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I've long felt that Blu-ray is destined to be a niche videophile product. I'm happy to buy them, but I've got a high-end HDTV and sound system. Even then, most

by gamble 18y ago

I've long felt that Blu-ray is destined to be a niche videophile product. I'm happy to buy them, but I've got a high-end HDTV and sound system. Even then, most titles aren't dramatically higher quality than upsampled DVDs on my Oppo. Most people, on an average home theater, would have a hard time noticing the difference. With today's economy and the ubiquity of DVD players, it's difficult to imagine that there are many more people willing to buy a new player and pay 50% more for media. I suspect Christmas sales will be very disappointing for Sony.

jleyank 18y ago
>I suspect Christmas sales will be very disappointing for Sony. Man, the way things look right now, I suspect Christmas/Holiday sales will be bloody horrible for pretty much anybody. Tough to have consumer frenzy when everybody's wallowing in red ink. Somebody better come up with an amazing must-have thing, or the media better change their strategy of scaring people to sell news.