theRepublic said:
I've got to disagree with that. A VHS player and a DVD player both worked perfectly in the same entertainment center. A BluRay player is only worth buying if you already have an HDTV. That's around a $1000 investment. That's still a big stumbling block for a lot of people. Add on top of that the expense of BluRay players and discs, and the limited advantages are just not worth it for the average consumer. I think the incentive to replace your VHS collection with DVDs probably helped DVD more than it hurt. The obvious improvment in convienence and quality was a motivation to buy and re-buy more DVDs. That hastened the adoption of DVD. I'm sure that the degradation that VHS suffers also forced a lot of people into rebuying their movies on DVD. |
You did read the next three paragraphs in my post, right? Things are expensive now, but they won't remain that way.