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NeoRatt on 12 July 2008

The Blu-Ray / HD DVD war was the beginning of the end for media distribution for the following reasons:

- The new formats were too expensive to buy
- The new formats are better, but not better enough to justify repurchasing vast collections people may have
- People should be uncomfortable with one large distributor of movies also controlling the format
- The stand alone players are way too expensive
- There isn't enough PC support yet



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Aprisaiden on 13 July 2008

@NeoRatt --

- DVD was expecnsive to buy but prices came down. The same thing is happening to blu-ray.
- What makes you think you need to replace all your DVD's ? They run on Blu-ray players and even upscale to 1080p ...
- Umm but which large distributor of movies controls blu-ray???? I mean the BDA includes a bunch of companies. SONY does NOT own blu-ray...
- Currently their is still not enough PC DVD support. Blu-ray support will come just wait...



Reasonable on 13 July 2008
NeoRatt said:
The Blu-Ray / HD DVD war was the beginning of the end for media distribution for the following reasons:

- The new formats were too expensive to buy
- The new formats are better, but not better enough to justify repurchasing vast collections people may have
- People should be uncomfortable with one large distributor of movies also controlling the format
- The stand alone players are way too expensive
- There isn't enough PC support yet

 

Err... no.  Everything you point out was true for DVD.  As far as I can see BR is being adopted roughly as fast, or faster according to some sources, as DVD was over VHS.

 



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ministaff on 13 July 2008
Leetgeek said:

Looks like poeple who are hoping that Bluray will be the next laser disk (M$) might have some explaining to do.

Weather(WHETHER) you belive it will be the next format or not one thing is clear: Bluray sales are up... A wat.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/04/bluray_sales_redhill/

 

 im sorry i just had to do it.



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SlorgNet on 13 July 2008

$22 BluRay discs are already showing up at the local Frye's, which means they'll sell like hotcakes. More importantly, a $299/299EUR PS3 will rocket-jump Bluray sales in the booming BRIC nations (Brazil Russia India China). Pirated DVDs will still be around, but the new middle class of those nations will start buying legit discs.

Lots of people may not realize this, but BluRay was not just a superior technology (due to simple physics: shorter wavelength = more storage), it was also a bet on the future growth of the BRICs. It is a bet which will pay off, big time.



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ion-storm on 13 July 2008
SlorgNet said:
$22 BluRay discs are already showing up at the local Frye's, which means they'll sell like hotcakes. More importantly, a $299/299EUR PS3 will rocket-jump Bluray sales in the booming BRIC nations (Brazil Russia India China). Pirated DVDs will still be around, but the new middle class of those nations will start buying legit discs.

Lots of people may not realize this, but BluRay was not just a superior technology (due to simple physics: shorter wavelength = more storage), it was also a bet on the future growth of the BRICs. It is a bet which will pay off, big time.

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Alby_da_Wolf on 13 July 2008
Aprisaiden said (edited by Alby, added numbers to organize answers):
@NeoRatt --

1 - DVD was expecnsive to buy but prices came down. The same thing is happening to blu-ray.
2 - What makes you think you need to replace all your DVD's ? They run on Blu-ray players and even upscale to 1080p ...
3 - Umm but which large distributor of movies controls blu-ray???? I mean the BDA includes a bunch of companies. SONY does NOT own blu-ray...
4 - Currently their is still not enough PC DVD support. Blu-ray support will come just wait...

1 I agree, this always happened and always will happen with new technologies, it's not a sign of success or failure

2 This should be an advantage for BD, making transition smoother and less scary for users, compared to the cleaner break with the past DVD was from VHS.

3 Yes, HD-DVD was scaring, as MS had a much stronger control on it, especially on the interactive part of the standard.

4 If you mean watching movies on PCs, well PC screens are normally smaller than TVs, even considering that on PC you watch them closer, the feel watching movies is better on TV.



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Leetgeek on 13 July 2008
ministaff said:
Leetgeek said:

Looks like poeple who are hoping that Bluray will be the next laser disk (M$) might have some explaining to do.

Weather(WHETHER) you belive it will be the next format or not one thing is clear: Bluray sales are up... A wat.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/04/bluray_sales_redhill/

 

im (I'm) sorry (,) i (I) just had to do it.

 

Me too.



Leetgeek on 13 July 2008
Kasz216 said:
Leetgeek said:
Kasz216 said:
obieslut said:
ps3 future proof confirmed,
the question is are people going to be picking the ps3 as the blu ray player of choice or a stand alone because if they pick the ps3 then whoop whop for sony.

 

Well yeah actually. If it wasn't for PS3 there would be no blu-ray sales.

Well there would be some... but it wouldn't be pretty.

PS3 sales are way higher then all other blu-ray players combined.

Even when you account for the fact that only 48% of PS3 owners watch a blu-ray product once a month. (or more.)

That's the question though... when are people going to pick up actual blu-ray players... cause most people would be embarresed to have a videogame system as their movie player.

 

Not as embarassing as having an HDDVD player though. ;)

 

Nah. Most people can pass off an HDDVD player as an upscaling DVD player. Most people won't know the difference.

That will be the real test. If Blu-ray stand alones start outselling PS3s. Never did the PS2 outsell stand alone DVD players. (to my knowledge.)

While PS3 crushes standalone blu-rays despite being way less popular then PS2.

 

How are you going to pass this thing off as anything but a brick?



gebx on 13 July 2008
iclim4 said:
makingmusic476 said:
cwbys21 said:
Apollo said:

 

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Not to meantion the harddrives needed to store all the movies purchased.

Don't get me wrong, I believe digital distribution will become mainstream, in a decade or so.

 

Yep I agree that Digital will be mainstream in a decade

Now how long do you think Blu Ray will take to become mainstream? 3,5,7 years?

Either way, just as you mentioned the Blu Ray will be replaced in 10 years by digital distribution



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