well the reason i havent bought any blurays since christmas is well...im broke. the holidays took a toll on my wallet and i didnt even buy presents for anyone, except for myself heh. bundled with the fact that everyone is fearing recession including large companies and consumers i dont doubt that many people are holding off on purchases that arent necessary. also vhs > dvd was completely different with the idea that dvds didnt have to be rewound and they're nicely compact and pretty much indestructible (minus scratches and stuff, but relatively stronger compared to easily ripped tape)
Most people here are probably too young to remember that DVD was at war with DIVX when it launched in 1997.
(The DivX codec was named after the losing format.)
At launch DIVX had exclusive studios of Dreamworks, 20th Century Fox, and Paramount Pictures -- yep, they didn't release on DVD until DIVX was dead. DIVX had serious DRM, were all in Pan&Scan (no widescreen), no features (only trailers), and was primarily designed for rental market -- these studios didn't believe people would want to buy discs.
Once DIVX was dead, DVD took off and eventually eclipsed VHS sales.
PS2 included a terrible DVD player some three years after the launch of the format.
So actually DVD vs DIVX is quite similar to Blu-ray versus HD DVD, except that DVD sold more discs than both HDM added together.
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well the reason i havent bought any blurays since christmas is well...im broke. the holidays took a toll on my wallet and i didnt even buy presents for anyone, except for myself heh. bundled with the fact that everyone is fearing recession including large companies and consumers i dont doubt that many people are holding off on purchases that arent necessary. also vhs > dvd was completely different with the idea that dvds didnt have to be rewound and they're nicely compact and pretty much indestructible (minus scratches and stuff, but relatively stronger compared to easily ripped tape)
HD will remain niche for a long time... Look at DVD-Audio and SACD. For the mass market the cost/benefit ratio doesn't make sense.
Most people are happy with a free sub-DVD quality DivX file, and won't even pay DVD prices anymore.
I think less than half the DVD catalog will ever be released in HD, so how can sales ever exceed DVD?
Most people here are probably too young to remember that DVD was at war with DIVX when it launched in 1997.
(The DivX codec was named after the losing format.)
At launch DIVX had exclusive studios of Dreamworks, 20th Century Fox, and Paramount Pictures -- yep, they didn't release on DVD until DIVX was dead. DIVX had serious DRM, were all in Pan&Scan (no widescreen), no features (only trailers), and was primarily designed for rental market -- these studios didn't believe people would want to buy discs.
Once DIVX was dead, DVD took off and eventually eclipsed VHS sales.
PS2 included a terrible DVD player some three years after the launch of the format.
So actually DVD vs DIVX is quite similar to Blu-ray versus HD DVD, except that DVD sold more discs than both HDM added together.