UHD Blu-ray Disc Authentication Poll

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Originally Posted by Kirsty_Mc

... Till some day your cherished collection (or part of it) no longer plays. Then your investment in the hardware counts for nothing. The only thing you are left with is a very nasty taste in your mouth and a hole in your bank balance.

Not a Game of Thrones fan, I take it. That would have been a perfect place for 'and your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth'.

That said, uncertainty and inconvenience are two fairly distinct issues. I can easily see potential buyers being turned off by the idea that discs might not play three or five or ten years in the future.

I have a harder time picturing significant numbers of potential UHD-BD buyers turning away from it because internet access is just one hoop too many. We're not exactly talking about a technophobic segment of the buying public and internet access is pretty much a staple these days.