Why flashRAM is of little threat to blu-ray

[tron3]

COST. Yes, I know everything comes down in price eventually. However, semi-conductor technology is pricey in general. They are prone to mass production errors, long production times, general fatigue, and electric shock. How would you like walk across your carpet to get your favorite movie only to have the static jolt destroy it?

Since the inception of the record NOTHING is cheaper and more reliable than hard pressed media. Period. Yes, mass produced DVD and blu-ray movies are pressed mediums, not burned. (Unless someone knows something about BD which I do not.)

So unless flashRAM is another kind of hard pressed medium, the success is already questionable. Plus we have to contend with fallout of the HD DVD vs blu-ray war. I highly doubt the studios want to create another format war. I think even techo die hards would wait this one out. What good is ANOTHER HDM player with no new content?

Disc has been the past, the present, and will be the future for a long time. Sure, other disc technologies like laserdisc and video disc didn't become as prolific, but it wasn't the fault of the disc concept. Part of me believes a blu-ray compatible holographic disc could also be the future. Holo-disc may only need be 3" in diameter because of the ultra high recording density. But it is still a disc.

One of the great selling points of the first 3.5" floppy drives over the 5.25" discs was more storage space you could fit in your shirt pocket. This could very well be a selling point of 3" HDM disc. While I am in no rush to see our current crop of 4.75" discs go away, I do firmly believe hard pressed media will remain the cheapest, most reliable way to mass produce home entertainment content for a LONG time.

Sometimes digital isn't better, it's just digital.