So Sony really got it right with Blu Ray

[Viper1]

kanariya said:

Viper1 said:

 

No, it will not.  There are far to many circumstances that will prevent Blu Ray from surpassing DVD as the storage and media standard.

 

You can say the samething to DVD few years ago.

 

No you couldn't

DVD had advantages over VHS that Blu Ray could only dream of having over DVD.

 

VHS needed to be replaced.  DVD didn't yet.

 

DVD gave consumers better picture on the TV they already owned.
DVD gave consumers a more portable medium.
DVD gave consumers a more reliable product.
DVD gave consumers a new mass storage format.
DVD gave consumers a massive redesign in form factor.

 

These factors were huge over VHS and Blu Ray provides none of that over DVD.

 

DVD felt like a VHS replacement.  Blu Ray feels more like a DVD upgrade.