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captainsblogWASHINGTON (madeitUP)-- Bowing to the momentum gained by rival product Blu-Rack, candidate manufacturer Democrita (NYSE: DNC) announced today that it was suspending production of the "next generation" format known as HC-DVD.
"People wanted something totally different from the format they'd used in the past," said Democrita spokesperson Howard Dean. "They wanted it in South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico, and they wanted it in California and New York … And we think they're going to want it in Ohio and Texas and South Dakota and Oregon and Washington, and then we're going to Washington, D.C., to install it in the White House! Yeaararh!!!"
Once heavily favored by the Hollywood establishment as the logical successor to the format introduced in the 1990s, HC-DVD came under increasing consumer scrutiny as the competing high-def product began drawing most of the internet buzz. In side-by-side tests, users reported the HC-DVD disks played multiple audio tracks at once, generated a fuzzier picture than the Blu-Rack disks, and required use of a 1,000-page owners manual that made confusing references to taking over all the other appliances in the user's home.
Other critics denounced HC-DVD for being the only next-generation format to have supported the Mortal Kombat video game. Democrita officials denied the assertions, stating they were tricked into such support at the beta-testing stage by misleading information from Microsoft.
Blu-Rack officials were reportedly busy plagiarizing advertising slogans from this year's Super Bowl ads, and therefore could not be reached for comment.
"People wanted something totally different from the format they'd used in the past," said Democrita spokesperson Howard Dean. "They wanted it in South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico, and they wanted it in California and New York … And we think they're going to want it in Ohio and Texas and South Dakota and Oregon and Washington, and then we're going to Washington, D.C., to install it in the White House! Yeaararh!!!"
Once heavily favored by the Hollywood establishment as the logical successor to the format introduced in the 1990s, HC-DVD came under increasing consumer scrutiny as the competing high-def product began drawing most of the internet buzz. In side-by-side tests, users reported the HC-DVD disks played multiple audio tracks at once, generated a fuzzier picture than the Blu-Rack disks, and required use of a 1,000-page owners manual that made confusing references to taking over all the other appliances in the user's home.
Other critics denounced HC-DVD for being the only next-generation format to have supported the Mortal Kombat video game. Democrita officials denied the assertions, stating they were tricked into such support at the beta-testing stage by misleading information from Microsoft.
Blu-Rack officials were reportedly busy plagiarizing advertising slogans from this year's Super Bowl ads, and therefore could not be reached for comment.