Fence walkers frustrate me no end

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Originally Posted by jamclaur

I never bought Laserdisc. Before my time.

But there is a COMPLETE difference in buying something on VHS, DVD, Blu... When formats become outdated they can be replaced.

But it's silly to replace something with a format that's barely holding on by threads.

It is not different at all. When I purchased a tape or DVD, I knew that at some point the tech would change and I would probably have to repurchase certain titles. Big deal.

And HD DVD is not barely holding on - not even close. If everything was available in BR, then I could see your point that it might be silly to purchase HD DVD - but that is not the case. If you want to watch all the movies available in HD, you need both BR and HD DVD. Watching movies in HD is more important to me then the formats.