if Sony had been around earlier - format wars

a third hd dis format is threatening to br introduced in the summer. so far, the players and software have not caught the imagination, or money of the general public.

Having read so much about format wars, I was not going to click on this thread.....I am sure glad I did. Compliments to all for your wit!

A subject that just won't WITher away.....
(sorr)

imagine struggling with alternative vinyl formats at the same time

not lps 78s and 45s
clearly lp won out even if it took a while at places like Blue NOte in the early 50's

imagine vinyl with two incompatible formats

frankly blueray and hd won't hit well with 95% of consumers because they won't want to buy the same movies twice

As I remember, back in the '70s Quad was just the same as we have today--It required dif. cartridges to play the different companies' vinyl---There we had vinyl with 2 incompatible formats. ---Regarding buy the same movie twice---We early adaptors are hoping for release of maybe a hybird disc with both formats on the disc--for all the upcoming 'new' movies.--Some movies are already this way--Some are released in the new format at the same time as the standard disc.---Much like how it was with dvd when it started.A lot of the early dvd purchaces were of older movies till they ramped up with 'all' the new releases. I have rented most everything I want to see at Netflix,in HD-DVD----So, I may pick up a BD player,soon. I saw the Samsung for 499 on line;tempted I am.

LG is out with a player that plays both HD-DVD's and Blu-Ray discs.

John