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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
John B @ Nov 15th 2007 4:55PM
Why?! Why "good riddance"? Because of the possibility that it might convince someone to stay with a player format of which you don't approve? If this disc made choosing the format a moot topic, then only the players would help to decide the winner of this pathetic format war instead of having studio exclusivity prolong it.
The only real negative that I could see to this is a higher price than either format by thenselves. But considering that it would have been 1/2 the packaging and 1/2 the shelf space when compared to separate releases, I would think that stores would have much preferred this version to go through.
You sound completely like some kind of fanboy who's more concerned that this dual-format disc might have led to his precious format becoming the loser faster than it could happen now, although admittedly I don't see a winner coming of this any time soon. Personally, I wish you fanboys (on both sides) would just shut the hell up.
mcrexx @ Nov 15th 2007 5:00PM
THD would only prolong this stupid war. The price of a THD disc would have been too expensive anyways.
And don't start calling people, including myself, fanboys just because they voice an opinion. I own both formats, I don't care WHO wins, but I want a clear winner sometime sooner rather than later so I can focus my attention on buying ONE format instead of 2, which THD was going to fuel.