[DJBro @ Sep 20th 2007 4:34PM]

there better be an exchange program

[Nate @ Sep 20th 2007 4:42PM]

I really hope that was a joke. It was right?

[Nando @ Sep 20th 2007 4:42PM]

Yeah!!

[Maestro @ Sep 20th 2007 4:50PM]

Why would there be an exchange program? When anti-lock breaks came out did everyone without them demand a FREE upgrade?

[stephenbratz2 @ Sep 20th 2007 5:01PM]

Just like there better be an exchange program for my PS3 controls thatdo not have rumble. Or my BDP-301 and my PS3 that will not support the newer BD1.2 spec, or...

[DJBro @ Sep 20th 2007 5:07PM]

lol, i should have put on tags huh?

[DJBro @ Sep 20th 2007 5:08PM]

^^ that was supposed to be "sarcasm tags" but i guess engadget strips tag syntax :p

[stephenbratz2 @ Sep 20th 2007 6:31PM]

If you were trying to be funny in there, then I missed it in my post. I have tried putting scarcasm tags in posts before, and yes, they do remove them.

[Larz @ Sep 20th 2007 8:29PM]

It just goes to show that people should probably just avoid HD-DVD for the time being.

[GrossGreg @ Sep 21st 2007 5:07AM]

@Maestro - Bad metaphor. Electronics companies such as MS, Apple, and others have adopted a business model which intentionally keeps the customers from making informed decisions about their purchases in order to attract press. Car companies do not. Customers can count on car models being upgraded every year. Also, most automobile manufacturers are not secretive about the upgrades that will become available. Information is made available to the customer as soon as decisions are made in order to allow the customer to make informed decisions about their purchases.

I do agree with the general consensus that electronics consumers need to come to terms with the fact that their purchases will invariably be somewhat outdated within a matter of time due to product upgrades. However, one can't help but feel betrayed when information is withheld intentionally in order to prevent the consumer from making the best decision possible.

[JCA @ Sep 21st 2007 5:46AM]

@Maestro - Bad metaphor. Electronics companies such as MS, Apple, and others have adopted a business model which intentionally keeps the customers from making informed decisions about their purchases in order to attract press. Car companies do not.

>>>You have no business commenting on Maestro's metaphor....bad or not. So when you bought that brand new 1986 Chevy Cavalier without ABS, General Motors told you that the 1988 model was going to have it? Because they thought you might really want ABS so they "informed" you ahead of time? Wow, those are nice dudes. They really care. I'm pretty sure when you bought that car, General Motors knew that the 88 Cav would have ABS. But even if they knew you wanted ABS, they wanted your money more....and they wanted it now....not 2 years from now.

>>>When you say "attract press" what you should be talking about is planned obsolescence. If a product is a high volume type of commodity, I don't care what it is, there is always some sort of obsolescence that is bound to occur.

Also, most automobile manufacturers are not secretive about the upgrades that will become available.


>>>"Wait 2 years to buy our car even though you have $20,000 to spend now. We don't want your money....just you wait, in 2 years the car you are looking at in our showroom right now is crap by comparison." Your argument is making less and less sense isn't it?


I do agree with the general consensus that electronics consumers need to come to terms with the fact that their purchases will invariably be somewhat outdated within a matter of time due to product upgrades.

>>>Just like automobiles. THere are 5 year old phones that make calls on Sprint, why don't we all just use those? My Ford Model T has 4 wheels and an engine and gets me to the supermarket. Why must I drive a Hummer H2?

However, one can't help but feel betrayed when information is withheld intentionally in order to prevent the consumer from making the best decision possible.

>>>If you still don't get it, let me restate the fact that you need to think before you write.