[NefCanuck]

habmann,Oct 11 2006, 09:18 PM Wrote:And i thought this was gonna shape up to be a betamax vs vhs thing. I'm still holding off to see if either of these survive or something comes out and wipes them both out. Anyone remember the laser disk which was supposed to replace CD's and VHS. Never really went anywhere, could this be the same thing all over again.
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The only thing that these two new formats have over other formats that have come and gone is the fact they play existing DVD's, so don't render entire collections worthless. Laser disk players were doomed as a new format that was non-recordable and required an entirely new playback mechanism.

Having said that, I refuse to get into the whole Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD war because the benefits aren't worth the cost or hassle (My HDTV doesn't have HDMI connection, only DVI, for which there is a converter on the market, but no idea if it works).

If anyone thinks that Sony wins by having the PS3 play Blu-Ray, let me ask you this, how many of you that have PS2's ever played DVD's in your PS2 regularly and did you ever have to replace your PS2? Bet the answer if you said yes to the first question, is yes to the other.

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