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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Still too early to buy a high definition DVD player
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I wish the war of the formats for high definition DVDs was over - but it’s still raging. And it is way too early to declare a winner.
That means, if you buy a high definition player now - and then stock up on some of your favorite movies - there’s a chance that you’ll be stuck with expensive orphans. It sure happened in the ancient days when VHS video recorders competed with the (better) beta format.
I’m linking to a story that doesn’t surprise me. It talks about the lack of support for issuing discs with the regular DVD version on one side and the high definition version on other. That was one way to encourage sales - buyers would have something that they could use, even if the HD DVD format lost to its competitor - Blu Ray.
There will be one winner here - there always is when competing formats are in the market for consumer devices like this. But since even the people who follow this thing have no idea which one will win - it’s way too early to buy one.
I say that realizing that - if a person wants to be on the bleeding edge and has plenty of money - well, heck, it may not make much difference. But for people like me, it’s just too big of an investment, especially if you plan to buy and collect movies, to jump yet.
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