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Dead horses, format wars and consumers...

Posted by SF tech on January 7, 2008 at 16:54:19:

The fallout, in the last few days, of the latest HD nuclear exchange has been illuminating. A perusal of the latest posts at AVS tells an interesting story...

One format to rule them all. HD-DVDers vow to never purchase BluRay hardware OR software.

BluRayers smugly insist they knew all along that HD-DVD would fail.

This is the new economic-ideological warfare.

The desire to be on the winning side, coupled with the desire to be "right" at all costs reflects a narcissistic trend in society... where it's better to "win" than to be satisfied.

Whether "Warn-A-Brother's" (sic) decision is the final blow or not... Why do we care?

We can either buy a product because it meets our needs/expectations, or we don't buy it. It's that simple.

This format war was fought in people's minds... not in their living rooms.

Regards,
SF