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p@mast3rs wrote on 10/23/2005, 3:38 PM
Two totally different beasts IMO.

JVC wont win anything basically because their products suck. D-VHS is tape oriented as opposed to optical discs for HD-DVD/Blu Ray.

Sadly though, the longer both camps drag their feet getting a product to market, the more revenue they are missing out on. Funny enough, the reason RIAA/MPAA/etc... are slow to adopt new revenue streams is the fear of piracy and their desire to protect their content. And everything they have tried to this point has been defeated yet they continue to try. If they would have embraced pay downloads ala ITunes years ago, profits would have been much higher than they are today.

Sorry for the sorta off topic but I just dont see consumers going back to a tape format when we have all become used to a disc format especially since DVHS would REQUIRE a new player and having to purchase all new content whereas I believe HD-DVD will still play old DVDs. Not sure about Blu Ray.
farss wrote on 10/23/2005, 3:52 PM
D-VHS is an interesting concept AND it keeps all those worried about pircay happy although as soon as any DRM scheme is cracked D-VHS would be a cheap way to distribute the unlocked content.
D-VHS as I understand it makes a bit copy only, so if you were to record say a HiDef movie off air you haven't bipassed the encryption, you still need whatever decoder the original content required to play it.
Yes it's tape based but they're pretty cheap tapes (regular VHS).
Bob.
p@mast3rs wrote on 10/23/2005, 4:12 PM
But to win over the consumer, how would they provide for the consumer to watch their older content without having to have two different set top players? I like D-VHS but I just dont see the consumer accepting what they would perceive as a step backwards going to tape from a digital disc.
Coursedesign wrote on 10/23/2005, 6:31 PM
June 15, 2006

HD-DVD/Blu Ray?

Remember those? That was so 2005!

While the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray camps were busy squabbling, they didn't notice the new HVD (Holographic Video Discs) appearing, with 200GB per disc for now, and Terabytes on the horizon. Inherently better reliability too, because if part of a disc is damaged, the rest of the disc still has all the information...

Still, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs will get a place of honor in the Smithsonian, in memory of the little discs that nearly could.