Five Reasons Blu-Ray Will Fail - Comments Page 3

CDs don't exist? I must have been in a mirage last night when I went to the store and bought one. Everyone seems to keep forgetting: people like physical stuff they can hold in their hands. I like to see something for my money. If it does indeed go all "digital download" I'll be saving a lot of money. I am not paying to download anything.

The problem with trusting to online streaming of HD is that not everyone has a 10+mb connection, and very little is legally available.

Those of us who care about things like that will (and do) support Blu-Ray. You will also see an upsurge in companies (like Disney, for example) packaging standard DVDs in with their Blu-Ray discs like they did with "Up."

Don't count Blu-Ray out just yet.

I have an older 65" projection HDTV with no HDMI and only one component input (in use) - not sure where I would put it. Seems like a waste for sending it to composite video. :)

We love our Blu-Ray! We recently put in a new media room w/ a 58" plasma tv, pioneer reveiver, new high tower speakers and the Blu-Ray was the icing on the cake~! Movies in Blu-Ray on that set-up are the only way to wacth movies~! We love it!! Blows DVD away!!

It seems that Blu-Ray is being pushed into dominance by the vendors. Recently, all the regular DVD movies have been moved from their lofty position up front in the electronics area at Walmart and have been moved to the side areas to give room for their Blu-Ray brothers. Walmart, it seems, is going to Blu-Ray. Even the players are starting to come within $10 of the higher end DVD players. Too bad they don't have USB-ROMs with movies. More space for more content - that's the ticket...

Lets look back in history a bit. The VCR was around for what - 30 years - before being superceded by DVD.' DVD had about 10 years, and is still around so may go a bit longer.

Blu-Ray has been around a few years but just doesn't look like it's taking off here (UK). The only reason I'd be tempted is for computer storage. But to be honest, a portable HDD can hold more at a fraction of the cost of the outlay on a BD writer and some discs.

For video, for the last 2 years or so I have been downloading films to watch off of the Internet. Missing out on HD? I don't think so; a broadband conection, a copy of VLC player and an mkv file mean I miss out on nothing.

The industry needs to find another way to make money - if a 40 something like me can figure this out, the tech-savvy younger generations will have no problems.

Lol DVD and Blu-ray are more popular than rip-off pay per view or satellite, and as for the low quality crap on the internet... lol stick to your iPads.

for dave: your old tv is priceless for one thing. playing old video game systems that dont have the hdmi inputs, etc. have you ever tried to play a super nintendo or an old atari on a brand new hdtv using the analog inputs? it just looks awful. the Hdtv is way too sharp.

however, if you dont play old games it probably wouldnt be an issue.

(1) Blu Ray is not pushing the old dvd out. (2) Streaming seems to be the new trend.

(2) Consumers can buy an upgrader, pay one fee, and have improved quality.

(3) I think consumers are getting tired of being expected to buy the same films over again each time a new format comes out. Oh sure. There are some maniacs who play along. But they are the exception and not the rule.

(4) When we went from VHS to DVD, there were solid reasons. (Portability, better quality, not having to worry about the dvd wearing out from normal use, etc.)

(5) With blu ray, you loses the convenience of bringing it somewhere, playing it on a computer, etc. Add to that that you often have to go through the annoying registration process. Oh, and pay twice as much for the same film!

(6) DVD is good enough. And like most people, I am tired of the industry expecting me to buy my films over each and every single time a new format comes out.

(7) Blu ray can fall 6 feet under, and that's just fine with me.

What is Blu ray?

With online media entertainment becoming simple, easy, reliable, convenient and readily available, just like TV at present, no need to go for dvd or blue ray, even for keeping record of personal media, it can be safely kept in cloud storage facility.

DVD and blue media will be history just like cassette.

Blu-Ray screams as the closest thing to loss-less replicated HD quality on disk. Standard DVD can't cut it because the pixel count is simply not there, and any attempts for standard DVD players to upscale merely adds to enhancing any jaggies or aliasing artifacts present in standard definition files, which become very evident when trying to make a standard DVD from any HD source (like AVCHD).

Used movies are so cheap to buy there is no point renting them. It's also ridicules what cable companies want for TV content. I am happy as heck just to have HD quality over analog. The difference between HD & Blue Ray isn't noticed by me. Maybe if you had a 70" screen it would be noticeably better. I think there are different types of HD screens that provide a more noticeable differences in picture quality.

I have an 32" HD tv and built my own antenna from a few screws, coat hangers and a 2 foot 2x4 using a design I found on the web. I embellished the design with a parabolic reflector made from cardboard, tinfoil, string, a bit of wood and packaging tape. I got about 6 stations without the reflector and gained 4 or five more by adding the reflector. The stations I gained are the best ones, they are all PBS stations. It is important also to do a bit of research to find a formula that will point to the reflectors focal point. That is where the antenna should be. It is not pretty but nobody notices it unless they want to crawl up into the attic. Via wire, it is about 70 feet of coax cable distant from the TV.

I also have Ruku and Hulu free service, but the used and new DVD's I buy are the only content I purchase.