Dumping My DVD Collection on Ebay

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:37:36 -0500, "Matthew L. Martin"
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wrote:
On 9 Dec 2005 08:42:43 -0800, "Goro" wrote:



DVD-BRD will be a very long migration process for me. It might be so
long that i endup on whatever format follows BRD.


When DVD was first on the horizon, LD fans had said the same thing to
DVD. I won't replace my LD collection anytime soon, many titles won't
be available on DVD ever, etc.

I still have ~750 LDs, most of the titles are not available on DVD.

Look what happended not ten years in.

HD DVD will do to DVD what DVD did to LD. When the studios have a
format ironed out, they will push the new format to skin the same cow
a few more times, that's how they make money from their catalog.

It might take HD DVD a bit longer to make DVD redundant but the end is
near for DVD, especially when the studios can pack HD DVD and SD DVD
on the same disc.

You might be right, but there are real differences between LD and DVD in
the market at the introduction of the successor.

LD was in a extended year over year decline of sales when DVD came out.
There probably under 1 million LD player owners that bought LDs
DVD didn't require the purchase of a new display for image improvement
DVDs cost significantly less to buy than LDs

DVD sales may have peaked, but the are not in an extended decline
There are tens of millions of people who are actively buying DVDs
HD-DVD/BR requires the purchase of expensive display for improved image
Who knows where the studios will position HD-DVD/BR prices.

I think HD-DVD/BR will take a lot longer to displace DVD than it took
for DVD to displace LDs.

Matthew


Great observation.

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:43:29 GMT, NunYa Bidness
wrote:


That might be called witty were it not for the fact that it is
totally retarded. You are lucky you are anonymous or my
shillelagh would address that hollowness you have in your skull.



Crawl away.






"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:31:40 GMT, "Large Farva"
wrote:


I bought Point Break and Red Dragon at Walmart for $11 total. There. Now you
can shut the **** up.


Who are you?






"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:09:16 GMT, Justin wrote:

All DVD's... interesting claim.

New Sin City is $26.... don't remember paying $52 a year ago.

He wrote 5 years, not one year.



don't remember paying $52 five years ago.

You really are a moron.

"That's because DVD's now cost half as much as they did 5 years ago."

I'll say it again... Bull****.






"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:45:13 GMT, NunYa Bidness
wrote:

Many laser discs were upwards of $72, you ****ing idiot. Some were
over $100. You know abso****inglutely NOTHING.

Who mentioned Lase Discs?

Your sig is retarded. The way you add it is retarded. Therefore YOU
are retarded.

Crawl away.






"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:46:07 GMT, NunYa Bidness
wrote:

**** off and die and realize that not a soul gives a ****.

Still here?






"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:37:36 -0500, "Matthew L. Martin"
wrote:

You might be right, but there are real differences between LD and DVD in
the market at the introduction of the successor.

LD was in a extended year over year decline of sales when DVD came out.
There probably under 1 million LD player owners that bought LDs
DVD didn't require the purchase of a new display for image improvement
DVDs cost significantly less to buy than LDs

DVD sales may have peaked, but the are not in an extended decline
There are tens of millions of people who are actively buying DVDs
HD-DVD/BR requires the purchase of expensive display for improved image
Who knows where the studios will position HD-DVD/BR prices.

I think HD-DVD/BR will take a lot longer to displace DVD than it took
for DVD to displace LDs.

It's true that DVD is the first to establish a sale thru market for
movies so I agree HD/BR DVD won't finish off SD DVD cleanly in a short
period of time.

Studios are counting more and more on DVD sales as part of their
profits. For new releases, the hybrid HD/SD DVD will do continue the
sale thru. So from a studio's sales point of view, HD DVD isn't
primarily aiming at new releases but catalog titles, one which you've
already purchased a DVD for.

That's why the James Bond movies, LOTR movies catalog rights still
worth a bundle because studios can resell them few more times over.

The biggest obstacle for HD DVD is the higher priced HDTV set but
that's not the case anymore. A 32" 4/3 Sony 4-5 years ago was selling
for $1000, the same as a 32" 16/9 LCD is selling now.

To say HD DVDs won't sell because it needs a HDTV set is like saying
SD DVD won't sell because there're a lot of older TV without a
RCA/component input.

When I first saw the first gen DVD player in action, I thouhgt it was
a little pixalated and LD had a better picture. The second gen DVD
player was a bit better but I thought, why would anyone replace their
LD with DVD for marginal picture improvement.

Well, you know what happended next.

Allan wrote:
On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:09:16 GMT, Justin wrote:

All DVD's... interesting claim.
New Sin City is $26.... don't remember paying $52 a year ago.
He wrote 5 years, not one year.


don't remember paying $52 five years ago.
You really are a moron.

"That's because DVD's now cost half as much as they did 5 years ago."

I'll say it again... Bull****.

I started buying DVDs a little less than five years ago. There's not
much price difference. Of course, certain titles become cheaper if
they're on clearance, or if they're replaced by better versions, but the
price of the "typical" new release DVD is about the same.



John

--


Von Herzen, moge es wieder zu Herzen gehen. --Beethoven

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:02:55 -0500, Allan
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On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:43:29 GMT, NunYa Bidness
wrote:


That might be called witty were it not for the fact that it is
totally retarded. You are lucky you are anonymous or my
shillelagh would address that hollowness you have in your skull.



Crawl away.

Is that what you call you absolutely vacuous responses to everyone?

Yes, little boy, you are crawling away from yet another absolutely
stupid thread that you started with an absolutely ****ing retarded
post. You have to live with your stupidity. We do not. So when you
spew, you will be called out as the ****tard lamer that you are.
Too bad that it is YOU that has to live with your stupidity. You are
truly sad.

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:03:28 -0500, Allan
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On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:31:40 GMT, "Large Farva"
wrote:


I bought Point Break and Red Dragon at Walmart for $11 total. There. Now you
can shut the **** up.


Who are you?

He is ten times more of a real person than you will ever be.

Why do you make such retarded response posts? Does it make you feel
like a real man? Does you dick sprout to a whole 3.25" as opposed to
your normal 3" max? Sad either way... little boy.