Sorry, but unless studios stop releasing DVD, Blu-Ray will not be the DVD, it WILL be the next LaserDisc.
In order for Blu-Ray to succeed, it needs serious attention to detail. If consumers have to consistently hit up review sites to weed out titles with bad transfers, poor encodes & kludgey menus, Blu will remain niche.
I disagree with your argument because we're going through a paradigm shift in the media market. We'll have HD TV, Radio and Movies. It's not just delivering media in a different format, like laserdisc vs VHS, it's an entire industry focusing on a whole new set of standards. Even the FDC is getting in the game by require tv broadcasters to upgrade to HD by '09.
Downloading content will be popular, but there's still a huge part of the population that doesn't have broadband, so they're out. Their option with be Blu-ray. Plus, people still like to own physical things and blu-ray media will fit-the-bill. Of course they could still buy DVD's, but for a few dollars more they could be buying a better product.
They are not required to upgrade to HD, they are required to broadcast DIGITALLY. Digital and HD are two separate things. Digital is the way you send something (its the standard of broadcast), HD is what you see (its the picture in the end).
HD is only sent digitally in America, but just because you have a digital feed does not mean you have to send HD over it. Indeed, my parents have digital cable, but they do not get any HD channels.
thats just not true anymore. all studios are using avc or vc-1 and mpeg-4 for video. studios want bd to take over dvd because its there new cash cow. it took dvd almost 5 yrs to take off and we heard the same bs were hearing now dvd will never take over for vhs..did
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WebDev511 @ Mar 3rd 2008 1:24PM
Sorry, but unless studios stop releasing DVD, Blu-Ray will not be the DVD, it WILL be the next LaserDisc.
In order for Blu-Ray to succeed, it needs serious attention to detail. If consumers have to consistently hit up review sites to weed out titles with bad transfers, poor encodes & kludgey menus, Blu will remain niche.
Peetah @ Mar 3rd 2008 2:09PM
I disagree with your argument because we're going through a paradigm shift in the media market. We'll have HD TV, Radio and Movies. It's not just delivering media in a different format, like laserdisc vs VHS, it's an entire industry focusing on a whole new set of standards. Even the FDC is getting in the game by require tv broadcasters to upgrade to HD by '09.
Downloading content will be popular, but there's still a huge part of the population that doesn't have broadband, so they're out. Their option with be Blu-ray. Plus, people still like to own physical things and blu-ray media will fit-the-bill. Of course they could still buy DVD's, but for a few dollars more they could be buying a better product.
Allen @ Mar 3rd 2008 4:07PM
They are not required to upgrade to HD, they are required to broadcast DIGITALLY. Digital and HD are two separate things. Digital is the way you send something (its the standard of broadcast), HD is what you see (its the picture in the end).
HD is only sent digitally in America, but just because you have a digital feed does not mean you have to send HD over it. Indeed, my parents have digital cable, but they do not get any HD channels.
John B @ Mar 3rd 2008 7:24PM
"Paradigm shift"?! Pfft! That term is s-o-o-o-o 1990s. The correct term now is "directional modification". :)
tom vinelli @ Mar 8th 2008 11:26PM
thats just not true anymore.
all studios are using avc or vc-1 and mpeg-4 for video.
studios want bd to take over dvd because its there new cash cow.
it took dvd almost 5 yrs to take off and we heard the same bs were hearing now dvd will never take over for vhs..did