Blu-ray Players are overtaking DVD players....basically BD is taking over

[thabigdon24]

ssj12 said:

thabigdon24 said:

Carl2291 said:

ssj12 said:

NYANKS said:
Can anyone put a number on how much Sony could stand to profit if Blu-ray ever reached the sales levels of DVD? Like a very rough estimation would suffice!

Zero

Dont they own a major share in Blu-ray?

Or am i mistaken?

Sony owns the intellectual property for the DISCS, but not the players.  As it is, Sony gets about ten cents per disc sold....haha I know it's hardly anything, but this is money that sony doesn't really have to work for, so a lot more of this revenue goes to profit as compared to the 5 or 6% margins that a lot of companies get these days.

read my post, Sony might get something off being apart of the BDA but they don't directly get anything off BD sales. The 10 cents, if they even get that, is given to them by the BDA.

ok, you must think that it sure was cool that Sony did this, just so that other people can profit from their idea.  I thought that there was no such thing as giving away your money but apparantly you have set me right.  Thanks.