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Re: [News] Sony Claims Victory with Blu-Ray, 1.2 Million Holiday Sales of Linux-ready PS3s

____/ chrisv on Tuesday 08 January 2008 13:57 : \____

> Mark Kent wrote:
> 
>>Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> 
>>> The higher definition is for Hollywood. It helps when they can make old
>>> content 'expire' (no longer be playable). They are drying people up, so to
>>> speak, and people then have to go out and get some more. Same situation
>>> with Microsoft Office...
> 
> I don't think so, Roy.  DVD's will always be playable.  Unless you
> have evidence to the contrary?

VCRs and gramophones are getting harder to find and also become more expensive.
It's gradual phasing out of technology that won't last forever. The solution
is to make backward compatible technology (like ODF).
 
>>I'm sure they'll be looking forward to reselling all that same content.
> 
> This is a factor, no doubt.
> 
>>In a shopping mall in Canada over xmas, I saw lots of blue-ray films of
>>"old favourites" such as the terminator series.  Why would you buy those
>>/again/, I wonder?
> 
> I mostly stopped buying any movie discs once I discovered Netflix...

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