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SvennoJ on 11 April 2014
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curl-6 said:
SvennoJ said:
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kekrot said:

Also the PS3's Blu-ray drive was bold, even though it hasn't taken over for DVD yet... 

8 years later and it still hasn't, haha.

It made quick work of HD-DVD which was the main goal.
Blu-ray and dvd co-existing is intentional to keep the price of blu-rays at a premium. Get more money from the people that care for quality, while still making money of the crowd that doesn't want to spend that much.

Replacing DVD would have the same problems as 3D TVs I reckon; after upgrading to DVD/HDTV people don't want to replace again so soon.

Technological advancement outpaces people's willingness to adopt it.

Convenience has more to do with it. From VHS to DVD huge improvement in usage and storage. VHS was dropped like a brick when hdd pvr took over the recording side. Same with HDTV. Big screen tvs were already available long before, dvd quality video too with Laserdisc (since 1978) and MUSE Hi-Vision LD (since 1994) Yet the discs were big and heavy, big screens tvs even bigger and heavier, inconvenient.
Light weight flat screen TV drove the adoption. For many years people gladly put up with ugly stretched or cut off 4:3 picture on their nice flat 16:9 screen.
Blu-ray, big step up in quality, no extra convenience. Actually it's more hassle than dvd with less user control.
3D, glasses required, big inconvenience. Ever brought any realD glasses home from the cinema? How do they look after a week with kids...

Blu-ray, 3D blu-ray, 4k blu-ray, all destined to become a high end option like Laserdisc was. Streaming is going to replace DVD.