For Blu-ray to really “win†it has to do more than bask in the fact that it sent HD-DVD packing. It has to prove that the mass market perceives that it needs, wants, and is willing to pay for a high-definition optical player. This needs to happen with the same volume with which DVD replaced VHS and Laser Disc. That may be possible, but merely eliminating one competitor doesn’t mean that the road ahead is clear.
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Topic - "HD-DVD Lost, but Did Blu-ray Win?" A lengthy article with great good sense. - clarkjohnsen 10:58:42 04/13/08 (30)
- DVD sales shrunk in 2008 for the first year since the format's launch - Jazz Inmate 09:23:35 04/14/08 (16)
- RE: DVD sales shrunk in 2008 for the first year since the format's launch - bubbles 13:57:43 04/14/08 (2)
- RE: DVD sales shrunk in 2008 for the first year since the format's launch - Hornlover 08:34:47 04/15/08 (0)
- RE: DVD sales shrunk in 2008 for the first year since the format's launch - Jazz Inmate 17:12:20 04/14/08 (0)
- Media cards - TK421 10:41:51 04/14/08 (4)
- No, Apple TV could replace Blu-Ray ;-) - 4season 13:28:47 04/14/08 (0)
- I was reading about 16 & 32 gig SDHD cards.... - JMCIII 12:36:12 04/14/08 (0)
- Exactly my point; thank you. - grantv 12:20:57 04/14/08 (1)
- Good luck getting the industry to agree on such a format and successfully bring it to market - Jazz Inmate 17:35:05 04/14/08 (0)
- 2012? - grantv 09:51:36 04/14/08 (7)
- Exactly. Same thing happened with CDs, especially classical. - Dalton 21:38:04 04/16/08 (0)
- RE: 2012? - Jazz Inmate 10:55:05 04/14/08 (4)
- RE: 2012? - Jim in Blacksburg 16:01:45 04/14/08 (2)
- a lot depends on infrastructure for massive downloads. - oscar 16:49:44 04/14/08 (1)
- Works OK if you have 7 mb/s internet or better - 4season 06:09:56 04/15/08 (0)
- Formats - grantv 12:15:28 04/14/08 (0)
- There you go. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:18:45 04/14/08 (0)
- RE: "HD-DVD Lost, but Did Blu-ray Win?" A lengthy article with great good sense. - Hornlover 08:29:24 04/14/08 (4)
- You make a good point... - Crazyhorse 04:59:38 04/15/08 (1)
- "is the average consumer going to notice a difference between SD and hi-def on his 42" screen?" Of course... - Jazz Inmate 11:22:44 04/15/08 (0)
- Blu-ray is not $30-$40 per disc - Jazz Inmate 22:06:26 04/14/08 (1)
- RE: Blu-ray is not $30-$40 per disc - Hornlover 08:26:49 04/15/08 (0)
- Reasonable article (nt) - Jack G 05:33:54 04/14/08 (0)
- You may have a point there - late 18:30:00 04/13/08 (1)
- BDs have a scratch resistant coating - Jack G 05:21:57 04/14/08 (0)
- a high-definition optical player - Joe Murphy Jr 13:01:07 04/13/08 (4)
- RE: a high-definition optical player - bubbles 14:17:24 04/13/08 (3)
- read sentence #2 from the original post - Joe Murphy Jr 15:53:43 04/13/08 (0)
- If Sony has a problem… - David Aiken 15:00:25 04/13/08 (1)
- "People buy players to buy software." And there you have it. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:44:00 04/14/08 (0)