In Reply to: I think there's a pretty big difference though. posted by grantv on May 20, 2008 at 12:31:35:
The industry could phase out DVD players and sell only Blu-ray players, after a couple years. At that point, studios could stop releasing DVDs.The point is, you can upgrade, sell your old player and still have full access to your DVD collection, with upscaling.
-------------Call it, friendo.
Edits: 05/20/08
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- Granted, but few DVD players had VHS capability. All Blu-ray players have DVD capability - Jazz Inmate 12:44:23 05/20/08 (6)
- Jazz, I would LOVE to see the studios try that. - JMCIII 18:52:04 05/20/08 (3)
- I agree - Jack G 05:23:58 05/21/08 (1)
- If you inferred "right now" from my post, I apologize. I meant over time - Jazz Inmate 10:06:51 05/21/08 (0)
- I wish they did that with SACD, but the labels didn't have their ducks in a row - Jazz Inmate 21:31:31 05/20/08 (0)
- Blue-ray recorder? - grantv 14:19:15 05/20/08 (1)
- It's coming. Blu-ray writable media is already available for compatible drives/PCs - Jazz Inmate 14:28:47 05/20/08 (0)