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   From: MrT@home   
      
   "Scott Dorsey"  wrote in message   
   news:icpheh$qbo$1@panix2.panix.com...   
   > In order to become commonplace, the technology has to become very cheap to   
   > make and to use, and that is currently becoming the case with the new   
   digital   
   > 3D systems.  It certainly wasn't the case back in the fifties.   
      
   Right, and also requires people to want to bother. I'm not saying it will   
   never happen of course, but it's still a while off IMO.   
      
      
   > People will never opt for a better quality presentation or format over a   
   > less expensive one.  Why do you think DVD-A and DSD failed?   
      
   Because there was NO improvement at all for the consumer, just added   
   expense.   
      
      
   >And Elcaset, and half-track 1/4" for home use?   
      
   Well I at least used 4 track 1/4" R-R for MANY years. That was a huge   
   improvement over cassette at least. Unfortunately Elcaset was too big, and   
   too expensive for the masses (and provided little benefit for those of us   
   with R-R) But more importantly was far too late, and the digital age killed   
   it stone dead.   
      
   MrT.   
      
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