Blu Ray Clear Winner... umm, only in their OWN CAMP.

So what happened?

Recession happened? DVD still KING. Requires HDTV. Mortgage Disaster. The Saudi Prince Suckin' the 87-octane out of your budget... & the price of a $15 bag of wheat... shootin' up to $40 last week - Thanks Ethanol!

Oh yeah, that little technology called DIGITAL DOWNLOAD that is FAST GROWING than the Blu Ray standalone sales... offered by PRIVATE SECTORS at cheaper prices by 2009... at the same time FCC auctions off our ANALOG channels.

Sony says "What Me Worry?" (ok, I made that one up.... who knows what's cookin' on the blu ray camp to outpace THESE OBSTACLES). I don' know... maybe lower their EGO & reduce the retail price of standalones to around $99!
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/smooth_sailing_for_blu_ray
That would make sense, but who wants that?

[Post edited by xplaytendo on Feb 26, 2008]

Several of us had said it before, the HD-DVD vs BD was only a battle the real war begins: SD-DVD vs. Blu-ray

What is it with people and their town crying that digital downloads are going to replace everything? For the last time, it's just going to be another option for people but they will not replace anything. Too many glitches can happen with it, and consumers love to have physical objects they can keep in their collections and watch whenever they feel like it.

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Recession happened? DVD still KING. Requires HDTV. Mortgage Disaster. The Saudi Prince Suckin' the 87-octane out of your budget... & the price of a $15 bag of wheat... shootin' up to $40 last week - Thanks Ethanol!

Oh yeah, that little technology called DIGITAL DOWNLOAD that is FAST GROWING than the Blu Ray standalone sales... offered by PRIVATE SECTORS at cheaper prices by 2009... at the same time FCC auctions off our ANALOG channels.

Sony says "What Me Worry?" (ok, I made that one up.... who knows what's cookin' on the blu ray camp to outpace THESE OBSTACLES). I don' know... maybe lower their EGO & reduce the retail price of standalones to around $99!

All this happened because HD-DVD lost the format war. LOL

I miss you Tim

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What is it with people and their town crying that digital downloads are going to replace everything? For the last time, it's just going to be another option for people but they will not replace anything. Too many glitches can happen with it, and consumers love to have physical objects they can keep in their collections and watch whenever they feel like it.

Remember not too long ago when you walked into a music store and saw the rows and rows of albums? Then, some time later you walked into the same store and saw rows and rows of cassettes? Then it was rows and rows of CDs. Today, walk into that store and tell me how many rows of CDs you see compared to say, 1988. Technology is ever evolving.

People don't collect things like they used to. As younger generations get older, one after the other, the novelty of scrap booking and photo albums and collecting stamps and collecting coins, collecting baseball cards, and overpriced CDs and soon to be DVDs wears thin. People want convenience, portability, and instant accessibility.

Im not saying that downloads will completely replace anything. However, the popularity is already there and will only continue to grow. When it grows and reaches a certain point, those responsible for producing the DVD media will see that its just not as cost effective to do it anymore. Much like the cassette phased out (for the most part) vinyl, CDs replaced cassettes, and one day, downloads will replace (for the most part) DVDs.

But many people, not alot, but there are people who do not have high speed internet.

High speed internet can be had for under 20 bucks a month now through AT&T. Thats what dial up used to cost 10 years ago. As rates of speed increase, pricing tiers become more affordable. It just takes time. When basic high speed internet drops to under 10 bucks a month, which is the average price of dial up currently, there will be no stopping it. Purchasing a car or flying in airplanes used to be out of most peoples financial reach. The writing is on the wall.

1) You can still buy albums on CD. But comparing movies to songs is ridiculous since people want exceptionally easy portable music. Can't say the same for movie downloads.

2) Blu-Ray player and movie prices WILL come down, just like DVD.

You can also get most books nowadays as a download, but they still sell good old-fashioned paper variety.

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High speed internet can be had for under 20 bucks a month now through AT&T. Thats what dial up used to cost 10 years ago. As rates of speed increase, pricing tiers become more affordable. It just takes time. When basic high speed internet drops to under 10 bucks a month, which is the average price of dial up currently, there will be no stopping it. Purchasing a car or flying in airplanes used to be out of most peoples financial reach. The writing is on the wall.

I saw one of the Bourne movies at Amazon the other day as a download for $14.99. That's roughly the same price of what I pay for my HIGH-DEFINITION movies and I will have them for a long time.