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[QUOTE]Originally posted by PsyLiam: [QB] Er, yes. I would like to point out that all DVD players receiving an upgrade to support MPEG-4 is about as likely as Simon fitting into a pair of hot pants. What we buy is largely determined by very big companies. They told us to get rid of our vinyl records, and buy CD's, because they were better. And lo and behold, we did. A decade later, admitedley, but still. When the companies went off on their own, they got failures (CD-I for one, Minidisc for another AND DON'T START!). When they all worked together, they got successes (CD's, and DVD's). It's took them around 10 years to get everyone buying CD's. It's taken them 4 years to get us to start buying DVD players and Widescreen TV's (and they still aren't at the point of CD success). Can you really imagine them turning around and saying "Oh, we're now going to release a NEW DVD format, so that all you who have bought DVD players will feel really pissed off! BWAHAHAHAHA!" They're not selling to computer nerds who are quite happy to upgrade their computer every year. They are trying to sell to the general public, who hate anything remotely new. We won't be seeing these new discs getting mass-market penetration any time soon. At best, they'll become the new laserdisc. At worst, they'll be a foot-note, until, in 10 years time, Sony and Philips deceide will all need to upgrade our stuff again. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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