Many people have been burned when getting into electronics at the early stages. BrendaTX mentioned Betamax. Quality wise, Betamax had it all over VHS. There were some shortcomings that were overcome in time but VHS had siezed the market. Somewhat similar to 8-track vs cassette, Apple and MSDOS. Others -HDTV format, Storage media for cameras, etc.
Until we have reasonable insurance that we will not end up with a useless piece of equipment, we are reluctent to shell out the $$$. We have been burned, in other ways, and are leary (NNA, Sirianni,SOX)
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