Sony: "Blu-Ray discs cost too much", lowers expectations on player sales

[largedarryl]

Comrade Tovya said:

largedarryl said:

masterb8tr said:

Kasz216 said:

leo-j said:
Download a 1080p movie? Sure lets wait 20 hours for it to download..

Well they could always stream it.

Not that most people even want a 1080P movie... which is kinda the point.

HD really only matters to a very small group of people... and the gap won't be bridged until

A) Blu-ray stuff costs no different then DVD stuff

or

B) Most consumers are forced to jump ship due to declined DVD support.

 

 

streaming hd is heavily compressed.

So whats your point?  If you can find anyone that is capable of seeing a difference between compressed video and uncompressed video I  will send you send you money for christmas.

 

 

I couldn't agree more, and to back that up, I'll throw money into the pot as well on this bet.

Outside of a few VERY hardcore videophiles, the difference is 99.9% unnoticable.  That's why people haven't rushed out to adopt Blu-ray... because the majority of people can find a reason to shell out that much cash for something they see as only a minor upgrade.

There will be even less of an reason to upgrade to Bluray if VOD services use compressed 720p (or in the unlikely case 1080p), there will be even less people that can see the difference.  There might be a greater chance of finding audiophiles with 7.1 setups than finding someone that can see the difference between uncompressed 1080p and compressed 720p.