BluRay struggling to take off [Article]

[vlad321]

epsilon72 said:
^No - even though blu-ray has about the same "ease of use" as DVD, most people won't upgrade to it because they already have DVD players.

If people were upgrading from VHS to blu-ray instead, they'd be jumping all over blu-ray.

 

Exactly right. The jump from VHS to bluray would be a grand jump and definetly worth its money. As I stated above, NluRay with all its features is basically DVD v.1.5. The cost that is asked for it is too high considering everyone already has DVD players which measure just barely under the BluRay in terms of benefits.In economic terms, difference between the marginal cost and marginal benefit of going from VHS -> DVD is much much greater than the marginal cost/benefit difference in going from DVD->BluRay.

@kabhold

While I don't pretend to know anything about hddvd, if it was also as expensive as the bluray then I doubt it would have had any better success than the bluray. More money for osmething barely new is a horrible idea unless you have the money to waste, and even then many people know how to restrain their spending.