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BKK2 on 02 August 2008
mwjw696 said:
halogamer1989 said:

Blu-ray will be a failure in the end--watch. It may be a good format with superb, 1080p and 7.1 surround sound quality which many people like, but its limited in appeal to video and audiophiles. Many use Netflix, Veoh, torrents, and others, By 2011 IPTV will be a mainstream staple and quite possibly, HVD (Holographic Video Disc) will replace BD media as "the" common or competing format. (Most likely competing).

 

 You know Nintendo has the joint patent on the HVD right? O man that would be some shit to see the look on Sonys face if Nintendo stole their "Next gen format" right out from under neath their feet. Anyway... I dont see BR becoming the next big format. Its just simple sience, if you look back every video format has looked totally different from the last. Music storage included. No one is going to buy there old movies over again to watch them on anouther disk format no matter how much work is put into them to upgrade the quality, new stuff maybe but never old. You put HVD out there and the right marketing and boom the public will lunge for that new format. Just anouther disk format winning naaa cant picture it.

Here in SE Asia the last format was VCD, but no-one had a problem upgrading to DVD. When DVD players eventually got close in price to VCD players stores just stopped stocking them as DVD players (here at least) are BC with VCD. Same will eventually happen with BD players when they're cheap enough. They are BC with DVD afterall. There will come a time when if you want to buy a DVD player you'll be buying a BD player by default.

There's no need to buy your old movies all over again if you don't want to, they'll still play fine in a BD player. Same as all my old VCDs still play fine in my DVD player (although not my PS3. Sony, fix that in your next FW update please).

 



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FinalEvangelion on 02 August 2008
BKK2 said:
mwjw696 said:
halogamer1989 said:

Blu-ray will be a failure in the end--watch. It may be a good format with superb, 1080p and 7.1 surround sound quality which many people like, but its limited in appeal to video and audiophiles. Many use Netflix, Veoh, torrents, and others, By 2011 IPTV will be a mainstream staple and quite possibly, HVD (Holographic Video Disc) will replace BD media as "the" common or competing format. (Most likely competing).

 

 You know Nintendo has the joint patent on the HVD right? O man that would be some shit to see the look on Sonys face if Nintendo stole their "Next gen format" right out from under neath their feet. Anyway... I dont see BR becoming the next big format. Its just simple sience, if you look back every video format has looked totally different from the last. Music storage included. No one is going to buy there old movies over again to watch them on anouther disk format no matter how much work is put into them to upgrade the quality, new stuff maybe but never old. You put HVD out there and the right marketing and boom the public will lunge for that new format. Just anouther disk format winning naaa cant picture it.

Here in SE Asia the last format was VCD, but no-one had a problem upgrading to DVD. When DVD players eventually got close in price to VCD players stores just stopped stocking them as DVD players (here at least) are BC with VCD. Same will eventually happen with BD players when they're cheap enough. They are BC with DVD afterall. There will come a time when if you want to buy a DVD player you'll be buying a BD player by default.

There's no need to buy your old movies all over again if you don't want to, they'll still play fine in a BD player. Same as all my old VCDs still play fine in my DVD player (although not my PS3. Sony, fix that in your next FW update please).

 

+1 for that.

 

Eventually, the cost difference between DVD and BD will be negligible.  And of course, what format will the Xbox 720 have in it for the disc drive?

 



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TheTruthHurts! on 02 August 2008

Come on Sony....I love HD movies, but, the numbers of adopted HDTV homes is still way too low for this to pan out. Give it time.

I remember I was one of the first to have a DVD player and people were like, "So what's the big deal?". I hear the same when I show people an HD Movie in comparison to DVD. They still say "So, whats the big deal?".

HDTV first....then Blu-Ray players, it's simple math. Out of 10 of my family/friends, it is still a 5/5 ratio for HDTV's to SD. 3 of those SD TV friends said they will just buy the HD signal transfer box, before they buy an HD TV. Why....cause a lot of Americans are Cheap, or smart, however you look at it.



slimeattack on 02 August 2008

To all Bu-ray skeptics: Look at the sales data. Blu-ray sales are up 300% from last year. HDTV adoption is also up, and it will soon become mandatory because of phasing out of analog TV. The digital downloads market is increasing, but it won't kill physical distribution within the next 10 years. Not everyone has a fast internet connection.



XGamer0611 on 02 August 2008

I'll believe this when I see it. It is going to be hard to displace DVD as average consumers still don't know the difference between DVD and Blu-Ray. The average consumers that do know the difference are not happy that Blu-Ray movies cost up to twice as much.

I can see Blu-Ray becoming the standard but it may take a year or two longer then they are predicting.



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ljgamer on 03 August 2008

its possible, i hope it happens, PS3 sales should be going well that year



konnichiwa on 03 August 2008

Well change global to Japan and they would be right for sure. 


According to sales data from Amazon Japan, it appears that in the region, sales of Blu-ray discs are finally outselling their standard definition counterparts, at least for a couple of genres.

Nikkei has reported that for the first six months of 2008, Sony Pictures’ Resident Evil Trilogy Boxset on Blu-ray was the best selling movie product for the whole site, “significantly outperforming” the DVD version.

"Many software manufactures consider that 'action' is the genre that can make the most of Blu-ray," Amazon stated.

"The Blu-ray share is expected to grow among new titles especially in this genre from now on. Blu-ray 's high definition has greatly improved the reproducibility of details and is enchanting anime fans who put weight on image quality."

Of course, the same news cannot be reported in the US or in Europe, where Blu-ray sales pail in comparison to their DVD counterparts but are slowly growing in popularity.


http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/14671.cfm


Sony should release some only on Blu Ray movies and the adoption will go a lot faster.






Smashchu2 on 03 August 2008
slimeattack said:
To all Bu-ray skeptics: Look at the sales data. Blu-ray sales are up 300% from last year. HDTV adoption is also up, and it will soon become mandatory because of phasing out of analog TV. The digital downloads market is increasing, but it won't kill physical distribution within the next 10 years. Not everyone has a fast internet connection.

A 300% incresse of 1 is still 4. And HDTV up? From what I ask. Arbitrary numbers dont prove or show that this is gaining speed.

HD will be more widley accepted in the future. Someone said this before, but people aren't going to convert to HD until they need a new TV. The upgrade isn;t enough for them to run out to the store and get one. BR, however, may die becuase it was pushed to early. What can happen is when a shit can happen, a new company can jump in and steel the spotlight.

 



S.T.A.G.E. on 03 August 2008
slimeattack said:
To all Bu-ray skeptics: Look at the sales data. Blu-ray sales are up 300% from last year. HDTV adoption is also up, and it will soon become mandatory because of phasing out of analog TV. The digital downloads market is increasing, but it won't kill physical distribution within the next 10 years. Not everyone has a fast internet connection.

 

 Yeah...lol follow the bread crumbs. Follow the PS3 sales bulk and follow the crappy Stand alone sales.



De85 on 03 August 2008
slimeattack said:
To all Bu-ray skeptics: Look at the sales data. Blu-ray sales are up 300% from last year. HDTV adoption is also up, and it will soon become mandatory because of phasing out of analog TV. The digital downloads market is increasing, but it won't kill physical distribution within the next 10 years. Not everyone has a fast internet connection.

 

If you expect it to continue at a 300% growth rate I think you'll become very disappointed, very quickly.