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Old 03-02-2006, 7:16 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Will my DVD Collection become obsolete?
With the much-documented coming of HD-DVD, will my large collection of DVDs be unplayable on a HD-DVD player. If so, what is the point of getting into another VHS vs Betamax situation (yes, I had Beta!).
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Old 03-02-2006, 7:21 AM   #2 (permalink)
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With the much-documented coming of HD-DVD, will my large collection of DVDs be unplayable on a HD-DVD player. If so, what is the point of getting into another VHS vs Betamax situation (yes, I had Beta!).
no they will play dvd
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All new and upcoming players both HDDVD and Bluray will be backwards compatible, it would be marketing suicide if they werent, no one would buy them.
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Even if they weren't, what's stopping you keeping your existing DVD player?
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Old 03-02-2006, 3:34 PM   #5 (permalink)
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no they will play dvd
Off topic but Graeme Sourness (spelt this way on pupose) is gone, horary.
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Off topic but Graeme Sourness (spelt this way on pupose) is gone, horary.
Yes very off topic
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Old 03-02-2006, 3:55 PM   #7 (permalink)
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All new and upcoming players both HDDVD and Bluray will be backwards compatible, it would be marketing suicide if they werent, no one would buy them.
WOW, I didint know that about bluray, I thought it was jsut HD DVD players that were backward compatible.
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