1997. $35 for a DVD version and $15 for a VHS version of the same movie. Most people obviously pay $20 less in favor of the picture quality and convenience of no rewind.
A few years ago, I would have been sent to a mental hospital for telling people that CRTs were going the way of the DoDo.
As I've said about BD. It's not being adopted as fast as DVD software-wise, but it's no where in the same region as LD, UMD, VCD, etc. - no matter others try to tell you otherwise. When 16-18% of some movies are being sold in the early years of a format, it's not a failure. All the "Blu-ray is doomed" article before BF that were frequent always failed to mention actual sales statistics and typical format adoption time lines.
Xbox 720 - definitely expect it to have a BD drive. Why? Games will need more space and optical media will definitely be the cheapest for a while. As you know, MS concentrates on taking any advantage away from Sony that they can, while Nintendo does it's own thing.
"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, IT IS THE LEADERS of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. IT WORKS THE SAME IN ANY COUNTRY." --Hermann Goering, leading Nazi party member, at the Nuremberg War Crime Trials
Conservatives: Pushing for a small enough government to be a guest in your living room, or even better - your uterus.
