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To: dvdw© who wrote (4525)	6/14/2002 11:55:05 AM
From: ahhaha	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24758

At least put a LOL on the end of such a statement. LOL is an insult because it assumes your reader is too dumb to get your humor. Also, it's a weak attempt to be politically correct, because you don't want to offend when you actually do want to offend, i.e., a cheap way to off lay friction. Using LOL is for idiots and liars. VOD is dead in the water for now. VOD was never born. When it resurfaces there will be investments to be made. VOD was never born. Your focus is clouding your vision. It's utter nonsense to say DVD Authorings market is near zero without the net. It's near zero with or without the Net. Worse than nonsense, because it demonstrates a lack of understanding of consumer preference, and why people will take pride in producing their own content over that served up by the Machine. Do consumers prefer camcording over still shot? The entire PC industry will get a boost from the DVD Authoring business, then...it will flow to Internet applications. Does anyone reading this agree? You've got yourself believing your own hype. This is always the sign that the end is near. For now, it's telecom that is dead money not DVD / DVDR, just the opposite is the case. You have to make a clear distinction between DVD and DVDR authoring software. DVD has been much in demand. That doesn't mean that DVD authoring hardware/software will be in demand in the sense that it can be consumerized. You're extrapolating demand for the consumption side which is a function of cheap reproduction, to the production side where the tools needed are few and expensive. There's another problem. Who wants to deal with another software gobble-da-gook and the legerdemain required to get it to do what the manufacturer claims is easy? It never is no matter how many lies they spew trying to convince the public that it is. It is inherent in DVD authoring that is complicated because you're trying to assemble various media on one source. That's called mixing in music and it's an expertise in its own right. With the video dimension added in the task becomes even more complex to deliver a minimally acceptable result on any consumer level.