Smidlee said:
Onimusha12 said:
Smidlee said:
Onimusha12 said:
When DVD came out, people were eager to adopt a digital format that wouldn't decay over time and could be navigated without fast forwarding or rewinding. DVD was a break through in convenience.
HD Formats just offer a prettier picture if you have an HD-TV. You'll forgive the consumer if they're not as motivated to begin rebuilding the library they've spent the last ten years building. |
Actually the thing that sold DVD over VHS was the fact you could put a lot more on a DVD (extras). Guess what, even in HD you can put more on Blu-ray than on DVD. Again you don't have to rebuild your library when Blu-Ray players can play DVDs. |
And how do you figure that? Considering extra features and bonus content didn't even have a nitche until well after DVD was established I think we can handily call your reasoning the well wishing of someone who wants to believe HD formats will recieve the same warm welcome. |
Well I'm only going on by what the experts said on world news of why DVD was one of the fastest selling product ever. The very first dvd movie I remember renting had extras.
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The first DVDs had such wonderful extras as menus, chapter stops, alternate languages and subtitles. No suprise that DVD didn't take off immediately. The first DVD I recall making a big splash was The Matrix, which was the right movie to come along just as the players were hitting mass market prices, and that was loaded with extras. The best DVDs in the early days were New Line's, which were lower priced than some studios (several had $30 or more as the MSRP), and often jammed with extras (see Blade or Austin Powers). I firmly believe that it was those DVDs that drove the format's success, not the picture quality or the ability to skip around the film.
