All right - raise your hand if you bought an HD-DVD?
Over at the Bargain Blog, Mike Fuchs points to an article in Slate by a writer who bought an HD-DVD player...only to see the format go the way of the Dodo a few months later.
Josh Levine writes:
"If there's any consolation for us HD-DVD-buying losers, it's that disc-shaped physical media won't be around much longer. Once high-definition digital downloads, like those available through Apple TV, hit the mainstream, Blu-ray will be as dead as HD-DVD. Take that, Sony!"
He's right, of course -- and early adopters of all sorts get screwed. I've been through three MP3 players since getting my first one in 2005. The one I have now actually appeals to me because of its simplicity -- and it's actually about the size of my first one and smaller than my second. It takes us a while to wade through the tech that's being constantly spewed at us these days and figure out what we like, what we need and what will serve us best.
I didn't buy an HD-DVD player -- and I don't have a Blu-Ray player either. Hell, I've still got tons of VHS tapes. And I'm going to keep playing them until they go completely fritzy-wobbly on me and I can't make sense of them. My DVDs, too.
Any of you get on that train a little early and end up kicking yourself?
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