The reality of DVD vs Blu Ray vs Digital Distibution. As of October 20 2009

[joeorc]

damndl0ser said:

joeorc said:

selnor said:

justinian said:
@selnor

You would grab at any straw to make anything not MS or x360 look bad.

The truth is BR sales were up 91% the first half of this year.

Threads like these can be defined by some as ... it doesn't matter.


http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10288294-1.html

Wy do people hate news when it's against their agenda. Yes it was up then and is up now. But 66% in the last 6 months. Thats a fact. It's also a fact that marketshare is 4%. Why does that bother you. It's a factual OP. Get over it. If you enjoy it continue to enjoy it.

it's not that its the fact that you are trying your best to put FUD into the viability of Blu-Ray's future when its straight forward that it's what the entire industry of CE companies has decided on.

its like when BETA was not picked over VHS

this time Blu-Ray was picked over HD DVD

now the same FUD about Blu-Ray surviving against Digital Downloads is all the rage ...same story just another format

same agenda, just another face.

Microsoft's Windows supports Blu-Ray in PC's

Blu-Ray is not going away

I don't think Blu-Ray is going anywhere either.  I think the point of this thread is that it probably will not see the success that DVD has.  

 

IMHO Blu-Ray will probably be very successful, however it will probably be the last format for physical media.   This is actually a good thing for Blu-Ray, that means that Blu-Ray will be around for longer than it probably would have.

as long as the cloud computing need's a way to store data physical media is not going away...many will say, flash storage, solid state

which can be used but optical disc's are cheaper per/ GB. AND WILL REMAIN SO

like i stated there is a reason why Digital Downloads are great for Music, but not so much for movies.

the idea is Music is great for on the go. many people would agree with that

the Idea is Movies is great for on the go. many people would disagree mainly due to most of the time on the go is taken up by work, or school,shopping etc. thing's that music is geared for, but movies not so much.

the reason why digital downloads for music is quite big is because its handy and CD player's are bulky

if you want movies , you can use laptop's but many people prefer TV's which bring's it back to HOME viewing

which the majority of market is physical media because since the CREATION OF THE CD the optical disc in that format is trusted, people know it works. many consumer's do not even know you can turn a laptop into a TV with a USB TV turner. many consumer's view digital downloads as Valueless. that's the main problem

they view digital downloads hold no after market value.