AndrewW Posted February 15, 2007 Author Share Posted February 15, 2007 In our haste to work Who has time to work ? :ph34r: Andrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokiin Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 do you support the original contention that Blu-ray has nothing to do with DVD? The technology may differ but while we have Blu-Ray players that also play DVD's then it becomes a bit less clear to the average consumer, how would your average sales drone go explaining to the consumer that the player is not related to DVD, it's totally new, something you just have to get, oh and it plays your DVD's as well...... so it's not DVD, but it plays DVD, the average consumer may have a bit of trouble with understanding it. People have DVD recorders and still talk about taping their favorite shows on DVD, when did DVD become a tape format, did we miss another format war Even people with PVR's talk about taping their favorite shows, no tape in PVR's either (unless of course Topfield are working on some other 'coming soon' model that has so far escaped the super sleuths on this forum), people just use terms that they are familiar with, not every consumer is tech savvy, if you start speaking techlonese © too often you scare away the customers. The marketing machine just dumb things down so that consumers don't feel stupid, they are all about selling products not educating consumers on technical terms, for some reason these new formats seem to attract the most zealous of fans, someone in another thread went to the trouble to point out HD DVD was the correct term, not HD-DVD as was commonly being posted by the ill informed, obviously less intelligent individuals that frequent these forums, does it matter how you spell it, hell no, half the people on forums can't even spell (or type like a 15 year old sending a text message anyway ) /end rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaggs1503560016 Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Blu Rinse, like HD-DVD, is based on the technology that made DVD a reality. However, to call it DVD-related is unfair to the format. Fair? Was DVD fair to VHS & S-VHS? Come on, your pulling my leg Daniel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momaw Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Who has time to work ? :ph34r: Andrew. that's why I'm still here at 5.30 and likely to still be here at 6.30! Doh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaggs1503560016 Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 People have DVD recorders and still talk about taping their favorite shows on DVD, when did DVD become a tape format, did we miss another format war Even people with PVR's talk about taping their favorite shows, no tape in PVR's either You nailed it.. DVD is a word in the public domain, and becomes part of the english language. Sony was part of the original DVD consortium anyways weren't they? So who is too say their faction wasn't the true successor? Daniel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momaw Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Fair? Was DVD fair to VHS & S-VHS? Come on, your pulling my leg Daniel. now there we go. Ignoring the competing formats, S-VHS was vastly superior to CHS, yet it lasted a whole 5 mins. Shame cause my S-VHS player was the best I ever had. Got it at the same time as a DVD player and as such it got next to no use. You nailed it.. DVD is a word in the public domain, and becomes part of the english language. Sony was part of the original DVD consortium anyways weren't they? So who is too say their faction wasn't the true successor?Daniel. Um, the DVD forum. Does that make windows public domain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokiin Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Sony was part of the original DVD consortium anyways weren't they? So who is too say their faction wasn't the true successor? But so was Toshiba so I'm not sure that's such a good comparison, actually I think from memory Toshiba even released their DVD player first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydrology Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Fair? Was DVD fair to VHS & S-VHS? Come on, your pulling my leg Daniel. Im sorry, but I dont understand what you meant with this comment. If I was truly a HD-DVD only zealot, I wouldve said the opposite and been happy to tarnish BR with the same brush. Im not saying DVD is bad, but we've, or rather Ive, moved on from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaggs1503560016 Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 now there we go. Ignoring the competing formats, S-VHS was vastly superior to CHS, yet it lasted a whole 5 mins. Shame cause my S-VHS player was the best I ever had. Got it at the same time as a DVD player and as such it got next to no use.Um, the DVD forum. Does that make windows public domain. I think you'll find "windows" used to be a public word.. 1 window, 2 windows.. Daniel. Im sorry, but I dont understand what you meant with this comment. If I was truly a HD-DVD only zealot, I wouldve said the opposite and been happy to tarnish BR with the same brush. Im not saying DVD is bad, but we've, or rather Ive, moved on from it. What I meant was.. * could you really believe that whether its fair or not has anything to do with anything? * had you forgotten about how DVD suceeded VHS when feeling sorry for how its not "fair" for the format. i.e the pot calling the kettle black I apologies if my comments are really that unclear. Is everyone else having trouble following me? Daniel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydrology Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I think you'll find "windows" used to be a public word.. 1 window, 2 windows.. Daniel. What I meant was.. * could you really believe that whether its fair or not has anything to do with anything? * had you forgotten about how DVD suceeded VHS when feeling sorry for how its not "fair" for the format. i.e the pot calling the kettle black I apologies if my comments are really that unclear. Is everyone else having trouble following me? Daniel. You seem to be stuck on my use of the word "fair" in my original post. BR is not DVD, it is a very distant cousin, which is what I was referring to in my post, based on another members comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momaw Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I think you'll find "windows" used to be a public word.. 1 window, 2 windows.. Daniel. What I meant was.. * could you really believe that whether its fair or not has anything to do with anything? * had you forgotten about how DVD suceeded VHS when feeling sorry for how its not "fair" for the format. i.e the pot calling the kettle black I apologies if my comments are really that unclear. Is everyone else having trouble following me? Daniel. While I agree regarding succession, I don't recall any actual print from the DVD forum on manufactourers saying DVD was the successor to VHS. Thats a tag that came way down the track and from retailers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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