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makingmusic476 on 10 October 2008
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jasonnc80 said:
Loud_Hot_White_Box said:
Garcian Smith said:
The next DVD-like format will be whatever comes after Blu-Ray. As of right now, Blu-Ray is the next LaserDisc/SACD/UMD.

 

Fanboy.

BluRay has already outpaced those formats pretty clearly.

MS already burned its FUD allowance by claiming earlier that Blu-Ray would be the next Betamax.  Oh, clever, they've picked another format to compare it to.  MS: you lost and cost Toshiba billions and your codecs are not in use in HD media in the living room!!!! aHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

Universal is now hard at work with the Blu-Ray transfers, which are higher quality than their earlier HD-DVD ones.  Why don't we ask f-ing Universal Pictures if Blu-Ray has a future, huh people?

Blu-Ray isn't going anywhere.  10% of people on Netflix already rent Blu-Ray, sales are pretty good, and the numbers will keep increasing as standalone prices drop and more PS3s get out there.  The recession (thanks, lack-of-oversight-during-6-years-of-unified-Republican-rule) will doubtless slow adoption a bit.  Oh well.

Last I checked VC-1 was still used quite often. Granted it's not a majorty but Warner & Universal still use it almost exclusively.  Even if it was stopped tomorrow it doesn't matter, every BD player has to support the codec so MS get's a chunk of money regardless if it's actually used or not.  Same way Toshiba gets money for the Cell even though PS3 adoption was a huge part in the death of HD-DVD.  The reality is that cross business ventures are the norm between competitors when it's beneficial to them both.

OT: I don't agree with the OP. I think BD adoption is here to stay. It was one of two main reasons why I purchased my PS3 as early as I did.  At this point in time though I see Blu ray as a supplement to DVD and not as a replacement.  People always say that some new physical format will come down the pipe or DD will surplant Blu ray but I don't see that either.  If the HD picture/sound of Blu ray supposedly isn't enough why would a super-duper BD+ disc in the future be?  It's ridiculous IMO.

I think the future lies in options.  The same amount or more content will be purchased but it will come from a variety of sources.  On demand, direct download, HD & SD physical media.

 

VC-1 is being used somewhat, but AVC has become far more popular.  VC-1 was mostly used because of HD DVD's sizes limitations.  It was really only used for by Warner, Paramount, and Universal.

Also, Microsoft's iHD technology is now not being used at all.