[Mr.T]

"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
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In order to become commonplace, the technology has to become very cheap to
make and to use, and that is currently becoming the case with the new
digital
3D systems. It certainly wasn't the case back in the fifties.

Right, and also requires people to want to bother. I'm not saying it will
never happen of course, but it's still a while off IMO.


People will never opt for a better quality presentation or format over a
less expensive one. Why do you think DVD-A and DSD failed?

Because there was NO improvement at all for the consumer, just added
expense.


And Elcaset, and half-track 1/4" for home use?

Well I at least used 4 track 1/4" R-R for MANY years. That was a huge
improvement over cassette at least. Unfortunately Elcaset was too big, and
too expensive for the masses (and provided little benefit for those of us
with R-R) But more importantly was far too late, and the digital age killed
it stone dead.

MrT.