Rough economy challenges Blu-ray?

[JimShaw]

Reading the Sunday paper The Press-Enterprise, I came across a large article regarding Blu-ray.

Following are a few excerpts.

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Rough Economy Challenges Blu-ray

Analysts Roger Kay predicts a dramatic drop in Blu-ray sales for the fourth quarter and beyond, pushing back adoption of the technology long enough to allow other forms of video over cable, satellite and the Internet to shut the window of opportunity for Blu-ray.

But Hollywood is still betting on the format, releasing more home video titles on Blu-ray.

“We’ve been investing quite a bit of R&D and our future into this business,” said Sven Davison, director of DVD production for 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. “We definitely feel it shows a lot of promise.”

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