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SMcc1887 said:
Sony executives have come out swinging following comments from Samsung executives that Blu ray will be dead in five years time.
Sony claim that Samsung's comment are a beat up and "couldn't be further from the truth."

TV Predictions claim that in a blog posted at Sony.com, Rick Clancy, a Sony senior vice president, defends Blu-ray by noting there are already millions of PlayStation 3 consoles in homes with Blu-ray players inside. He adds that Blu-ray should last for at least 10 years.

"I believe the value of this product is only going to increase for many years to come — perhaps a decade — as developers realize the true power of PS3 in the new games they create, and as the device's real world features like Blu-ray compatibility blend with new virtual and, yes, networked world features like PSN and Home," Clancy writes.

The Sony executive was reacting to a recent comment by Andy Griffiths, Samsung's UK director of consumer electronics.

"I think (Blu-ray) has 5 years left, I certainly wouldn't give it 10," Griffiths told the web site, Pocket-lint.

The remark was likely to irk fellow industry officials who are trying to create the perception that Blu-ray is a long-term replacement for the standard-def DVD. Additionally, in the same interview, Griffiths took some shots at his colleagues for what he labeled inferior disc players.

"Maybe they need better engineers," said Griffiths, according to Pocket-lint.

Griffiths did not explain why he believed that Blu-ray had a relatively short shelf life.
But Clancy said Hollywood has only "scratched the surface as far as Blu-ray movie and television titles are concerned. As we witnessed with DVD, you can expect thousands and thousands of high-definition titles to becoming to a Best Buy, Wal-mart and Blockbuster near you — not to mention via the mail through Netflix."

He added that millions of people are buying high-def TVs, which will make them likely candidates to eventually buy Blu-ray players.

"With all of this said, I believe the Blu-ray format will not only coexist with the networked era, but will actually enhance it for many years to come. In fact, you'll see it evolve this way in new products from Sony and, I suspect, others, including some of the early naysayers," Clancy wrote.



Seems they are riding heavily on the PS3 to carry the Blu Ray format.

 



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sega4life said:

Vehicle and Portable DvD players is whats going to kill Blu-Ray.. or take part in it any way.

DvD in Vehicles use to be ridiculously priced, but now you can get them Free with purchase.

And Portable Players can be found for under $50.

Parents like my self, (when staring at the Movie section) like to get the most out of their entertainment.

 

DvD: $9.99 - $14.99 for a movie I can watch:

Any TV in my home

On road trips

At the park

By the Pool

 

Blu-Ray: $24.99 - $34.99 for a movie I can watch:

One TV in my home


It might be a small point for some, but it's a bigger factor then some people give credit for.

 

Blu-ray really doesn't make sense for portable devices, but DVD doesn't either since DVD's tend to scratch badly when used in portables.  The future for these devices is probably a fixed media or a hard drive.  Blu-ray's answer to portables is the inclusion of digital copies on the Blu-ray, DVD's answer is price.

The pricing isn't as far off as you suggest.  Below is current Amazon pricing for a couple of movies.

Kung Fu Panda(DVD/Blu-ray)      14.99      19.99
The Dark Knight(DVD/Blu-ray)     20.99    23.99
Cars (DVD/Blu-ray)                     19.99    19.99

 



Thanks for the input, Jeff.

 

 

Well actions speak lounder then words.

And Blu-Ray atm has alot of Action behind even more so with the new 400GB Hybrid blu-ray disc someone was working on very recently.



Samsung views are dumb. Blu-ray has an upgrade path already set out. Blu-ray is not going any where. There is nothing on the market or entering the market any time soon that can replace Blu-ray. So cause of this Blu-ray has a very rosey future.



After Panasonic bought Sanyo yesterday all this talk smells like bullshit. Wonder how Samsung are really doing right now, like Sony probably not so good.

But i will say this, everyone of you HD machine owners know disc tech is a dying beast and the mother of all fuck ups would be assuming anything would be more superior than anything else especially when TV, PC, VG companies are going to be fighting each other over content for a long time to come.

 



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Remember that Action i posted earlier? well...

 

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=53746&page=1



why is this being released as doom and gloom when this is how technology works?

Also, I don't think it will be completely dead because people who don't or can't reliably download are going to need massive storage discs like BRs if you look at the trend of computer games and HD movies.



Why are we discussing what Samsung said months ago?



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So its either BR is dead because DVD is already good enough; or soon it won't be good enough?

Huh??



Ok its like this

TV is dying, people surf the net more often ok

VG are takin TV market as well, so TV companies are copying PC and VG companies by offering online downloads through the box.



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.