Has anyone invested in blu ray?

[Nealten10]

Now that the stock market is down now would be a good time to buy some stocks for blu ray.... My uncle did so and should be making a killing in a few years

[Mr. HiDef]

Originally Posted by Nealten10

Now that the stock market is down now would be a good time to buy some stocks for blu ray.... My uncle did so and should be making a killing in a few years

Hopefully he will and what stock is that sony?

[Nealten10]

Originally Posted by Mr. HiDef

Hopefully he will and what stock is that sony?

I have no clue.. My uncle is weird and wont tell me ANYTHING about it.. thats way i was asking has anyone bought a stock in it

[Mr. HiDef]

Originally Posted by Nealten10

I have no clue.. My uncle is weird and wont tell me ANYTHING about it.. thats way i was asking has anyone bought a stock in it

well there is no stock just for blu-ray its self so maybe sony is what he bought

[Nealten10]

Originally Posted by Mr. HiDef

well there is no stock just for blu-ray its self so maybe sony is what he bought

I guess thats what it is.... If theres nothing else that blu-rays are considered under

[Mr. HiDef]

well sony owns the format but I am sure other companies will benefit whether its a company that makes a bd player or bd drive for comps or just the movie companies that sell the bd's it just all depends but there is not a company called blu ray to invest in it would be sony

[bykes]

Yeah, you can't buy stock in "blu-ray".

[J6P]

It's a lot bigger than just Sony.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...53&postcount=2

[Mr. HiDef]

Originally Posted by J6P

It's a lot bigger than just Sony.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...53&postcount=2

thank you for that I always thought sony owned the format

[J6P]

Originally Posted by Mr. HiDef

thank you for that I always thought sony owned the format

Well, all thanks go to Doby. He's been trying to tell us for 2 years now!

[brettallica]

It has been said by many that Blu-ray is "evolutionary, not revolutionary." I think it'll be the big format that kind of takes over the market for a while, but I don't see it being a DVD-killer the way that DVD killed VHS. DVDs and Blu-rays will coexist for a long time, and for a couple reasons. The first being that they're developing a cost-effective dual-format Blu-ray that has standard DVD on one layer and Blu-ray content on the other layer(s). DVD players will be able to play these discs, which is basically a concession by all manufacturers interested in the advancement of Blu-ray technology saying that they themselves understand that DVDs won't "just go away" like VHS did.

The second reason, and you don't need to argue this point with me because I'm totally on board with Blu-ray -- the fact that I'm a member of a friggin' forum about Blu-ray should be proof enough -- is many people feel that their DVDs are just fine, even when played through a standard definition DVD player on their big-screen high-def TV using composite cables where gurus like us can see the resolution breakdown and actually can tell difference when a source is 480 or 1080. In the eyes of the non-discerning, it's not nearly as "night and day" as DVD was to VHS, and therefore, not as important to make the switch to Blu-ray. Many, if not most, people will wait until their DVD player stops working rather than go out and buy a Blu-ray player "just because" (like I did!). So in that sense, I'm not sure that "buying stock in Blu-ray" per se as the OP wrote, is necessarily the hot ticket to future financial freedom.

I do see the Blu-ray media really taking over in applications more related to the computer side of things, where the storage capacity of a single Blu-ray disc and the importance thereof trump the DVD media much more so than DVDs did CDs. The ability to backup one's complete hard drive -- or at least a significant portion of it -- on one or two discs is something that was unheard of until the introduction of Blu-ray. Every family owns a computer (many own several, including my house); computers have a finite lifespan; next generation computers are already coming equipped with Blu-ray drives now. DVD players also have a finite lifespan, but those things last forever, and the turnover rate of a DVD player is far slower than a computer -- most notably because of the fact that computers go obsolete so quickly, while a DVD player is just a DVD player. People throw away perfectly good computers just to get something faster and better because they're tired of waiting an extra four seconds for their "two-year old dinosaur" to open a Word document. Just the turnover effect alone will help boost Blu-ray drive sales.

I see Blu-ray drive manufacturers being more profitable and lucrative in the coming years than Blu-ray player manufacturers. Companies that do both will probably benefit the most.

[Marcusarilius]

Not a bad idea at all. He will probably make a killing on those stocks in a few years with being able to buy low right now.

[jmkoch]

Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, and several other firms market BD players under various brand names. Sony and Panny (Matsutshita) have control over the patents. Of late, the stocks stink. They might spring back, but only with the rest of the global economy. So you might as well invest in the market at large: an global index fund with a broad blend of US, Europe, Asia, and a quotient of "emerging market" stocks. But also keep at least 20% of your savings in insured bank CDs or government bonds.

Sales of BD based media or players have NOT taken off any where near original projections. The 2008-9 recession dampens the outlook for all consumer electronics and media business.

Several factors maket the BD outlook even more difficult: 1) competition from portable video media, which although low-def is handy and popular; 2) competition from digital video boxes, of which Western Digital offers a very attractive version; 3) self-inflicted damage caused by the very makers of BD materials, which simultaneously sell inexpensive standard DVD players that "upscale to 1080p," often come bundled with 5-channel sound kits at a bargain, are advertized as "the ideal player for your HDTV," and get more shelf space than BD players.

With all due respects for the poster's uncle, average folks should NOT buy stocks based on tips from relatives or endorsements by gurus or celebrities. Open a no-load broad equity index fund account, invest a little each month until you reach age 60, and then gradually increase the share held in insured CDs, Treasury Bills, or AAA municipal bonds. Ignore all the stock market news in the meantime. At the end of the day, you'll be far better off than the rest of the public, and far better off than those who heed shysters and con artists. Honest brokers do exist, but the real favor they perform is to encourage you to invest at all. Too many in that trade prosper mainly by commissions driven by churning of holdings, which does NOT really raise the client's return over the long run. If you pay more than 1% per year in management fees, you probably pay too much. Some index funds charge only a fraction of that. No one (repeat: no one) beats the market consistently through all points in the market cycle. That's why index funds are the best bet.

[Johnny Vinyl]

Maybe he invested in a company like CINRAM, the world's largest manufacturer of optical discs.

[stockstar1138]

oh goodness where to start with this thread.

1. You can't buy stock in blu-ray. Thats like trying to say I bought Chair Stock. Its a consumer product, not a commodity.

2. Sony does not own blu-ray. In fact two companies, Panasonic (Matsushita) and I believe its Pioneer have more blu-ray related patents and a greater share of blu-ray royalties than Sony does.

3. Blu-ray makes up a miniscule and always will make up a miniscule part of those companies bottom lines and there are dozens of other factors that will influence Panasonic and Sony (I don't believe Pioneer is publically traded) stocks more than blu-ray ever will. For example on the day WB announced Blu-ray exclusivity (the most important event ever to blu-ray in terms of something that could impact a stock) the big company stocks did not get that impacted due to the fact that blu-ray doesn't mean a whole lot to a company such as Sony.

4. If you can trade in foreign markets and want to buy the ONLY stock out there that will greatly be affected by blu-ray success buy SNG (Singulus) which I know trades on the German exchange and possibly a few others.

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by jmkoch

With all due respects for the poster's uncle, average folks should NOT buy stocks based on tips from relatives or endorsements by gurus or celebrities. Open a no-load broad equity index fund, invest a little each month until you reach age 60, and then gradually increase the share held in insured CDs, Treasury Bills, or AAA municipal bonds. Ignore all the stock market news in the meantime. At the end of the day, you'll be far better off than the rest of the public, and far better off than those who heed shysters and con artists. Honest brokers do exist, but the real favor they perform is to encourage you to invest at all. Too many in that trade prosper mainly by commissions and churning of holdings that do NOT really raise the client's return over the long run. If you pay more than 1% per year in management fees, you probably pay too much. Some index funds charge only a fraction of that. No one (repeat: no one) beats the market consistently through all points in the market cycle. That's why index funds are the best bet.

+1, this type of thinking is what makes stockstars, not some guy shouting on tv about a stock that you should have bought 6 months ago.