Is sony in trouble? "blu ray killer" to come out in early 09

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bbsin said:
It's not functionality that makes a format successful, it's the backing of movie studios.

 

Functionality can make a big difference, but that functionality has to be incredibly awesome. For example, if this format allowed you to own hundreds of movies on a single disc, and the disc was scratch proof, and it allowed you to transfer movies over the internet and burn them on to another similar disc, that may be something people would pay money for even with (initially) weak support from studios.

However, the jump from 1080p to 1940p does not fit that desciption. That's minor functionality, at best, and movie studios would need to back such a format with enormous force to shove it down consumer's throats. Since studios aren't doing that, this format won't take off.