Millennium said:
They did indeed, but DVD had several major advantages over VHS that Blu-Ray does not have over DVD. The movies were cheaper, the playback experience was a major improvement over the predecessor, (chapters, subtitles, languages, extras, etc. for the epic win), and, yes, the AV quality was improved. While Blu-Ray isn't a step back from DVD in anything other than price, the only real advantage it has over DVD is AV quality, and especially in terms of audio the jump isn't big enough for many people to care about. Ultimately, I believe this will prevent Blu-Ray from overtaking DVD for the same reason Laserdisc failed to overtake VHS. Laserdisc actually had many of the experience-wise advantages over DVD that VHS does, but by itself that wasn't enough: the video quality wasn't much improved and the price was much worse. Blu-Ray has a similar problem: while its AV quality is higher, the experience isn't much improved and the price is, again, worse. Beta was similar, as was Minidisc. Of the three real advantages a media format can have over its predecessor, it doesn't seem like you can win with only one. |
It also has bookmarks, more languages, more subtitle options, more and better special features, and many Blu-Rays come with a digital copy on DVD you can rip and save to your computer, iPod etc.
