Blu-ray continues its European dominance.

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ryu1976 said:

PS360ForTheWin said:
good stuff, @ TheBigFatJ - DVD has been on the market alot longer and has more titles and players sold, so its not a fair comparison, compare this to DVDs second xmas would be more fair, this is actually very good for blu-ray.

 

Is VHS vs. BetaMax a fair comparison?

BD and DVD must be compared, as BD aims to replace DVD. What's at issue is whether it will ever accomplish this. I vote no.

There are cheaper, superior media formats at BD's gate; not to mention downloadable HD content and slick upscaling DVD players.

BD won the battle with HDDVD, but what is the prize? My guess is 5-15% market share until it and DVD are replaced by a true quantum leap forward.

 

VHS vs. BetaMax was a great comparison for Blu-ray v. HDDVD.  Please list the cheaper/superior media formats at BD's gate. 

I know everyone here likes to predict the demise of Blu-ray, but it is the independent digital download services that are really on the brink.  They can't get decent content to compete, their access to the customer is being metered/limited by the ISP's, available technology will not support an increasing customer base, and movie studios provide extremely limited support.  Services like Hula and Netflix can only hope that they are purchased by large ISPs. 

Blu-ray is a greater advance from DVD than DVD was to VHS.  If you can't instantly notice a Blu-ray movie, then you are not watching it on a HDTV or you are not using HDMI.