HD DVD is dying

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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited January 2008
    jazzisnumberone wrote: »
    My question is why have 2 competing formats and then have 1 die so soon. Competition is so much better whatever the formats are. Also with competition prices would be better.

    You answered your own question. Ultimately, the consumer gets screwed if there is no competition.

    A year or two from now the industry will probably introduce another breakthrough format and race will begin again. The same thing has been occurring for the past ten years with big screen TVs.
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  • lanion
    lanion Posts: 843
    edited January 2008
    Yah, but previous HD-format sales probably never topped 20k.... I think this will be the last non digital-distribution format. At least, maybe until 1TB of flash memory is cheaper than bandwidth costs.
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  • Monster Jam
    Monster Jam Posts: 919
    edited January 2008
    My thoughts on the format war and the future of digital media:

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50198&page=2&highlight=download
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited January 2008
    so HD TV is dead.......man that did not take long...........these TV electronic folks really need to get out more, there is a whole world out there full of music.

    Long live 2-channel.

    RT1
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited January 2008
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    so HD TV is dead.......man that did not take long...........these TV electronic folks really need to get out more, there is a whole world out there full of music.

    Long live 2-channel.

    RT1

    No man HD DVD is. HD TV is going strong and well. Long live Multichannel audio Lossless and 1080p.

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