frybread on 15 December 2008
| kanariya said: BD will replace DVD in a few years jsut like DVD replaced VHS. |
The public liked DVD because:
1) It was smaller than VHS.
2) They were allowed to skip to any scene.
3) Freeze-frame pausing.
4) MOST OF ALL: No more rewinding. Rewinding was a huge pain, it would break vcrs (causing people to buy rewind machines) and if they forgot to rewind, Blockbuster would sometimes charge a penalty.
Oh, it also had a clearer picture. So did Laser Disc. So did Beta Max. Clear pictures do not sell formats to anyone except ... well, us geeks.
