Blu-ray future limited?

[BOF]

A spoilsport I know posted this link to me after I told him I'd bought a Blu-ray player


I'd be most interested to have some informed opinions.



http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=365&tag=nl.e550



For some strange reason,I'm a little reluctant to simply accept a blog entry from some bloke of whom I've never heard.

[Opips2]

that's joke!!~L~!!

[Driver_King]

That was an old, biased article that holds no value. Disregard it and show whoever sent you that article any recent article about how well Blu-ray is doing. This thread needs to be locked before we have another discussion of the same thing again.

[doctorsteve]

Originally Posted by Driver_King

That was an old, biased article that holds no value.

Just over a month old. Biased yes, but only because the writer is obviously a turd with limbs. Seriously, the article is poo.

[doctorsteve]

"Remember Betamax? SACD? Minidisk? Laser Disk? DVD-Audio?"

Just out of curiosity, does anybody have reliable numbers on peak market penetration for any of these other technologies?

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by doctorsteve

"Remember Betamax? SACD? Minidisk? Laser Disk? DVD-Audio?"

Just out of curiosity, does anybody have reliable numbers on peak market penetration for any of these other technologies?

I'm pretty sure BD is already beyond all of them. Definitely at least with software sales, if not in straight hardware sales (what's the deal with people not wanting to count PS3s anyway?).

Assuming, of course, that your reason for asking this was to compare their failures to BD's successes.

[Pinto]

Ridiculous. "...up-sampling DVD players dramatically cut the video quality advantage of Blu-ray DVDs" - yeah, maybe on his Philco 17".

[BACsader]

Yeah, I just don't know what to say. Obviously people are getting into it now. Sales are up, now Blu-ray disc prices have to come down to help stimulate Blu-ray even more.

[tbizzle]

These threads seem to pop up every week. I don't see blu going anywhere, and its for damn sure not leaving my house

[BOF]

That's what I was hoping.Sorry to be such a dill.

That's a problem I have with technology which is new to me:Takes me a while to work out what questions to ask-and as important,what questions NOT to ask.

Thank you for your patience and good humour.

[Ex Accountant]

Uh Oh! I'd better unload all of my Blu-rays now while I still can

I mean, we all know that downloads and video on demand killed the DVD industry, right?

[SkullPhyre]

Blu-ray is not going anywhere and i am close to hitting a 100 Blu's

[Mikeblu]

Considering 400GB discs are meant to be compatible with all BD players, I doubt it.

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by BOF

A spoilsport I know posted this link to me after I told him I'd bought a Blu-ray player


I'd be most interested to have some informed opinions.



http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=365&tag=nl.e550



For some strange reason,I'm a little reluctant to simply accept a blog entry from some bloke of whom I've never heard.

blogs.zdnet.com

All you need to know.

Also didn't Robin Harris write Bebe's Kids?

[SillyMammo]

After reading a bunch of the comments, maybe blu-ray is in trouble. Wow, people are ignorant and love to spout off about something they've never researched. This country is full of techno-phobes.

A mobile phone?!? Why would anyone carry a phone around?

[witheygull]

Those articles are pure FUD.

Of course the future of blu-ray is indeed limited; after all, there is a finite amount of matter in the universe with which to replicate players and discs.

[Yeha-Noha]

Originally Posted by witheygull

Those articles are pure FUD.

Of course the future of blu-ray is indeed limited; after all, there is a finite amount of matter in the universe with which to replicate players and discs.

Nah, if there are multiverses, the future of Blu-ray could be unlimited.

[Polaris]

Originally Posted by witheygull

Those articles are pure FUD.

Of course the future of blu-ray is indeed limited; after all, there is a finite amount of matter in the universe with which to replicate players and discs.

There is an infinite amount of matter to be had.

Everything in the universe is made up of energy. Matter is made up of energy.

Quantum Physics have proved that the building blocks to matter are sub-atomic particles which are non-physical but an energy state.

So, if everything is energy, and matter is energy, then certainly there is an infinite amount of matter to be had.

The physical world is really an illusion in the ultimate sense of reality.

The reason solid objects are solid is that our human body is vibrating at the same frequency as other solid objects. Change the frequency of the human body and the solid objects will no longer be solid.

I know this thread is about blu-ray, but I just couldn't let that statement go unchallenged.

[Ex Accountant]

Originally Posted by Polaris

There is an infinite amount of matter to be had.

Everything in the universe is made up of energy. Matter is made up of energy.

Quantum Physics have proved that the building blocks to matter are sub-atomic particles which are non-physical but an energy state.

So, if everything is energy, and matter is energy, then certainly there is an infinite amount of matter to be had.

The physical world is really an illusion in the ultimate sense of reality.

The reason solid objects are solid is that our human body is vibrating at the same frequency as other solid objects. Change the frequency of the human body and the solid objects will no longer be solid.

I know this thread is about blu-ray, but I just couldn't let that statement go unchallenged.

Barkeep, I'll have what he's having! There's hardly enough matter in the universe to justify the size of your font. Seriously though, you are stating that there is an infinite amount of matter in the universe because matter is made up of energy, yes? Following this to it conclusion suggests there must be an infinite amount of energy in the universe as well. Otherwise, you are saying that a few joules of energy can create an infinite amount of matter. Are you suggesting that finite energy results in infinite matter?

I know this thread is about blu-ray, but I just couldn't let that statement go unchallenged.

[kurtlingle]

I can't believe I spent time reading that....

And then the HD-DVD guys posting at the bottom - wishing both formats were around (saying that the format war was good!).

Uhg!

Anyway - I disagree with him. This X-mas many of the Joe6pack are jumping in - I've already converted 4 people :-)

My mother-in-law got the Sony 350, my brother got the PS3 (for blu-ray only), my co-worker got the S350 ($179) and another co-worker got the PS3. And I noticed someone at work carrying the S350 around.

All these are Joe Six Pack types - not audio-files --- the war is over and the new format is Blu-ray!