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...moment, the gorilla is returning the favor. While it eliminated 25% of its VHS tapes last year, Blockbuster also saw a 160% rise in DVD rentals. The company thinks most consumers don't plan their rentals in advance--they do it on impulse, the same way they buy Milk Duds at the register. But that doesn't mean they'll always think that way. "If we can figure out a way to make money doing what Netflix does, we'll do it," says Blockbuster vice president Ed Stead...
...hardest truths for any technologist to hear is that success or failure in business is rarely determined by the quality of the technology. Betamax was better than VHS; the Mac operating system is superior to Windows. Even in the transportation business, there is the cautionary tale of Preston Tucker, who in the 1940s designed a "car of the future" packed with such safety innovations as a padded dashboard, disk brakes and safety glass--a car so far ahead of its time that only 51 were ever produced. In fact, the annals of high-tech history contain remarkably few cases...
...Remember Tucker? One of the hardest truths for any technologist to hear is that success or failure in business is rarely determined by the quality of the technology. Betamax was better than VHS; the Mac operating system is superior to Windows. Even in the transportation business, there is the cautionary tale of Preston Tucker, who in the 1940s designed a "car of the future" packed with such safety innovations as a padded dashboard, disk brakes and safety glass--a car so far ahead of its time that only 51 were ever produced. In fact, the annals of high-tech history...
...1990s, when the VHS format was challenged, first by laserdiscs and then by DVDs, many directors took it as an opportunity to expand the scope of their revision. We are still living in this period of reflexive directors’ remorse today...
...news. Not all DVD devices will play the discs you record on the Panasonic. In a replay of that old VHS vs. Betamax duel, there are two formats duking it out for DVD supremacy?one backed by a group that includes Panasonic, Hitachi and Samsung, the other backed by Sony, Philips and others. A third format, championed by JVC and Mitsubishi, is about to join the battle. When the dust settles, convergence between your computer and your home theater will be reality. Many potential buyers will wait for a clear winner to emerge...