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But Blu-ray did win. I understand your point, however, I'm sure the introduction of Blu-ray HD-DVD made sense from a business standpoint for the entertainment
by ac2u 16y ago
But Blu-ray did win.
I understand your point, however, I'm sure the introduction of Blu-ray HD-DVD made sense from a business standpoint for the entertainment industry, it will take a while before bandwidth/storage makes them irrelevant on a worldwide basis. So while HVDs might be made irrelevant before they even reach the public on a wide scale, I doubt you can say the same for Blu-ray.
- generalk 16y ago> But Blu-ray did win. For interesting values of "win." It's the format that's being distributed (as opposed to HD-DVD), but DVDs are still the more common format. (No statistics, just comparisons of DVD and Blu-ray sections at local retailers. DVD's always bigger.) Meanwhile, the only people I know who've bought any Blu-ray discs are those who own a PS3 and essentially got the player for free with the game console they were buying.
- ac2u 16y agoSure, I agree with you. (When I say win, I was referring to HD-DVD vs Blu-ray). But what I'm saying is that it's too early to call Blu-ray a failure. It may well serve it's purpose quite well before streaming HD video inevitably becomes ubiquitous throughout the world. I think the difference of opinion here is that some posters are evaluating Blu-ray against DVD, whereas I'm mainly viewing it as a transition format until bandwidth catches up, rather than the jump which was VHS->DVD.
- zacharycohn 16y agoBlu-Ray won the battle between HDDVD and Blu-ray, but it will lose the war of next-gen format.
- lars 16y ago> But Blu-ray did win. How so? If I'm reading [1] right, the share between DVD and Blu-Ray is 80%-20%, in favor of the DVD. [1] http://www.blu-raystats.com/MarketShare/index.php http://www.blu-raystats.com/MarketShare/index.php