How Much Longer Will There Be Blu-ray Discs? (article mentions format expires 2016?)

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by HDTV1080P

How Much Longer Will There Be Blu-ray Discs?

Funny thing about the Audio/Video internet world of forecasting….or, for that matter, technical assertions. There is absolutely no accountability.

Swanni is still making predictions?....after this 2007 *insightful* one -

Swanni's 2008 Predictions: Blu-ray vs. HD DVD - YouTube

Not to belabor the point of him having a difficult time in picking the obvious winner, fact of the matter is the backers of Blu-ray and the backers of HD DVD did NOT negotiate a single format….there was unconditional surrender by the loser. More to the point, it came completely unexpected by high-ranking Toshiba executives who reportedly were on their way to CES 2008 but turned their jet around to go back to Japan when Warner Bros. abruptly announced it would go Blu-ray exclusive.

And a poor lower-level Toshiba spokesperson was then left to do embarrassing damage control because she was compelled “to shift her comments”…..

CES 2008: Toshiba's response to Warner ditching HD-DVD - YouTube