Do you think BluRay is the FINAL physical home video format?

[Smitty258]

The title says it all. Do think BluRay may be the end all, be all of the home video world?

Years ago, I thought there'd be nothing that would top DVD, so I invested a lot in the format. We had close to 500 DVDs. All of which I'm trying to sell now that I'm getting into BluRay.

I just don't foresee anything looking or sounding any better than BluRay does. I know a lot of people think digital downloads are the future, but I don't see that taking off anytime soon with anywhere near the quality that BluRay provides. Plus I still think a lot of people, including myself, like to actually own the physical media.

So what do you guys think?

[gaeljet]

do you really think that humanity will never be able to create something better than blu ray?? not ieven in thousands of years?lol of course it s not the "end"
but when? for everybody or a few people? at what cost ? will there be sufficient improvements ?etc are the real questions, you never heard about holographic for instance..

[paperthrower2000]

Digital downlowns will hurt dvds ,maybe a new "affortable" technology in 15 to 20 years will replace bluray and will be backward compatible. The technology is still at a baby stage with bluray.

[AcePunK]

There will always be something better coming out we as humans are never satisfied with what we have, we'll use blu-ray as another starting point for newer format.

[pere]

Is the end of the world near?

[Sussudio]

no

[pere]

Then...

[Pirate King]

I dont see Blu going away anytime soon. There may be a better delvery system (getting a movie on something the size of a postage stamp) but the PQ and AQ is pretty well topped out. TV's are going to be 1080 for a long time. And even if they do come out with a 2k disk, what are you going to watch it on? How old is DVD? And it is still going strong. Blu will be here for the next twenty years.

[gaeljet]

Originally Posted by Pirate King

Blu will be here for the next twenty years.

20 yrs?lol i d likke to but i don t think so, personally i d say 10 to 15 yrs max, which would already make me more than glad..

[Smitty258]

Well of course I didn't mean the end all format EVER. I just don't see anything making any real improvements as far as PQ and AQ go.

I've heard of the holographic displays, but I'm sure it'll be a LONG time til the average consumer has those in their living room.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by Smitty258

. I just don't see anything making any real improvements as far as PQ and AQ go. .

well.... even if you QUADRUPLE to resolution of Blu-ray, it would only make a marginal improvement (that you can distinguish with the human eye) until you get into the larger display sizes...... but with that said, I think eventually 60" and 70" Plasma (or other new technology) displays will be more common in households (10 years from now perhaps.... maybe more) one road-block is the weight, and another is price..... once paper-thin, lightweight displays can be had at very affordable prices for most consumers, then the greater resolutions will benefit many..... but If I had to guess an "AVERAGE" display size for the american home.... it's gotta be 27-30" or so..... perhaps less.

As far as audio is concerned, people seeking to improve their audio quality still have a lot of venues to do so..... the average consumer uses the speakers that are in the television themselves, and even here, which is a forum dedicated to Blu-ray, it's obvious that the majority of the people care far more for the PQ than the AQ, so catering to the Audio-junkies isn't the profitable approach.

[SellmeyourDVD]

there will be something better someday. Unless the world ends somehow....

[flanman]

I think if they can bring the player to the $100 range and movies to the 10-15 range it will finally faze out older dvd and be the standard for quite a while. However, this will not happen until prices fall for the masses to jump on board.

[robertc88]

I daresay that something may come out before Blu Ray even becomes the standard.

[djluis2k6]

No way. There was talks about companies testing out full HD movies on flash drives. I believe that will be the next thing. Eventually, they'll want to get away from using discs all together.

[Forrestandjen07]

Nope, Something even better well come along

and then something better than that

and something better than that

[RustyK94]

There's the big issue of you can only experince better PQ on a TV of at least 60 inches.

The only thing that might change is disc to flash cards/drives and downloads.

If thats the case im not about to upgrade all my movies again.

[pacificvibes]

Originally Posted by robertc88

I daresay that something may come out before Blu Ray even becomes the standard.

just kidding

[RustyK94]

Originally Posted by robertc88

I daresay that something may come out before Blu Ray even becomes the standard.

Time to bring this out again

[Lanfear]

I hope Blu-ray lasts a good long time as I have put a lot into it already. I just don't see myself buying anything that will be so much better than Blus that I have to buy it. There's only so much the human eye can distinguish. So unless the next step is a holo-deck, I think I'm good