Wow. You can see this argument is just another fan boy argument. Wii and 360 fans say there is no difference or minimal difference and want blu ray to fail.
This article is just silly, if you look at the trend over time in ssj12's ongoing update about blu ray sales, the sales are up and down depending on releases http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=23025 (you can see that it varies between 7mil a week and 12mil). Its very narrow minded to say that one week down turn means that blu ray is finished.
For the person who said that he turned from the SD to HD channel and could not tell a difference...was the HD channel broadcasting in HD or just digital? All you have to do is open you eyes and tell the difference between hd and sd. Clarity, color, sound (if you have surround sound, hd on tv is usually in 5.1).
As for Blu ray it is not just a better picture, it is far better sound quality as well (the space allows for it). Most dvds have only dts if you are lucky, most blurays have more sound options. It also has advanced controls and nifty menu options.
Most digital downloads are more equivelent to renting movies and not buying movies. Streaming movies should not bite into movie sales. And upscaling dvd players are not as good, and the top quality ones are almost as expensive as a bluray player. If you buy a 50 dollar upscaler then it will not look much better than a progressive scan dvd player. Now if you spend 200...but you can get a bluray player for that these days and they usually have a powerful upscaler in them.
Finally. You can buy new release Blu rays at walmart for 20 dollars. I bought transformers there for that price the day it came out. Same price as DVD transformers. I saw blu rays for as low as 15 dollars at best buy. prices are coming down quick.
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