[Groop] Comic Formats

[EUGENE PHILLIP]

Thanks for your comment.  I'm sure "optical" will be around for a while, but will DVD+R, DVD-R, HD DVD, or a blue laser DVD be the best format to use for my brother-in-law's old wedding tapes which are on Beta?
I'm glad someone at Imation recognizes there is a point of consumer resistance.  But they'll hire a psychologist to figure out how to overcome that resistance.  
I like to rant about format wars because I've lived through many.  I'm also opposed to the use of psychological manipulation in the marketplace to promote herd procurement.  I'm a conservative, so I think these "marketing" techniques should only be applied to other countries.  America is good for you!!!  Ask your doctor!
I forget that many members of the Groop are involved in marketing.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: CrazySketchbook at aol.com 
  To: groop at groo.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:59 PM
  Subject: Re: [Groop] Comic Formats


  In a message dated 5/25/04 5:44:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ephillip at worldnet.att.net writes:
      It worked for movies since I own 2000 Beta tapes, 200 VHS tapes, and 20
    DVDs which will also be obsolete in a couple years.
  Yes, except the formats are (for the time being) sticking to optical... which means that they will generally be backwards-compatible.  I once talked to one of the research scientists at Imation in Minnesota, who was showing me the new blue-disc technology and things like that.  He mentioned that lack of backwards-compatibility has actually been a factor that discourages consumers from buying into a new format, at times hurting the company moreso than helping it with re-packaging old products.  I know I've passed up the opportunity to buy some movies I enjoy on VHS in DVD, simply because there are more brand-new DVDs that aren't available in any previous format that I want.


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