Why flashRAM is of little threat to blu-ray - Blu-ray Forum

CptGreedle · 06-02-2008, 07:13 PM

The way I see it... the new Apple Macbook Air has an optional SSD (Solid State Drive) that uses the same technology that thumb drives use. This is a faster and more efficient (and supposedly stable but that remains to be seen) technology than HDD, but to add this to the Air, well lets put it like this.
For a mere $1000, you can "upgrade" the 80GB HDD to a 60GB SSD.
At that price.... I don't think it is going to be selling out anytime soon.
THis is a bold move to promote the SSD technology, but it will still be a long long time before a 50GB, or even 25GB SSD thumb drive is available AND affordable... let alone main stream! Sure you can get 2GB for $20 (or less), but the more GB it has, the higher the price exponentially!
So it will be at least 5-10 years before we see anything viable in the realm of thumb drives to compete against Blu-ray. MORE than enough time for Blu-ray to establish itself as the primary and ideal choice for HD movies.
I welcome any technology that can match or excel the quality of a Blu-ray, but i just don't see anything else that is viable right now so it is not looking good for the file-transfer tech right now.

Only the disgruntled HD DVD promoting reporters are saying that Blu-ray will lose or is losing to internet or thumb drives.... and they are very wrong as all the evidence is pointing out the Blu-ray is taking off! It's a pity that so many people listen to them and believe that farce!

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06-02-2008, 07:13 PM	#5
CptGreedle Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Sworn super-hero now services Atlanta (and suburbs). Blu-ray collection:128 Blu-ray reviews:5	The way I see it... the new Apple Macbook Air has an optional SSD (Solid State Drive) that uses the same technology that thumb drives use. This is a faster and more efficient (and supposedly stable but that remains to be seen) technology than HDD, but to add this to the Air, well lets put it like this. For a mere $1000, you can "upgrade" the 80GB HDD to a 60GB SSD. At that price.... I don't think it is going to be selling out anytime soon. THis is a bold move to promote the SSD technology, but it will still be a long long time before a 50GB, or even 25GB SSD thumb drive is available AND affordable... let alone main stream! Sure you can get 2GB for $20 (or less), but the more GB it has, the higher the price exponentially! So it will be at least 5-10 years before we see anything viable in the realm of thumb drives to compete against Blu-ray. MORE than enough time for Blu-ray to establish itself as the primary and ideal choice for HD movies. I welcome any technology that can match or excel the quality of a Blu-ray, but i just don't see anything else that is viable right now so it is not looking good for the file-transfer tech right now. Only the disgruntled HD DVD promoting reporters are saying that Blu-ray will lose or is losing to internet or thumb drives.... and they are very wrong as all the evidence is pointing out the Blu-ray is taking off! It's a pity that so many people listen to them and believe that farce!

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