IGN: Why DVD's better than Blu-Ray....

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Khuutra said:

ChichiriMuyo said:
Comparing LD to BR is ridiculous. Laser Disc never came close to having the market share that BR does now, and BR's market share just keeps increasing over time. BR adoption has so far been faster than DVD adoption, even. Anyone who thinks there is anything significantly different from BR's position today and DVD's ten years ago doesn't remember 1999 very well, and anyone who thinks there is even remotely similar trends between LD and BR is completely clueless.

My original point in bringing up Laser Disc was not to use is as an example against Blu-Ray (that would be ludicrous). The point I am arguing is that video and audiophiles do not determine the course of format wars any more than they do console wars.

 

One thing to notice is how all the the "free" brd deals have dried up, y-o-y...Sony spent ALOT of money to win the format war with HD-DVD, and it's gimped in continuing to push brd.  There is no incentive for the average consumer to switch, and so unless the studios are willing to fork over cash to wean consumers off dvd and onto brd, that's not going to happen.  When I play a movie in my upconverter DVD, that's good enough, and it cost me far less than the brd player, and the disc are cheaper...