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SvennoJ on 29 December 2013
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DirtyP2002 said:
MB1025 said:
thismeintiel said:
The only people the Xbox One is going to switch over to Bluray are diehard MS fans who wouldn't get Bluray because it was mostly associated with Sony in the gaming world. Of course, I expect that number to be incredibly low. I also don't see Xbox One pushing the kind of number that would greatly influence the Bluray market. PS4 may, but then I would imagine most of those people will already have stand alone players.

The real reason Bluray sales haven't skyrocketed, like DVD did, is because Bluray is BC with DVD. So, a lot of people are upgrading their player, but keeping their DVDs. Bluray is going to be more of a slow burn that will spread larger and larger with time.


The reason why it isn't skyrocketing is because the quick turn around from DVD to Blu Ray. When we had VHS we had VHS for around 30 years before DVD's came around. People were more than ready for a change.

DVD's though were just getting started when it was decided to start doing Blu Rays. The problem was people were just switching to DVD.


That is just one point though.
The jump from VHS to DVD was HUGE. No more tape, more reliable, easily skipping, much better sound (5.1 sound was just wishful thinking with VHS), much better picture, something like extras came up...

The jump from DVD to BluRay is pretty small actually. The only things that got better is sound and picture.

All that stuff was already available with Laserdisc though. DVD made it affordable to the masses, and movies the size of viny records that have to be handled carefully just weren't practical for renting. The jump from Laserdisc to DVD was actually a step back in the beginning until compression and mastering techniques got better. (many dvds at the start were straight recordings from VHS, the subtitles were burned into the picture...)

The jump from DVD to blurays was also a small step back in user friendliness. It's faster to put on a dvd than it is to put on a blu-ray. What is a huge advantage is standard 16:9 output for all blu-rays. No more formatted for 4:3 next to letterbox next to 16:9 enhanced versions.  And 6x the resolution, lossless sound, over 5 times the max bitrate and disc size and a twice as efficient compression codec, all result in a much biggger jump than vhs to dvd.

The jump from bluray to 4k bluray is not only for better resolution, but will also finally address the color resolution. Rec. 2020 is supposed to replace the rec. 709 color standard from the 90's, allowing more accurate color reproduction and also 10 and 12 bit color. http://asia.cnet.com/uhd-and-beyond-rec-2020-glimpses-the-future-of-tvs-62220836.htm

But yeah from a convenience stand point, blu-ray doesn't offer much over dvd. And if you don't have at least a 42" full HD tv, HD streaming looks pretty close and does offer a lot of extra convenience.
Blu-ray adoption hinges more on bigger screens entering homes and the xbox one might give more poeple a way to try out blu-ray on their new 50" or 60" 1080p tv. Maybe some will see the light :) Plus with 4K blu-ray coming, blu-ray might start coming down to dvd prices.