Good points. But there is a downside to the name HD DVD too. Some people may get that confused with an upconverting DVD player. A few months ago I actually had an argument with a friend of mine who is usually a relatively informed tech buyer. Apparently the salesman (at Best Buy of course) had somehow put it in his head that his new upconverting DVD player was an HD DVD player. I knew they were not out yet so I told him it was not. I had a battle explaining the difference to him. If he had trouble understanding it, I'd hate to think how difficult it would be for my mom.
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Big Sam @ Apr 19th 2006 1:57PM
Good points. But there is a downside to the name HD DVD too. Some people may get that confused with an upconverting DVD player. A few months ago I actually had an argument with a friend of mine who is usually a relatively informed tech buyer. Apparently the salesman (at Best Buy of course) had somehow put it in his head that his new upconverting DVD player was an HD DVD player. I knew they were not out yet so I told him it was not. I had a battle explaining the difference to him. If he had trouble understanding it, I'd hate to think how difficult it would be for my mom.