Amiga makes the list !

[tomswift]

Here in the states, there's an article in the June edition of the magazine "MaximumPC" which lists the, "10 Failed Technologies We Wish Had Survived."   Number "3" on the list is  The Amiga.  They say, "OK, OK! We recognize the significance of the Amiga!  Stop emailing us already!"  By the way "1" was HD DVD.

[alexatkin]

Why not post the whole list?

[weirdami]

I don't wish HD DVD had survived. BluRay was always cooler, what with using the newly invented blue lasers and whatnot. Besides, Amiga wasn't "failed". Sheesh.

[monami]

no i read that. no 1 was mr blobby.

[Phantom]

I agree with weirdami. I never liked the specs of HD-DVD, BluRay is far better in many areas.

And Amiga wasn't failed. Amiga Inc. yes!

[beller]

Love my HD DVD player....no plans to replace it with a BRay.

[Flashlab]

@beller

Love will soon turn into neglect when you can't buy any new titles for HD DVD anymore.

I am glad that at least one format has won. Whether it was HD DVD or Blu-ray that doesn't really matter to me.

[RRunner]

Is there a link to this article somewhere on the web?

[nBit7]

I am glad that at least one format has won.

Why?  When dual format players would certainly have become the norm.  And we would have had the best of both worlds and continued competition.

[beller]

@flashlab

No..still love it.  As TIME magazine pointed out on introduction, the HD DVD player is the BEST up-converting player out there.  Older DVDS look nearly as good as HD/BR disks which cost signficantly more for the same movie.

I have a HUGE library of standard DVDs which I can watch.  Personally, the future of HD movies for the home is already here...downloading.  I'm doing this via an Apple TV.  HD movie rentals from my couch for $4.99/each. As I said, no plans to buy another format player.  Seems like a giant waste of scarce cash to me!

Didn't mean to get into a BR vs HD DVD discussion.

[Andeda]

Yes please, i would love to se the whole list

[Plaz]

Is there a link to this article somewhere on the web?

Looks like it's only in the print magazine. I can't find a reference in a search of the site.

Plaz

[Skyraker]

Which months edition is it as there are a couple of torrents over on demonoid?

[stefcep2]

No..still love it. As TIME magazine pointed out on introduction, the HD DVD player is the BEST up-converting player out there. Older DVDS look nearly as good as HD/BR disks which cost signficantly more for the same movie.

Is this true? And just how good to normal DVD's look?

As I said, no plans to buy another format player. Seems like a giant waste of scarce cash to me!

I read in a lot of the tech sections of the newspapers that the biggest obstacle to BlueRAy wasn't HD-DVD but in fact DVD:  HUGE installed base of players, enormous number of titles, movies look as good as most people want them to be.  One reviewer said: its the content not the quality that matters: people wint pay $4000 to get the hardware to have a better look at an actors pimples..

[Argo]

article in the June edition of the magazine "MaximumPC"