Sony and Panasonic to scuttle Blu-ray?

[jmkoch]

Originally Posted by atomik kinder

My Blu-ray discs will work on other blu-ray players, but all digital downloads don't work in all players.
(Is that correct or am I just imagining things)

I'd wager that the fresh wave of Digital boxes will play just about anything. h.264 mid-def. in 1280x720p at 4 mbps won't even need that much bandwidth. Raise the bitrate to 8 or 12 and it will be good enough to prefer a download at $10 over a BD at $25.

A preference for physical media? Where are all those physical mp3 discs? Will old fashioned letter writing soon overtake cell phone blab?

The point is this: Sony, Panny, and other BD makers are acting like they don't half believe the format themselves. The marketing of the players is a disgrace.