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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

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messiestobjects

Also, this video is an absolute must see. Tom Cruise has lost his sanity club card.

Sissy

No way! I think I saw that movie. Good flick. I remember feeling really bummed for those guys without the hd-dvd players. Poor guys.

messiestobjects

I know, right? But don't feel bad for them; they didn't have to be around for the tirade Hitler had on Blu-Ray. Better on the outside of a room with Hitler in it than on the inside, I always say.

Sissy

Blu-Ray has no idea what's in store.

Miss Luongo

This is why I'm not an early adopter. Well, this and the fact that I don't have money to blow. But we had an 8-track player...I know the heartbreak of betting on the losing technology.

messiestobjects

You can still buy 8-track players at flea markets and such, so if you blew a bunch of money on 8-tracks, you can still listen to them.

That's what is known as the Early Adopter's Solace: My HD DVD player will last a long time, and I'm sure I'll be able to pick up used ones for years to come, so at least I'll be able to watch my HD DVD discs for a while yet. Like those dudes that still had Betamax players on their console shelves as late as 2002, when the Betamax product line was actually finally discontinued. I bet that's a factoid you're surprised to hear, huh?

Pathetic.

Miss Luongo

Betamax hung on until 2002? I am surprised. When I was in college I did a huge fake ad campaign for MiniDiscs, another crappy product from Sony that was incompatible with existing technology and required full commitment of adopters. It only ever caught on in Japan.

messiestobjects

I thought MiniDiscs were cool. It's just that Sony does that whole communistic proprietary technology thing that you're talking about, and I hate them. Well, that's what we have to thank Warner Brothels for; the future of DVD is Blu-Ray, and Sony is going to make the consumer pay dearly for it!

Sissy

My mom still has an 8-track player in her attic. With the collection of 8-tracks.

I didn't own a CD player until 1995. It's the only one I have. To date.

Gary

post some copyright violating fractals hahaha - just kidding ;)

messiestobjects

Hey, my copyright violating fractals are still out there! But that's probably because only like 5 people have ever seen them... not much of a threat to those copyright holders.

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