Guys, it took about six years for DVD to match VHS in media sales. That, and DVD was the fastest accepted new media format ever. It probably won't happen like that ever again. I'd be very happy if Blu-Ray takes 20% of the media market, sharing the market with DVD and many forms of downloads.
I think Cinram is going to have to come up with other ways to make money in the long term. Retrofitting a line or two for Blu-Ray might keep them going for a decade longer, but after that may be the end of the line for most physical media.
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JeffDM @ Mar 12th 2008 6:47PM
Guys, it took about six years for DVD to match VHS in media sales. That, and DVD was the fastest accepted new media format ever. It probably won't happen like that ever again. I'd be very happy if Blu-Ray takes 20% of the media market, sharing the market with DVD and many forms of downloads.
I think Cinram is going to have to come up with other ways to make money in the long term. Retrofitting a line or two for Blu-Ray might keep them going for a decade longer, but after that may be the end of the line for most physical media.