| MikeB said: Comparing the amount of shelf space dedicated to Blu-Ray disc at our local Media Markt store to last year (not counting PS3 games of course), it's now 10 times bigger than that of Blu-Ray and HD DVD shelf space combined last year. Retail adoption is happening fast, as SDTVs only last so long I think eventually a vast majority of people in developed countries will own HDTVs in the coming years. Those who have seen a good Blu-Ray movie on a good HDTV are usually amazed by the difference in visual quality. |
Some people have had there SDTVs for 10 years. They can last a long time and some people just do not want to give them up since SD programming does look better on them the new TVs. Despite interlacing(the bane of NTSC,PAL)
HDTVs(LCD,PLasma...not CRT) while they have more vibrant color do not have he same color reporduction that CRTs do. It always cracks me up when people talk about superior images and hi def and yet put with muted midtones flattened shadows and increased blowouts. Not too mention artifacting on LCDs. While the NTSC standard was not neccessarily the best and it was time to move to something like ATSC/QAM the image quality of these TVs are not what I would call high def. Greyscales are your friend.
No offense to you people out there that got CRT HiDefs because you get a better picture on those too bad they are hard to find. Many people buy HDTVs because they are large and flat and they reproduce digital color better than a NTSC CRT from yore with a converter box.
So even with increased adaptation rate it does not mean people rushing out to get blu ray. It has to be engrained in the consumers head that Blu Ray is neccessary and while htis is happening it still takes a while as I said other simplier to author for formats are coming down the pipe during this transition.
