"D.M. Procida" wrote in
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Arny Krueger wrote:

The fact that consumers rejected SACD and DVD-A which had negligable
sound
quality advantages shows how sensitive they are to the sound quality
advantage of the CD over the LP and cassette, as a general rule.

That's a complete non-sequitur.

Only as you edited it.

It actually made me laugh out loud

Hyenas are also said to laugh.

You can't just make assert any old two factual claims and then join them
up with words like "because" or "it shows".


Let's see if I can break it down for you:

The hypothesis is that consumers tend to make purchase decisions based on
reproduction quality. When reproduction quality significantly improves they
tend to purchase products that incorporate the improvement. When
reproduction quality stays about the same, they may still be attracted by
other advantages such as convenience. Products with signficantly poorer
reprodution quality will lose market and usage share, even if they are
cheaper, even if they are already owned, even if more familiar, even if they
are easier to find to purchase, and even if the new product requires a new,
more expensive player.

According to the hypothesis, the SACD and DVD-A which offered no
significant sound quality advantage can be reasonably expected to fail in
the marketplace. They did.

According to the hypothesis, the CD which offered a very significant sound
quality advantage over the LP and cassette can be reasonably expected to
succeed in the marketplace. It did.

According to the hypothesis, the video DVD which offered a significant
sound and picture quality advantage over the VHS tape, could be reasonably
expected to succeed in the marketplace. It did.