I checked out the website of this new "standard" A few things I noticed 1) There's no mention of the disc-format exclusive 5-speaker Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS. Only 3 channel Dolby Surround. 2) These are on tapes, they must be rewound, no chapter skipping or interactive features. 3) Since these are tapes, shouldn't they also suffer from quality degradation over time? 4) DVD is too captivating for users to switch back to tapes, even digital ones. Once you get hooked on DVD, you will always view tapes as inferior. 5) Sales of players are extremely high, the market is already huge. Playstation 2 will firmly root the installed base into the ground. - Amon CMB
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I checked out the website of this new "standard" A few things I noticed 1) There's no mention of the disc-format exclusive 5-speaker Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS. Only 3 channel Dolby Surround. 2) These are on tapes, they must be rewound, no chapter skipping or interactive features. 3) Since these are tapes, shouldn't they also suffer from quality degradation over time? 4) DVD is too captivating for users to switch back to tapes, even digital ones. Once you get hooked on DVD, you will always view tapes as inferior. 5) Sales of players are extremely high, the market is already huge. Playstation 2 will firmly root the installed base into the ground.
- Amon CMB