XDragon @ Sep 4th 2008 8:57AM

Mr E,
since its clear that very few people understand the situation (i'm not saying you're one of them), I'm giong to re-post a comment from another news bit with the hope that people think before they say things:

Its the same old thing with the haters and fanboys every week!
Look this is how this works period.

Regardless of which format won, the hd format will not be competing with dvd in any way but 1, new releases! That's why blu is doing well and thats why it looks like its not doing well. The week with big movie 1st time releases on both formats always shows a large spike in blu sales. Thats all any new format can do to "compete" with the existing format.
Its very simple and people are making it too complicated because we all define "doing well" differently. Fanboys will always find the good, haters will always find the bad and realistic people see the line between the two. Blu is not competing with dvd, its replacing new release dvds on a going forward basis for people who can enjoy the benefits it has to offer. Few people will buy a new blu release of an old, less then average movie for $25-$30 on blu when its $5-$10 on dvd. People will upgrade their favorite movies to blu and eventually if companies move away from dvd to push blu and as prices come down, thats the only time blu can "take over" dvd. People who expect more from any format replacing dvd simply either don't understand the situation or they are not realistic. As someone who likes technology without being a fanboy or a hater, I can say that blu is performing as expected which is a good thing but it will continue on a slower path until prices come down but it will also improve as hd tvs continue to get a larger share of the market. Hate it or love it all you want, but understand the big picture and understand that hd in general is still not something everyone can afford.
As for me, I'm replacing a handful of favorite movies and buying just the big new releases on blu. If its not a big movie that I know i'll love to watch many times, then I get the dvd.