Attention early adopters!

[Canada]

Originally Posted by Gremal

Yes, I mean YOU. All of us who own blu-ray discs are early adopters.

If you've never been an early adopter before, you might not know that:

* Product doesn't always materialize when you'd like it to.

* Format wars aren't won overnight.

* Release dates are subject to change.

* Retail store clerks often seem clueless about the product or title you're interested in.

* Distributors are sometimes late with new releases.

* Product may even be faulty/have quality control issues.

That's all NORMAL. If you can't deal with it, you have no business being an early adopter of any format or new technology. For those of you who are running around like chickens with your heads cut off, freaking out over every delayed title or bump in the road, stop and think for a minute. Ask yourself if you're really cut out to be an early adopter. If so, please use a more rational, long-term perspective of the first few years of Blu-ray rollout. If you can't see that perspective, maybe you're not cut out to be an early adopter. Most people are not.

Early adopters have to deal with higher prices, market uncertainty, technological glitches and cancelled or delayed releases. Again, that's NORMAL. Those who can't deal with such problems should focus on a mature technology that's been around for a decade or more like DVD or CD. The release dates rarely change, prices are low and there is no format war for you to stress over.

Just like a real war, battles are going to won and lost. Make no mistake this is going to be a format war of attrition. Just hold in there. We will win because we have greater storage, more studio support, and more consumers behind the Blu Ray product.