[mythtv-users] Cheap SCSI scanners - was:The Bigger... Disk contest, Fall 2007 edition

[David Brodbeck]

On Oct 20, 2007, at 9:49 AM, Brian Wood wrote:

> Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
>> On Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 09:22:52AM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
>>> It seems the manufacturers, at least of consumer gear, will always
>>> choose the worst solution: VHS over Beta, USB over Firewire, IDE  
>>> over
>>> SCSI, NTSC over PAL (at least in the USA), 802.11B/G over 802.11A  
>>> etc.
>>
>> Of course, they will: the right solution costs 17c more a unit.
>
> True, but instead of just admitting that they are trying to get costs
> down (or profits up) they seem to always try and snow us into  
> believing
> that the cheaper solution is somehow "better" for us.

Personally, I think Beta failed because every "standard" Sony comes  
up with ends up in the trash bin eventually. ;)

Seen many minidisc players, lately?  How many other manufacturers  
licensed that one?

I've learned to bet against any lock-in format Sony comes up with.