Sony's in a 'bag of hurt' because of Blu-ray

[rolltide101x]

True, and it doesn't help that it's objectively incorrect that the leap between VHS and DVD was larger.

VHS was ~333x480 NTSC. ~160,000 pixels.

DVD was 720x480. ~345,000 pixels.

BD is 1920x1080. ~2,070,000 pixels.

That doesn't even take into account the increased audio quality. VHS to DVD was a rough doubling. DVD to Bluray is around SIX times the detail.

Can you tell on a crappy TV? Not really. And there are millions of people who just don't GAF. That's fine with me.

You are correct going by statistics but VHS to DVD was a larger jump than DVD to Blu-Ray in reality. When I rent a movie I will do it digitally on the rare occassions I buy a movie it is always Blu-Ray (less than one a year)