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noname2200 on 27 April 2008
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MikeB said:
Stillwell said:
MikeB said:
@ Stillwell

Everyone in their right mind should shy away from yet another one of Sony own "special" storage devices, because while it might not go as bad as the BETAMAX, the BR will not be a viable storage device for any lenght of time.


Or it may be just as successful for the long run as Sony's introduction of 3.5 inch diskettes and Sony/Philips's introduction of Compact disc was.

BR adoption is happening faster than DVD adoption took place. BR disc has an ensured long term future as the PS3 has one by default, using Blu-Ray discs to store games and movies. Even if in a worst case scenario the industry would drop its support (no chance of this happening) there's still Sony Pictures and its partner movie studios to pump out content.

In any case if interested in Playstation gaming, it's a non-risk oppertunity. Blu-Ray disc is crucial for gaming in the long term, adding movie playback system software just adds a very interesting additional feature.

What a complete load of bullshit. BR adoption is nowhere near DvD adoption. Faster? Hilarious, dude! Like I said, look at the standalone players to get the real picture of peoples intrest in this pos format. It's barely exsistant. And like I also said, analysts project standalone players to overtake PS3 players no sooner than 2016. Pathetic.


Same timeframe of availability. DVD hit the mass market in 1997. By June 2003, weekly DVD-Video rentals began out-numbering weekly VHS cassette rentals. That's 6 years, Rome wasn't build in a day. Please cool down, bought a HD DVD player or something?


 It's a good discussion that you guys are having here, even if some of you could stand to be a bit more civil. I'm far from being an expert at any of this technical stuff, but I would like to point out that Stillwell is correct when he says that Blu-Ray's adoption rate lags behind what DVD's were doing at the same point in their respective lifetimes.

http://www.cepro.com/article/blu_ray_adoption_wont_happen_until_2009_research_finds/

According to Bernstein Research, "(t)he interest in upgrading to high-def players is only mild, and Blu-ray ownership won’t hit 25 percent of US households until the end of 2011." They add that "(d)isc ownership is down among Blu-ray owners compared to first-time DVD owners, who owned nearly 30 titles at the same point in the adoption curve, according to the report. Blu-ray households own an average of three titles a piece." Furthermore, " (a)ccording to recent research from Interpret, LLC, Blu-ray awareness has hit 60 percent, but hardware penetration is still low." They point out that although Blu-Ray players are seeing decent sales, much of that is because of the PS3, and that  "many consumers don’t seem to care that they even have a Blu-ray player."

As I said, I'm not sure whether any of this is true or not, but I would be interested in seeing how correct you guys think this research is. And with that, I'm out of here.