You're using some reckless (and incorrect) hyperbole here. "Amazon is FULL of..."? "MOST people buy HD DVD because they think it's DVD..."?
Amazon warns on every product listing that you must have an HD DVD player to play a disc. It's no different than people trying to play a DVD on a CD player. If a customer ignores that warning, it's their fault.
If anything, people DON'T buy HD DVD because they think what they have already is HD, and wonder why they should pay $250.00 for a "DVD player" they can get at Wal-mart for $40.00.
No average consumer is buying HD DVD or Blu-ray at this point anyway.
TrentD: I've seen this topic come up before and as noticable as it seems when there is confusion to the consumer (check reader reviews) I don't think it's a huge marginal human error to be recorded.
Even though Amazon puts out the warning, remember the non-savvy consumers are inclined to want HD, they figure they got the HDTV, an upscaling DVD player, and since 3/5th's the acroynm is covered, they buy them without thinking. It's kind of funny in a way.
What I'm getting at is, you can't rule this out, it still happens regardless of all warning signs, but I dont think it's that big of a deal.
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You're using some reckless (and incorrect) hyperbole here. "Amazon is FULL of..."? "MOST people buy HD DVD because they think it's DVD..."?
Amazon warns on every product listing that you must have an HD DVD player to play a disc. It's no different than people trying to play a DVD on a CD player. If a customer ignores that warning, it's their fault.
If anything, people DON'T buy HD DVD because they think what they have already is HD, and wonder why they should pay $250.00 for a "DVD player" they can get at Wal-mart for $40.00.
No average consumer is buying HD DVD or Blu-ray at this point anyway.
TrentD:
I've seen this topic come up before and as noticable as it seems when there is confusion to the consumer (check reader reviews) I don't think it's a huge marginal human error to be recorded.
Even though Amazon puts out the warning, remember the non-savvy consumers are inclined to want HD, they figure they got the HDTV, an upscaling DVD player, and since 3/5th's the acroynm is covered, they buy them without thinking. It's kind of funny in a way.
What I'm getting at is, you can't rule this out, it still happens regardless of all warning signs, but I dont think it's that big of a deal.