be honest, you're talking about surgical scars in porn.

having watched HDTV, my wife cannot stand watching SDTV... and the PVR is the devil, too.

Not getting cheaper...I find it strange cause the last few Blu-Rays I've purchased have all been under $20 some as cheap as $9.99. I see Blu-Rays getting cheaper.

Need a sub 100 USD player and movie releases to drop close to DVD prices.

Otherwise I just cannot justify the cost.

That depends on whether or not you count the PS2, probably.

But, no, BD is not being adopted as quickly as DVD.  That much is clear.  And in china, it looks like BD is losing to their high def format.

Part of the issue is that BD movies are too expensive.   Most people have tons of HD these days (except cable customers -- they don't have nearly as much HD as satellite customers).  Part of the issue is that DVD is still very good, even with a high def set and a good surround system, a lot of DVDs hold up against BDs extremely well.  Not everyone is wiling to pay the premium to get better picture.

I agree with this statement. Blu Ray is not the perceived leap over it's predecessor that DVD was. It also is far overpriced in the market; and stop telling me about Amazon prices. Average people will purchase movies at the local Target or whatnot.

well the first dvd players came out in early 1997 in the US so the PS2 isn't out yet.  That's one of the big differences between blu-ray and DVD though, DVD was ready to be adopted right when the PS2 came out, blu-ray was not.  Blu-ray was being pushed by PS3 right from the beginning, player releasing only a few months before the PS3.  So up until this point blu-ray has been carried by PS3, and for DVD PS2 hasn't even come out yet. 

Its not beating DVD uptake not by a long shot.

I know PR people have to massage the figures to make claims but they have to be believable claims or they just end up doing damage.

At this point in its life cycle DVD was in a 50/50 unit sales tie with VHS. Its very obvious Blu Ray cannot make the same claim.

Well since I can find Bluray for the same price as DVD, I don't see the need for it to drop anymore anyways.

They are getting cheaper but not fast enough.  When Blu-ray first came out films were like nearly £30 in the UK and the newer films are mostly between £16-£24.