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Originally posted by: jimbo
HD-DVD - 1920 x 1080
SD-DVD - 720 x 480
VHS - 320 x 240
The difference in quality between HD-DVD and SD-DVD is huge. Even greater then the difference between DVD and VHS. HD-DVD has twice the resolution of D-VHS, 3x the resolution of HDTV, and 6x the resolution of SD-DVD. The worst looking HD-DVD will be alot better then the best looking SD-DVD. To say that the picture quality won't be much better must come from a person who has never seen a D-VHS movie on a good HDTV. Its amazing. Also unlike Sonys junk HD-DVD can be manufactored with the same assembly lines as current DVDs. With that HD-DVD will be very cheap. Laserdisc and D-VHS were both niche formats because they offered higher quality at the expense of cost and convience. HD-DVD offers much much better quality with all the cheap cost and convience.
Your missing the point. Cost and convenience don't matter. If the average consumer sees no reason to upgrade, they won't get it, and it will die right there. And at this point the average consumer sees no reason to upgrade. The majority of Americans won't benefit much anyway as most don't own an HDTV.
And where are you getting all this that HD-DVD will be cheap? It will need an entirely new player, it uses a different codec, etc.