Domestic Abuse by Jeremy Lambros for October 13, 2009

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    Robert May Premium Member about 15 years ago

    It shouldn’t have been Blue Ray, it should have been HD-DVD. IMHO

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    Drewcman424  about 15 years ago

    It was my understanding that Blu-ray won the fight with HD. So shouldn’t it be HD?

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    DarkHorseSki  about 15 years ago

    My thoughts exactly. Blue-ray won, HD-DVD lost. Great idea for a comic, just ruined by ignorance of the facts.

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    secretasianman1270  about 15 years ago

    ‘cept that Blu-Ray, much like the big laser-discs… the betamax… and the mini-disc will probably fall by the wayside eventually because it’s too bleeep expensive.

    Why would the average consumer spend two or three times as much for a movie and most of them can’t tell the difference (or don’t have the high end tv’s or sound-equipment to really enjoy the difference)

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    jumbobrain  about 15 years ago

    Okay, I’ve ripped on this comic before. But this one is actually pretty clever.

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    farren  about 15 years ago

    Laser discs didn’t fail because they were too expensive. They failed because DVDs came along. Betamax didn’t fail because it was too expensive. It failed because VHS was much more widespread, and Beta was only Sony. Mini-disks didn’t fail because they were too expensive, they failed because they weren’t useful. Blu-Ray is getting cheaper by the month - I saw a Blu-Ray player selling for $169 just last week, and movies have been less than $10 for a while now. Not the best movies, to be sure, but still… Blu-Ray is going to be around a while, get used to it.

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    Drewcman424  about 15 years ago

    Sounds like a few people missed the boat on this one. The object of debate isn’t whether or not blu-ray or any of the other objects mentioned is/were too expensive. It is, however, about whether or not the defunct product was blu-ray, or the loser of the fight, HD DVD.

    I believe Mr. Lambros meant to say that betamax and new coke explained it to an HD DVD, not a blu-ray disc.

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    MatureCanadian  about 15 years ago

    I disagree with drewcman, sorry.

    What betamax and new coke have in common with blu-ray is that it was going to be “the next best thing” and both bombed due to consumer disinterest.

    I have a working betamax, a working vhs & a working dvd player. Why on earth would I rush out and buy a blu ray player in this economy? To say nothing of the existing library of data I have that cannot be replaced? For example, taped the Muppet Show, sans commercials for my sons and we still put them on. The dvd’s and vhs copies that were sold didn’t have the full shows. Disney trying to make the most $ out of someone (Jim Henson) elses’ efforts I guess. But that makes my copies irreplaceable. So blu-ray can go whistle. Thanks Mr. Lambros, I agree with YOU!

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