Or reuse -- think of DAT, which the music industry succeeded in killing as a consumer format in the late 80s and was relegated to recording studios, but which got a new lease on life as a SCSI data backup format.
The original CD-Audio Red Book gave rise to the CD-ROM XA Yellow Book after all (multisession and strengthened data correction). On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Fearghas McKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 22 February 2008 08:03:43 Brian Butterworth wrote: > > Is the BBC Shop going to swap defunt HD-DVD for BR versions? > > I don't think HD-DVD machines have suddenly stopped working. > > As others have said - why should they because they supplied content to > you in the format of your choice change it because the supply chain of > suitable players may run out at some point in the future? If you are > an early adopter of a competing technology you are probably aware of > the risks of being left in a cul de sac hardware wise, but the device > doesn't just stop working overnight. > > > > f > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
