dougsdad0629 said:
Apparently, you didn't read the column found at the link I provided. Blu-ray is doing very well. Better than DVD at the same point in its life span. The lower prices have nothing to do with the economy. It's all about economy of scale. The fact that there are budget models from brands like Insignia means that the drives themselves have become cheap enough and economical enough to warrant the production of these entry level players. The home video market has leveled off and become stagnant the last several years. Blu-ray is successfully bringing about the growth in the market that the studios had always hoped it would. |
That column is a straight lie. In fact it's not even sayign blu-ray is going to do good. It just says it's going to "hang on."
When it comes to disc sales blu-ray is MILES behind DVD during the same time period.
Considering the vast slowing of blu-ray adoption and Sony cutting it's own blu-ray forecasts drastically (which were behind DVD in the first place....)
Pretty much shows that Blu-ray isn't a predestined replacement.
Sure, neither i digital download.
It may just be that DVD stays the champ for a while.
Just how Laserdisc never put away VHS.
Aside from which over half the article is just a silly list of movies coming out. (Also available on DVD.)
It's like a console wars post where someone posts multiplatform games to explain why one console is going to beat the other.
"GTA4 is totally why PS3 is going to beat 360."
I mean... what?