<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">No optical disc player is worth $400+ to me.  I will let others pay the "early adopter tax" on this one.  Maybe someday, but not this someday.<BR><BR> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Gustin Johnson <gustin@echostar.ca><BR>To: Ubuntu Studio Users Help and Discussion <ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com><BR>Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 1:45:41 PM<BR>Subject: Re: Petition to save HDDVD<BR><BR>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<BR>Hash: SHA1<BR><BR>No thanx. I want a single format to win. I'm old enough to remember<BR>| Betamax/VHS war. BlueRay has won.<BR>|<BR>We all lost since neither side could co-operate.  In the mean time the <BR>proliferation of lower quality downloaded content appears to be <BR>entrenched.  It is possible that BR/hd-DVD pulled a Wordstar and <BR>wrestled themselves  down and out.<BR><BR>When Sony stuck with their memory stick format, I vowed never to buy <BR>another product from them, as they clearly did not learn their lesson <BR>from the Beta/VHS war.  Blue Ray has reinforced this view.<BR><BR>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----<BR>Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)<BR>Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - <A href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org/" target=_blank>http://enigmail.mozdev.org</A><BR><BR>iD8DBQFHtggFwRXgH3rKGfMRAo+5AJ9bUHUXmvOywTHDwMbfUNECLQlVPwCePEdZ<BR>MROQ8NPB0DrvICT+j8ZUios=<BR>=H5RZ<BR>-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com" ymailto="mailto:Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A><BR>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <A href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" target=_blank>https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</A><BR></DIV><BR></DIV></div><br> <hr size=1>Looking for last minute shopping deals? <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51734/*http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping"> Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.</a></body></html>