| kitler53 said: I just want to point out that's a big reason of why i'm NOT buying a blu-ray player. at the VHS to DVD transition i had a sense of urgency. i said to myself, "why the hell am i putting money into this VHS when it's going to be obsolete in 2 years and i'll just have to re-buy as a dvd?? i might as well just get the dvd now and be done with it." with the DVD to BRD transition i have no urgency. i say to myself, "whatever, the dvd is cheaper and if i ever get a blu ray player this dvd will play. besides, more pixels won't make this particular movie any better (<--assumes i'm buying something other then the summer blockbusters: batman, ironman, harry potter, ect.) so i'm just going to wait for a price drop before i spend my money" so yeah - BC is a great bullet point but it works against the format just as much as it works for the format.
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Wow... great point. I hadn't even thought of that, but I have to admit that worrying about investing too long in an "obsolete" technology has often pushed me to "upgrade". Take away the obsoletion factor, and I can imagine that would work against a new technology.
