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Originally posted by dialog_gvf
No, DTheater data is encrypted and I expect the format on the tape is different from normal DVHS. It couldn't be read, and the data couldn't be decoded by non-DTheater decks.
There is a rumour that Sharp is planning to introduce a DTheater deck next spring.
It's really up to the videophile consumer whether the selection will come. If people show interest, the hardware products will be created. If they show contempt, then hardware makers will pass.
Right now I'd say there is 60-70% wait for HD-DVD attitude. Very patient people. That probably does not bode well for a large selection of DTheater decks.
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That is why I believe D-VHS should be rejected by the consumer, so companies can spend more R&D time on HD-DVD. Video tape should be put to rest for good. We as consumers should send a clear message to the manufacturers, we don't want another tape format but we want a high defintion opitical disk format. I'm not willing to give up the features that comes with DVD to go back to a tape format. After seeing a demo D-Theater, I wasn't as blown away as I thought I would be, which really make me want to pass on D-VHS. D-VHS and D-Theater is going to fail, I don't think it will ever catch on with the masses, it will be a niche format, and once HD-DVD hits the market D-VHS will be gone for good even among the videophiles.
With many studios not signing on to D-Theater, the fact that its a tape format, high price for the movies($44.00), poor marketing, where can someone go to demo it, very little hardware support, this format is doomed to fail. Just like SACD, which is only supported by a few hardware manufacturers, Sony, Pioneer, Marantz & Phillips with very little software support, a few hundred SACD's, SACD is doomed to fail. It seem other manufacturers, Panasonic, Toshiba, Denon, Onkyo, are behind DVD-A, both formats have very little software support. I own a DVD-A player and A SACD player and both of them are gathering dust, as I don't need either to play CD's.
D-VHS, SACD, DVD-A, are three formats, in my opinion that are on a fast path to failure.