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Grey21 on 22 March 2010
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Vetteman94 said:
Grey21 said:
The difference between a Blu-Ray and a DVD are substantial but they are not issential. Having an old VCR wth its decreasing picture quality became unthinkable when the DVD market started to grow. Now there is nothing wrong with talking down on the Blu-Ray, infact many people think your cool when you say your saving money for important things. Saying that about the DVD would net you a dicussion about why the DVD is better then the VCR.

I think many families out there have no need or no momney for Blu-Ray + HDTV. Students and some rich folk can find the time or the need but Blu-Ray's width spread succes will have to wait a few more years. It could be that by then another (cheaper) competitor has shown himself to take the cake. Afterall none of Sony's formats has ever been a succes, it's like they are cursed.

Wow well for one,  that point has been brought up and discussed many times in this thread,  no need to keep bringing it up.

Also Blu-ray is not a Sony format, if anything its Panasonic as they own the most patents for Blu-ray.  Also  Sony had a part in making DVDs and CDs,  how did those formats turn out?


The way I understand it Sony lost big time with the DVD,  they had another format and it lost on multible fronts and they had to throw away years of research and accept the basics of the DVD. The CD isn't really a Sony format, I don't know the details but the way I remember it Sony played a part but most of the credits for the CD go to Philips. And I don't know what point has or hasnt been brought up because I'm not following this forum on a regular basis.

I don't know exactly how big Sony's part was in the DVD and CD but neither are truly from Sony. But you shouldn't forget the long list of formats that didn't make it, like the disc used by the old PSP. I'm not convinced by the Blu-Ray, it is slowly gaining marketshare but I think the majority of  the market has no plans to buy a Blu-Ray player at this point. By the time that the HDTV has spread to all four corners of the world then we are years further and nobody knows what other formats have seen the light at that point.