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Netflix is the only buyer and HD-DVD is dead...

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Rod M

In Reply to: RE: Blu Ray is failing in the marketplace posted by DavidLD on October 28, 2008 at 08:33:14

so what's it matter?

Eventually, everything has to move to blu-ray, what else is there? It's like vinyl and CDs in a way. As buyers buy new DVD players, they'll get blu-ray included.

Rentals drive the market and te only game gong is mail order any more. We have one Blockbuster left in town, 2 closed, Hollywood Video is gone and there are no independents left. I bought a DVD player when the video stores had the new releases in DVD. Now Netflix had blu-ray, at $150, maybe I'd upgrade, though with my Oppo upsmapler player, the quality is so good, it's hard to believe I'd be over whelmed.

-Rod

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RE: Netflix is the only buyer and HD-DVD is dead... - racerguy 09:14:22 10/31/08 (0)
> > Eventually, everything has to move to blu-ray, what else is there? It's like vinyl and CDs in a way. As buyers buy new DVD players, they'll get blu-ray included. < <

:-) This is exactly what SACD and DVD-Audio supporters said about their respective formats. We've seen how that turned out.

Blu-ray appears to be destined for niche status just like all the rest of the recent physical media innovations. Mainstream consumers will stick to DVD like they did to CD until downloading of video content becomes more practical, then DVD will die off like CD is dying off.

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