"Blu-Ray Dead In 5 Years" Says Samsung!

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Marty8370 said:

Ofcourse Blu-ray offers more. It offers Hi def Picture and sound. Once you watch a Blu-ray movie I bet you'd never go back to DVD quality, in much the same way that you'd never go back to VHS after watching DVD.

It offers a marginally better picture and a sound increase that most people can't even perceive, but only if you spend $500+ on a new TV, hundreds more on a new system, and a new player and discs that, unlike with the DVD->VHS transition, cost more than the stuff you're replacing did.

Incidentally, having seen the HD gimmick in the action, I'm perfectly satisfied with my DVDs, and in fact can even do VHS when the need arises. This is because I didn't drink the marketing Kool-Aid; I can in fact "go back" because I see the small improvements for what they are: small ones. DVD made meaningful improvements over its predecessor; Blu-Ray does not; they're there, but they're just not enough to be worth the price. HD-DVD was no better about this, of course; neither format ever stood a chance against DVD. But one shoe has dropped. All that remains is to wait for the other.