What is the advantage of Blu-ray to Sony now?

[Onimusha12]

ssj12 said:

Onimusha12 said:

TheRealMafoo said:

Onimusha12 said:

 Even if that were true it doesn't take away from how superficial the improvement (step forward) as a whole is for Blu-Ray in comparison to what DVD did in going beyond VHS.

 

?? S-VHS is 560x480. DVD is 720x480. BD is 1920x1080.

HD-DVD/BD is a much bigger jump over DVD then DVD is over S-VHS. The problem is TV's are not at a point where you see it.

That's not a reason to not start the technology now.

That is but one technical aspect and not the point as a whole I was adressing.

Look at the list I made above. The sheer number of improvements DVD offered over VHS warranted the format leap, it wasn't just technically better, it was more convenient and economical.

@ SSJ12

BD-Live and interactive movies are just novetly improvements, luxuries, they're not the leap forward that DVD was to VHS.

CD made a better format

DVD made a better format

Blu-Ray just made a better DVD

 

well unfortunately electron based storage isnt perfected or cheap so Blu-ray was the only logical step forward. What did you expect us to jump 20 years in technology for the storage medium?

 

No, I expected you to wait 20 years to make a new format rather than forcing out what was available at the time simply to have everyone rebuy their media library for a crisper picture and drive the HD-TV market.

It's been barely 5 years since DVD established itself as the dominant format of the industry and already you want to bring out a new one?

The problem is not that there is better technology to be had at the moment which Blu-Ray did not take advantage of but that the industry didn't wait for better technology to be had before trying to endeavor another format.

Retrasado said:

Just purely out of curiosity, would you feel differently if both the Wii and the PS3 had built-in Blu-ray?

 

no, not at all. Though I appreciate your attempt to belittle my opinion while avoiding my argument and its points altogether.