This situation will only take inovation and dump it down the toilet. Competition is good, monopoly is not. Sure, you'll see some new features but not like you would have with two competing formats.
But HD hurt themselves from the start. First, don't give your product a generic brand name. When most people think of "hd" they think of a technology not a brand. Blue Ray stands out, HDdvd does not. Second, speaking of standing out, don't package your product in dull brown cases that fade into the background when your competition has bright "look at me" blue cases. HD's marketing team needs to find a McDonalds to flip burgers in. Maybe they could handle that without screwing it up.
Then again, I had to wonder what was going on when nearly every time I walked into a store the Blue Ray display was right out front, big and bold. You couldn't miss it. The HD display, on the other hand, was usually behind all that with no fanfare at all. It was almost as if these retailers were pushing one over the other.
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This situation will only take inovation and dump it down the toilet. Competition is good, monopoly is not. Sure, you'll see some new features but not like you would have with two competing formats.
But HD hurt themselves from the start. First, don't give your product a generic brand name. When most people think of "hd" they think of a technology not a brand. Blue Ray stands out, HDdvd does not. Second, speaking of standing out, don't package your product in dull brown cases that fade into the background when your competition has bright "look at me" blue cases. HD's marketing team needs to find a McDonalds to flip burgers in. Maybe they could handle that without screwing it up.
Then again, I had to wonder what was going on when nearly every time I walked into a store the Blue Ray display was right out front, big and bold. You couldn't miss it. The HD display, on the other hand, was usually behind all that with no fanfare at all. It was almost as if these retailers were pushing one over the other.