Blu-ray: Dogged by delays, will it still have its day?

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by blacklion

Perhaps. But even the most enthusiastic advocates of DD know its still about a decade or so away from prime time. Even if we disagree with his conclusions, still there are a couple of useful nuggets in there.

Prime time? There isn't even an agreed upon "format" yet. Everybody has their "version" and there is still no valid ownership model. Good luck on that decade prediction.

Meantime, the BDA, especially the studios need to do a lot more now for blu-ray to truly attain its potential within that time window i.e. cheaper and more user-friendly. And no, that does not include rendering absolutely every new movie in 3D or artificially restricting consumer choice/freedom by shutting down DVD as some have been advocating on here

Cheaper? Just bought The Crazies for $12.99. And The Losers for $19.99. Btw, the DVD was $16.99. No one expects the studios to give the movies away. Well, no one except a few "fair use" advocates. And speaking of The Losers, 51%. Four years in(I'm being generous and counting the Format War time as well) and a new title on BD outsold the DVD version. Not too shabby.