The Anarchyz said:
I lived the time of the video format war and the comparison is flawed. 1. Betamax and VHS were released at the same time and were rival formats from the start. 2. Betamax and VHS were a lot alike (Beta having the better quality), and the key to the format win was not the price, it was the lenght, VHS put more hours in a single T-120 than a Betamax cassette. By the time Betamax improved this the war was over. 3. JVC improved the VHS format with the VHS HQ has a quality near Betamax, with this the difference is almost impossible to see for the common eye. Now you're comparing this with the DVD/Blu-Ray situation??? let's see... 1. DVD launched in late 90's as the unified video format to avoid a war, Sony and Philips put their rules, and Toshiba and others like Matsushita put their rules as well. Blu-Ray launched in 2006 and it's not an unified format, he had to fight a war with HD-DVD (this is the real comparison). 2. DVD only handles 480i and 480p resolutions, Blu-Ray handles them and the HD-ones (720p, 1080i and 1080p), and HD-DVD did that as well... So they're a lot different, and they're not direct competitors. |
I also was alive during the VHS and Beta war and I do think that the comparison is a good one. Beta was defeated because of price more than length. Trust me.
Explain to me how in the blue hell DVD and Blu-Ray are not competitors. That's like saying that albums and cassettes weren't competitors because they came out at different times. Let me guess, you're one of those guys that claims that the Wii is in a different market than the 360 and the PS3. It's a good argument when you're getting trounced.
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