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windbane on 14 June 2007
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rocketpig said:
windbane said:

*sigh*

CDs were "proprietary" until Sony and Phillips introduced them. Yeah, that's right, CDs are more of a Sony format than blu-ray. I think those worked out well. What was that cool device that used CDs? Oh yeah, the Playstation 1.

DVDs weren't widely adopted until...what was that thing called...oh yeah, the Playstation 2.

Uh, no. While Sony had a hand in CD, Phillips was the real driving force whereas Blu-Ray is completely Sony.

And DVDs were widely adopted before the PS2, unless you consider 25m players sold in the US "not widely adopted". I'm sick and tired of that myth. DVDs were well on their way to dominance before the PS2 even released.


 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb335/is_200201/ai_hibm1G184313442

"LAS VEGAS--In a milestone for the home video industry, DVD players will outsell VCR decks for the first time in 2002 -- 16.25 million to 14.45 million, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) said in releasing its annual consensus forecast on the first day of the Consumer Electronics Show last week.

Consumers bought just over 13 million DVD players in 2001, making DVD the fastest product in consumer electronics history to reach a 25 percent household penetration rate, the organization reported. Overall, the consumer electronics industry is expected to rebound from a 2 ..."

The PS2 launched in 2000.