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thismeintiel said:
Well this argument has started to bore me, so this will be my last post. Again you use nothing but your own personal preferences to show in what direction the world is going. Things you like in tech are going to succeed, while things you don't like won't. Have fun with that closed mindedness.
What, you get bored of getting owned constantly? And as for the last part of that statement, you definitely fail. My personal preference IS toward what Bluray has to offer and I stated that at least twice during the course of this thread, as well as countless other threads. But I know, because of how the market is staged, and because of history, that it will not succeed to the extent you seem to need it to.
You also don't see the future going on around you. You don't think as younger generations grow up they won't be more tech-informed? It's already happening. You don't think companies will expand the availibilty of broadband and Wi-fi? It's already happening. Things like firmware updates are becoming commonplace. And tech is evolving to make it easier to install them. If you really can't see that then you have your blinders on.
The future? You say DLC is not going to steal the spotlight from physical media, and yet, you speak of the future? You are truely a confused individual.
My precious 8-tracks? I never even owned one. My only comment was that 8-track was not a failure as you wish to make it seem. And the only reason you wish to see it as a failure is because you linked Blu-ray to 8-track. The fact remains it was very popular for a decade, with it's biggest boom from '70-'74. It wasn't until '75 that cassette really started chipping away at its marketshare. Hell, they didn't even start to have cassette players in cars until '69-'70. So for 5 years it was the only option in cars.
Well if 8tracks were such a hit, why have you never owned one? I own records, I own tapes, I own CDs, and I own digital media...all of which are easily accessible even in todays market, and yet, there are no 8tracks to be found. I link Bluray to 8 track because both face/faced similar issues in the marketplace. One was a flop, so it is natural to assume the other will be as well.
Like I said, your blinded by your link with Blu-ray. Get rid of that and be open-minded. If a product can stick around for 2 decades, make profit, and still be liked by those who used to own them, there is no way to call it a failure. Of course you won't see that, since all you know is what you've grown up on. Where I can look at the past. In fact here's a link if you want the facts: http://stason.org/TULARC/musical-instruments/8-track-tapes/index.html
Even if a product sticks around for 2 decades, if it was not popular for more than 8 years, as apposed to all it's counter parts, who were all popular for more than 2 decades...well it's blatantly obvious that the unpopular media was a flop. This is a simple concept, try to understand it.
How can you predict that eveyone who has DVD's will get an upconverting DVD player? By that logic there would be no Blu-ray players on the shelves. Why wouldn't they buy a Blu-ray player that also upconverts DVD's? New and old tech combined. In fact, a lot are. Otherwise, Blu-ray would be falling, not rising. And instead of 6 Blu-ray players, my Wal-mart would have 6 upconverting DVD players.
Did I ever say "everyone who has DVDs will get an upconverting DVD player"? No I did not, I merely stated that the majority of people will do so for quite some time. The upconverting DVD playback in most Bluray players is shoddy at best, this is not the reason for Blurays rise...which still hasn't reached the DVD summet. Your Walmart is a joke, I cited four that I have visited recently, and all of them told a very diferant story from your pathetic attempt to boost your argument.
You speak as if digital downloads are just destroying DVD and Blu-ray, which is not true at all. It's rising, true, but it nowhere has the marketshare of DVD and Blu-ray combined. Like I said, digital downloads will not fail, as they make profit. But what you seem to want to ignore is that Blu-ray is also succeeding in making companies a profit. So they are supporting both, and both will stick around, as there is a market for both. Stop being so one-sided.
Yeah...no I never said DLC was destroying DVD and bluray...but then, once again, that would be too inconveniant for you to point out since it pretty much obliderates your sad argument. DLC IS taking over physical media market share, that is one fact you cannot escape. The Sony bluray dept has yet to turn a profit, I suspect this is the same with many other companies with their hands in the pot.
So you didn't grow up when they had 8-tracks, but you call me a kid? LOL. Seriously how old are you? Ah, 22. I'm 25, so sorry I'm no kid. Especially compared to you.
Oh, so you didn't grow up when they had 8 tracks either! So why do you think you have any more athority on that format than I do? You are one messed up kid. 
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