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Originally posted by: Hal 9000
DVD is good enough for me.
My TV isn't digital anyway. Commonfolk like me won't see a need to upgrade at all.
Nice new thread, bad_karma! I am in agreement with you and Hal. I don't feel a need to upgrade, even with added digital improvements, because it's only been about three years since I first got a DVD player. We don't need to have new formats replacing slightly older formats every few years, because that has the potential of flooding the market. But I think these new formats are going to remain fringe markets, at least for awhile longer, just based on trends in the past decade or two. The mini-disc had many advantages over CDs (like no skipping problems), and yet never took off. The same goes with laserdisc; multiple advantages, but somehow couldn't upset VHS. Maybe it's just that DVD and VHS formats are more consumer friendly than their higher-tech counterparts.