Blu-ray: A 2008 Holiday Hit?

[taxman]

thetonestarr said:

taxman said:

NintendoMan said:
I hate Blu-Ray. One of the most unnecessary things ever invented. It offers nothing. I spit on Blu ray and its supporters. If I could work my will every idiot who goes around with Blu Ray on his/her lips would be cooked in their own juices and buried with a stake of holly through their heart.

You said it NintenoMan..... I was furious when VHS was discontinued, I used to be so happy watching my tapes. DVD wasn't even backwards compatible....

 

Damn you progress!!!

 

Problem is, that's a terrible comparison. VHS to DVD was an incredibly larger step than DVD to BD.

But, I do agree that his reaction is absolutely ridiculous.

If you get down to the basic use of VHS and DVD, DVD was still unnecessary with respects to watching films on your TV from a portable format....

Granted, BR doesn't have as many advantages over DVD compared to VHS vs DVD, but it is as unnnecessary as the DVD was 10 years ago.