DVD OBSOLETE?!

[isasir]

<< I think manufacturers are grasping at straws considering that they are already losing the battle with DVD copying so rampant. Who knew that a coding mistake could've had such dire consequences for fair use rights? Seriously, D-VHS is a dead duck. Nobody cares about backwards compatibility when you can buy a good VCR for $200. >>



Hmm... I'm not familiar with the story for the bolded quote above. Anyone care to elaborate?

 

[darkjester]

DVDs are on the same track and pace as CDs were at the end of the cassette way of life. People thought CDs would never catch on, because you couldn't record them at home. Well, there went that. And now DVD-Rs are becoming more and more affordable.

A lot of you are right, I think... this is another laserdisc/minidisc/etc attempt at bringing in a new format. It won't work.

 

[StageLeft]

They're wasting their time. My dad still has a laserdisc player Just because something is better doesn't mean it will be adopted. The general public is unwilling to change formats all the time. Look at minidisc - it really hasn't done well in north america and CDs are the thing. Laserdisc was scrapped - the SVHS that sony introduced years back was, not surpsiringly, a total failure as well.

 

[exp]

<< Two grand sounds reasonable for a high quality home theatre compoment. >>



True, for rich folks and home theater enthusiasts this may make sense, but at that price there's no way this thing is going to replace DVDs for any significant portion of the population (which is what this thread was asking). And if the new HDVD players are backward compatible with DVDs then HVHS will be lucky if it even enjoys as much success as laserdiscs.



<< Yeah, but how expensive were DVD-players when they first came out? >>



Probably about the same price, I think, but didn't they take years to come down in price? If this new uber-tape format follows the same pattern it will only have short window of a few years between DVD and HDVD with which to attract a following.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Somebody should lose their job for even announcing this crap. VHS, it's the wave of the future - again.

 

[NelsonMuntz]

<< You are NOT going to achieve scene selection, multiple angles, and all the other goodies that you can get on DVD with a videotape, no matter how high the definition is. >>


Once again, I agree whole-heartedly with AndyHui. If you need to rewind and fast forward to get to your favorite parts and if it doesn't include the interactivity and added features of DVD with only a slightly improved picture quality, it isn't going to make much of an impact. The other issue has to do with rentals. I can just see the video stores now trying to stock VHS, DVHS and DVDs of every movie. What a nightmare! I personally think that VHS and DVD offer a lot of options between them and it will require a pretty substantial improvement for there to be a large impact from competing formats.

 

[beat mania]

<< They're wasting their time. My dad still has a laserdisc player Just because something is better doesn't mean it will be adopted. The general public is unwilling to change formats all the time. Look at minidisc - it really hasn't done well in north america and CDs are the thing. Laserdisc was scrapped - the SVHS that sony introduced years back was, not surpsiringly, a total failure as well. >>




SVHS was from JVC, not Sony. Sony's was Beta.

Personally, I'll be buying a DVHS deck once the price comes down to replace my SVHS deck. I'm in no hurry though.