Will Blu ray end up like Laser Disc?

[zombie]

Well you're right that many people don't see a big enough difference in SD to HD to take much of an interest but I don't think that BD will become nothing more than a niche product like LD was. I suspect it'll simply take a lot longer for BD to catch on than DVD did. The main reason is because of the lack of homes with HDTVs. In the USA, it's estimated that only about 10% of households have HDTVs. To make matters worse, I've read that a large chunk of those same people haven't even bought the set top boxes needed to convert the HD signals so several people are watching SD stretched on their HDTVs. :shock: