DVD Musings...
Okay, so now they want me to upgrade to some new Hi-Def DVD. And they can't even decide on one single format. There is Blu-Ray and there is HD-DVD. Both look good but neither of them can play together. Both are being shoved out into the marketplace together, at the same time.
How familiar does that sound? How STUPID does that sound?
Are these manufacturers so greedy that they hope we collectively won't remember the VHS vs Betamax war from the '80s? Hell, I remember. My brother picked Beta; guess what became of all his stuff when VHS won? He had to junk it all. Me, I still have VHS tapes today of rare stuff that I cherish. I don't plan on going through all that with this Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD war.
Besides, are these new formats THAT MUCH BETTER than regular DVDs? I LOVE my DVDs today. Okay, so these new ones claim to hold a little more information. There is a lot of cool extras today, but there is also a lot of crappy 'extras.' Do I really need 16 hours of semi-worthwhile stuff?
What about the picture? When DVDs first came out I was blown away by what I saw; the picture from a DVD is a quantum leap in quality above VHS. Is Blu-Ray or HD-DVD a quantum leap in quality above regular DVDs? From what little I've seen of the two Hi-Def DVD formats, I'd have to say no. I just don't see that huge a leap in picture quality that there was between VHS and the first DVDs.
Okay, so why are they doing this?
Could it be so that I can spend a ton of money re-purchasing every movie or show I just spent the last five years accumulating??
Are they kidding?
Screw 'em. I'm happy with my DVDs just the way they are. Until they come up with a format that has full-on holographic, Super Duper-Realistic 3-D with Smell-o-rama, I'm sticking with my old DVDs, and the people who brought us Blu-Ray and HD-DVD can flush themselves down the crapper.
How familiar does that sound? How STUPID does that sound?
Are these manufacturers so greedy that they hope we collectively won't remember the VHS vs Betamax war from the '80s? Hell, I remember. My brother picked Beta; guess what became of all his stuff when VHS won? He had to junk it all. Me, I still have VHS tapes today of rare stuff that I cherish. I don't plan on going through all that with this Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD war.
Besides, are these new formats THAT MUCH BETTER than regular DVDs? I LOVE my DVDs today. Okay, so these new ones claim to hold a little more information. There is a lot of cool extras today, but there is also a lot of crappy 'extras.' Do I really need 16 hours of semi-worthwhile stuff?
What about the picture? When DVDs first came out I was blown away by what I saw; the picture from a DVD is a quantum leap in quality above VHS. Is Blu-Ray or HD-DVD a quantum leap in quality above regular DVDs? From what little I've seen of the two Hi-Def DVD formats, I'd have to say no. I just don't see that huge a leap in picture quality that there was between VHS and the first DVDs.
Okay, so why are they doing this?
Could it be so that I can spend a ton of money re-purchasing every movie or show I just spent the last five years accumulating??
Are they kidding?
Screw 'em. I'm happy with my DVDs just the way they are. Until they come up with a format that has full-on holographic, Super Duper-Realistic 3-D with Smell-o-rama, I'm sticking with my old DVDs, and the people who brought us Blu-Ray and HD-DVD can flush themselves down the crapper.
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