Oh noes teh sky is falling!

[onemorechance]

another random dumb thread....blu-ray is gaining more and more customers..faster than the transition between dvd and vhs..so have the 237493874 articles i have read have been saying

[Grand Bob]

[QUOTE=Coqui2k;2417628]Blu-ray Still Struggling to Find Customers
by Monika Bartyzel Oct 13th 2009 // 12:15PM

Filed under: Home Entertainment

QUOTE]

Is this a real magazine article or something from the Onion?

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Grand Bob

Is this a real magazine article or something from the Onion?

I think the onion does more research

[Uniquely]

Originally Posted by jabbayoda

$150 for a Blu-ray player is nothing to an A/V fanatic like all of us. But for John Q. Whatever, a perfectly good DVD player is probably fine for the moment. $150 is a lot, especially in the midst of a recession with the jobless rate closing in on 10%.

Anyway, I disagree with the OP. Blu-ray is here to stay, but it's going to have to be happy with a shared market -- DVD is here to stay for a good while, too.

I agree wholeheartedly. There's a segment of the market that just isn't going to be as motivated to go from DVD to blu-ray, as they were to go from VHS to DVD. DVD was a giant step forward in reliability and convenience; no more FF & RW, and no more twisted tapes to deal with. I think blu-ray will continue to grow at an impressive pace, but it will peak out before it acheives the penetration rates that DVD did.

[nathanp]

Are these random blogs? I don't get it...... I guess you can expect ridiculous articles in the day and age where you can find articles declaring the cure for cancer exists, but pharmaceutical companies are "holding off" for a better pay-day.[/QUOTE]

While I do actually believe that a cure for cancer exists (I wouldn't trust the World Health Organization as far as I could bi*chslap them) The whole thing about Blu-ray being a failure is pretty ridiculous, probably written by one of Toshiba's sweatshop slaves.

[TTC1984]

I for one am tired of these multiple, random "Blu-Ray isn't taking off" threads. Seems like anyone can write anything these days, regardless of qualifications.

i have no doubt that as time progresses and the players and software become more affordable and HDTVs become the standard (and this is happening as we speak), Blu-Ray will replace DVD. It will take time, no questions asked, but even DVD didn't replace VHS overnight.

If anything, the transition to Blu-Ray is a smoother one, since DVDs work fine in a Blu-Ray player, and are upconverted as well.

The next person to write a BS article like this needs to be taken out and severely beaten.

[Propellarhead9]

Word to that.

[hardcorefrokid]

Originally Posted by Coqui2k

Yes, it cooks up beautiful picture and sound -- but with the right equipment. You must have the great high-def TV and solid stereo system to really enjoy it.

Come on! This blogger is making this too easy!

Originally Posted by TTC1984

I for one am tired of these multiple, random "Blu-Ray isn't taking off" threads. Seems like anyone can write anything these days, regardless of qualifications.

I say we make a "Blu-ray is failing article mega-thread."

[krazeyeyez]

just wanted to chime in with... i remember having to flip quite a few dvd's mid movie "cough" goodfellas... in the beginning which is just one more aspect of that article not quite right lol. DVD started the same way, i spent $800 on my first player when i was 16 and bought $800 less car, i also remember the same comments, "does it really look better" etc... and yeah prices on those (the movies) at B&M stores have not exactly changed much lol, and didn't stunt that growth. Also i remember the idea of not rewinding and better PQ not being all that grand to J6P, and seeming more of a joke, yet look at DVD today

[Driver_King]

This article is another reporting failure.

[Pigskincoach]

Originally Posted by Another_Dude

To: Monika
From: Another_Dude
Subject: Your Cakehole


Shut it.

That has what to do with the thread? Real class, real mature to.

Blu-Ray has caught on and will continue to grow, if this was not the case there would be not be a rush from Hollywood to transfer movies to this format. Yes some have a hard time with the movies being more expensive to purchase, but at the same time the price is coming down for new releases and movies that have been released for a while, just click on price tracker and you can see the % that most of the blu-rays have fallen, since their intial release. Blockbuster does not charge a premium to rent their (blu-ray) movies (Unlike Netflix) but we also know the latter has an ulterior motive to promote their over the net rentals.

Look back in history the beta folks whined just like this when VHS won, in that war. Let me say this, to the O.P. Do you think the companies which have billions of dollars tied into blu-ray will let it fail? When 2019 rolls around people will look upon DVD like we now look upon VHS....and blu-ray will be as common as HDTV will be in a decade, there is a worldwide downturn in the economy, which has not recovered yet, people will not be quite as fast to upgrade as they would be otherwise, if the economy was busting at the seams.

One last thought if you cannot logically respond to a post without attacking someone THEN DO NOT RESPOND.

[Infrared Sight]

Wait just a darn minute here. Who the hell didn't tell me that DVDs didn't need to be re-winded?? I thought that was a new feature with Blu-ray. I have been using this for years.



And yeah, that person is an idiot.

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by Infrared Sight

Wait just a darn minute here. Who the hell didn't tell me that DVDs didn't need to be re-winded?? I thought that was a new feature with Blu-ray. I have been using this for years.



And yeah, that person is an idiot.

Thanks for posting that - the best laugh I've had all day!

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by kefrank

According to who? She stated that Blu-ray makes up about 6% of home entertainment sales, which is consistent with this video business article from three months ago. Is there a more recent article that shows a different breakdown of home entertainment revenue?

6% is consistent with an article which has Blu-Ray at 8%, and is from 3 months ago and it's been going up monthly? And was written from a positive perspective towards Blu-Ray?

You don't have the same definition of "Consistency" that I do.

And she, like most of these articles, ignores the fact that Blu-Ray player sales are ahead of DVD player sales even if you don't count the PS3.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by Rblu-Dblu

I don't get all the price complaining. I haven't spent more than $23 on a bluray since last december. You deserve to pay $30+ if you're too lazy to find a better deal. Especially if you read this site, there are deals all over the place.

That is what I don't get, I hear people complaining all the time that BD as expensive and over $30+ all the time yet I never purchase a BD if it's over $25 and I find them all over the place. Where do these people shop anyway? Do they know other places sell BD beside Best Buy? Plus if you wait a month after releases you can get them even cheaper.

[SillyMammo]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

That is what I don't get, I hear people complaining all the time that BD as expensive and over $30+ all the time yet I never purchase a BD if it's over $25 and I find them all over the place. Where do these people shop anyway? Do they know other places sell BD beside Best Buy? Plus if you wait a month after releases you can get them even cheaper.

20 years ago, these were the same people who would buy their music at shopping mall music stores, like Sam Goody, and say CDs are too expensive because the stores would price them at $17-$18.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by SillyMammo

20 years ago, these were the same people who would buy their music at shopping mall music stores, like Sam Goody, and say CDs are too expensive because the stores would price them at $17-$18.

Yeah, and those same type of people shop at FYE today.

[KrugStillo]

I'd like to say hello to all being that I am a first-time poster. I have a few comments to make that I'm not sure if I've ever come across after hours of reading these forums.

Let me just state that I do have a blu-ray player and a collection of 150+ blu-rays yet I still don't see the death of DVD the way that many see it. I do however see the co-existence of DVD and blu-ray for an indefinite amount of time and let me tell you why I think this.

I am a huge collector of horror/sci-fi/cult movies and I know there are alot of us out there. In my prefered genre there are alot of movies that are shot on DV or worse VHS. These movies cannot be transfered in High-Def. The masters themselves are the definition of standard-def. Yes they can be upconverted but why would one bother to upconvert quality that low.

Let's face facts companies like Something Wierd Video (they may not even exist anymore but you get my point) and Troma (they still haven't released anamorphic widescreen releases of some of thier movies) are not going to be able to afford or even see the need to go High-def.

I just hate the fact that people assume the only movies that people watch are modern movies with the capability of High-def. I admit anything on 16 or 35mm film can be transfered in High-def with superior results. Bring it on, I want more movies on blu-ray. I just don't see one format winning over the other because they both have very specific needs. Yes there are major similarities between the 2 but let's remember everything can't be High-def. You can't polish a turd.

I just think the supposed war between DVD and blu-ray can't really exist for the above reasons. Blu-ray is a format concieved primarily for providing High-def whereas DVD is there for any-def you want to put on it. Not everything is capable of High-def. Would you really want to watch The Blair Witch Project in High-def. The movie was shot with High-8 video cameras. Yes it does have 16mm in it but the bulk is video, I just don't think it would matter and it would technically be fake High-def.

Anyway, I think the OP is way off the mark because I don't feel one can compare the 2 for the reasons I have stated.

Let me end by saying I love this site and have learned alot from these forums so thanks and I hope there are others out there who can relate to my opinion.

[Uniquely]

Originally Posted by KrugStillo

Let me end by saying I love this site and have learned alot from these forums so thanks and I hope there are others out there who can relate to my opinion.

Your opinion is very sensible, and a far more likely scenario than the outright death of DVD any time soon. There's just less incentive to go from DVD to blu-ray than there was to go from VHS to DVD. DVD is still "good enough" for a large number of people, and is likely to remain so. This doesn't at all make blu-ray a "failure" by any measure. Blu-Ray doesn't have to push DVD completely out of the market to be a success. It's impressive growth rate has already made it a successful format. I predict it will maintain an impressive growth rate, but will top out at some point and then co-exist peacefully with DVD until the next greatest thing comes along that replaces them both.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by KrugStillo

I do however see the co-existence of DVD and blu-ray for an indefinite amount of time.

I think most sensible people here agree that DVD isn't going anywhere anytime soon. And your points are well taken, there are many titles that were released on DVD that won't see a Blu release.

Welcome to the board.