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I also feel bad for the buyers, mainly those not "in the know".

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grantv

In Reply to: RE: I found this particular format war MOST interesting posted by DavidLD on February 18, 2008 at 05:03:38

I feel worst for the people who don't come to these types of sites, who would likely assume (and rightly so) that the format wouldn't just dissappear. Particularly those for whom the purchase was perhaps a stretch. Just how long do you keep your obsolete player? Do you continue buying movies? And then what if a few years down the road your player dies...? Is THAT when you cut your losses? At least most who visit sites like this regularly, were aware of the potential failure of their format.

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Us SACD adopters had it worse...Laserdisc adopters, too - Jazz Inmate 13:43:12 02/18/08 (2)
Really, HD DVD was short-lived. My motto is: feel sorry for the people in Africa or others who really deserve it...not for early adopters who get burned trying to dabble in new technologies.
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"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
- RE: Us SACD adopters had it worse...Laserdisc adopters, too - usafwso 22:31:40 02/18/08 (0)
  I have a lot of SACD's and a Sony SCD-1 that is now used on a secondary system. Really for me, since I got the Chord Red Reference CD player, it is Redbook of course, will play the CD layer of a hybrid SACD. But, SACD is really now behind me. Still have a Pioneer LD-22 LD player, but rarely watch it anymore. It was great in it's day. I might have to unload it on Ebay.
- Ouch. Point taken. - grantv 13:50:47 02/18/08 (0)
  As for LD and SACD:
  -LD was fairly long lived, so I think they pay-off was semi-reasonable.
  -SACD, I thought this format was still kicking, no? I always thought it the better alternative as DVD-A necessitated a screen IIRC.

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