Originally Posted by VirusKiller
I wonder how right or wrong the studios had it when they insisted on the myriad of new interactive features in HDDVD and BD "to make the format viable" and provide a reason for the "consumer" to move to HD from DVD?

Is a good question. I wonder whether this isn't 'learning' from SACD/DVD-A where clearly quality improvement was not enough for the formats to succeed (it has long been my contention that the primary reason for SACD/DVD-A failure was that the vast majority of listeners could not tell any difference). Although I do not do extras much, if it helps the format ....

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