Comments on: Is the end nigh for HD-DVD? http://www.daniels.net.nz/2008/01/05/is-the-end-nigh-for-hd-dvd/ Opinions, like they mattered Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:36:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Douglas http://www.daniels.net.nz/2008/01/05/is-the-end-nigh-for-hd-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-17181 Douglas Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:12:24 +0000 http://www.daniels.net.nz/2008/01/05/is-the-end-nigh-for-hd-dvd/#comment-17181 Betamax wasn't successful in the home video market, but IIRC, it was succesful in the professional (e.g. TV station) market. Oh, and Sony pioneered a disk mechanism that Apple helped to it's dominance for the final part of the floppy disk lifetime - the 3.5" floppy (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk#The_3.C2.BD-inch_microfloppy_diskette). Betamax wasn’t successful in the home video market, but IIRC, it was succesful in the professional (e.g. TV station) market.

Oh, and Sony pioneered a disk mechanism that Apple helped to it’s dominance for the final part of the floppy disk lifetime - the 3.5″ floppy (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk#The_3.C2.BD-inch_microfloppy_diskette).

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