The HD Rants - 7b - Pricing Misconceptions
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Channel: Zaranyzerak · 2008 · Science & Technology
Join the Official World of Zaranyzerak discord server: https://discord.gg/BCE7zEdEGP HD Version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sGROKykMXk Website - http://www.zaranyzerak.com MY ALBUM, "Empire Building" - http://tinyurl.com/yebm2cc (also available on amazon and iTunes!) Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/zaranyzerak Audio Blog - http://zaranyzerak.tumblr.com Friday Night Chatroom - http://www.stickam.com/zaranyzerak Part 2 of the seventh in a series of rants by yours truly all about the wonderful world of Hi-Definition. Price. Yes, HD-DVD players were cheaper than Blu-Ray players, but was that a GOOD thing? I say no. Find out why... Blu-Ray kicked HD-DVDs ass in weekly sales from Feb 2007 until the end of the format war. Don't believe me? Let's look at the charts! And I'll even throw in a few notable events from the timeline so you know what was happening when those charts originally came out... HD-DVD was pretty much DOOMED from the start. The evidence was there for anyone who cared to LOOK at it. So why the heck did so many people think it was going to win? Based on WHAT, exactly? We'll probably never know...
