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Originally Posted by BenLee
Yep, you pay a huge price for being an early adopter, but the benefits of this habit outweigh the consequences. In a more general sense, early adopters see all the opportunities before the masses do. Being able to capitalize on opportunities before every else is a major benefit in my opinion. Well worth it.
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I'm not big on early adopting myself.
Take Blu Ray. You'd have to have paid $600+ for a good Sony (or other top brand) player back when the launched and taken the risk that maybe HD-DVD would win out. And you got a barebones player with no extra features, no ability to update to current firmware in some cases (which means no compatibility with certain discs) etc.
I waited until HD-DVD died, bought a Sony player in fall 2008 for $150. Waited about 2 years, saved around $450 and got a faster loading player that can stay updated to latest firmware--though I wish I had one of the newer players that has Netflix streaming, Hulu etc. built in.