) getting off to a faster start than DVD did? Not to mention the price drops on Blu-Ray and HD DVD are coming much faster than they did for DVD.
Lastly, aren't the prices on HDTV's dropping dramatically? I think it's very far fetched for him to 'assume' that consumers aren't 'impressed' with the leap from 480p to 1080i/p. In fact, when I have friends over, they are very impressed with the quality of 1080p, many of them now looking into good sets and players for themselves.
I think this is pretty bogus, and a poor attempt to down play the significance (from a consumer standpoint) of high definition entertainment, and it's entirely too drenched in "well I can't afford it, so I assume everyone else can't either".
Not to mention he ignores the fact that it took around 3 years for DVD to reach a price drop to $300, which HD DVD is already at, and Blu-Ray is quickly approaching. Then he ignores that it took 1year to sell 1 Million DVD players. Blu-Ray and HD DVD sold 1 Million players in under a year, and there are currently around 3.7 Million Blu-Ray capable players in consumers homes. Funny how he didn't mention those things...
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