Was Blu Ray a mistake?

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http://www.hdtvuk.tv/2007/03/hd_dvd_vs_blura_1.html

nice source, by the way. Getting a quote from a Sony rep. From what I'm reading, Blu Ray is winning by a ratio of 3:1. ::edit:: But, from what I'm reading from that other guy who beat me to the post, its still up in the air.::edit:: At this rate, however, if the success of Blu Ray depends on the sales of PS3, then sony is in a little trouble, considering that PS3 is underperforming.

that brings up an important question, then. What if the hybrid format or the dual players won out?

Why wouldn't they? There are plenty of movies that will *never* come out on BluRay - just as movies won't arrive on HD-DVD. If I was going to buy a player, I would make sure it played both.

Within 2-3 years downloadable movies will be popular anyway - and then who knows what will happen to disc based formats.