| akuma587 said: Part of the problem is Blu-Ray is still relatively new, although consumer awareness is rising. All major electronic retailers are heavily pushing Blu-Ray, which will help, because it gives them a much better profit margin. Part of the problem is movie selection. DVD had about 100% to 66% more (once again too lazy to drag up the figures now). Part of the problem is studio support. Within the last few days Universal released its first Blu-Ray film. Paramount is barely ahead of them. Weinstein has yet to release any. Part of the problem is the HD TV set upgrade. But Blu-Ray biggest obstacle to mainstream adoption, a rival disc format in the form of HD-DVD is out of the way. Now it just has to beat off the DVD market, which will probably take about 4-5 years (maybe as many as 7) until Blu-Ray has a greater market share. But believe me, retailers pushing Blu-Ray because it makes them more money (just like what happened with VHS) is Blu-ray's biggest Ace in the Hole. |
I wouldn't say it makes the more money just like VHS. Yes, they can charge more by raising the price. However VHS was very expensive to produce and distribute. The tapes could not easily be mass produced in short periods of time, whereas dvds can be stamped out by the millions. The smaller form factor meant lower distribution costs since the product takes up less volume and weight, so more can be shipped and stocked for the same price.
From a consumer perspective, blu-ray only offers increased quality and perhaps better interactivity. DVD had enormous advantages over VHS however besides just quality. No rewiding, better reliability, smaller packaging, no degradation from playing, indexing, etc. Not to mention that 100% of televisions could benefit from the advantages.
