“ I mean, the Betamax adopters at least had a few years to nag their VHS friends about the better picture quality, before the format died a slow death. But HD-DVD — they just took it out back and shot it!
Jason Kottke interviewed Steven Johnson, author/”tech gadget enthusiast,” about his reaction to Toshiba’s video format surrender and, sadly, how that affects his two month-old (and now obsolete) HD DVD player.
