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...look to the history of invention and to the notoriously difficult study of the diffusion of innovations. Often lost in the study of such things is the fact that for every Model T, Apple Macintosh or DVD, there are 10 failures, like the Edsel, the Commodore 64 and the Laserdisc. By analyzing the path that successful technologies take to acceptance and the roadblocks that stymie the failures, we can at least hazard a guess about the Segway...
...option. According to the Consumer Electronics Manufacturing Association, more than 15 million U.S. households enjoy the big pictures and booming Surround Sound that come with a wide-screen, 25-to-65-in. TV, an audio-video receiver, a front and rear set of speakers, hi-fi VCR and a LaserDisc or DVD player. Less than a decade ago, entertainment mavens had to shell out tens, even hundreds, of thousands of dollars for that kind of gear. Now newcomers can find complete, easy-to-install packages for $2,000 to $3,000--a price range that has helped the industry generate...
...broadcast on four consecutive evenings in June 1990, the Metropolitan Opera's RING OF THE NIBELUNG was a high-toned TV spectacular that swept up viewers in the passion and power of Wagner's masterpiece. Now Deutsche Grammophon has released the complete home-video version, on both VHS and Laserdisc, as well as a new recording of Siegfried, the final installment of conductor James Levine's separate CD Ring. With largely the same star cast, including Hildegard Behrens as Brunnhilde and James Morris as Wotan (Reiner Goldberg sings the role of Siegfried on the CD, while Siegfried Jerusalem plays Wagner...
...artist like Miller or Dave Gibbons, who worked on Watchmen with Moore, can storyboard a zoom, a cross-fade, a jump cut or a lap dissolve with a deft immediacy that would beat many directors at their own game. Indeed, for anyone used to working the controls on a Laserdisc or VCR, freezing the frame or strobing the action, the expansive technique of graphic novels will seem comfortable and accessible...
...most sophisticated videodisc players currently available are Magnavision, a joint venture of the Dutch electronics firm Philips and the American entertainment company MCA, and LaserDisc, a product of the Japanese electronics firm Pioneer. Both use playback machines that read pictures and sound from a metallic record via a laser beam that never physically touches the platter. With LaserDisc the viewer can select which of the up to 54,000 frames on the record he wants to see by pushing buttons on a keyboard; each frame has its own number. For instance, on a disc that contains images of art masterpieces...
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