| Fumanchu said: It will ultimately be the movie studios that dictate the future success of the medium, should they cutback their support of DVD it will become a mass market item otherwise there seems to be a large percentage of "DVD looks good enough" quoters and of course the price of Blu-ray movies in comparison is a hard motivator, regardless of how cheap the entry level players are. DVD is the previous generation that just won't die like the PS2. |
Wrong. Consumers will decide because not every movie studio would take that "Blu-ray first" mentality and consumers would continue to flock to their product, ensuring additional sales and profits over the more expensive Blu-ray titles.
In the end, consumers will flock to Blu-ray when the price is competitive with DVD. When there is little price advantage to be found from buying DVD over Blu-ray, there is no reason to stick with the old format, even if you own an SDTV with mono sound. As time passes, fewer and fewer people will see a reason not to upgrade.
This won't be a DVD vs. VHS battle where huge gains are made... This will be a slow, uphill climb for Blu-ray and they better hope no other format appears on the horizon within the next five years. Personally, I don't think one will.
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