Blu-ray most certainly isn't a perfect format, and I think either HD-DVD or VMD would have been a better victor for the consumers. But come on VMD, it's too late now!
The only way to unseat Blu-ray is to develop an ultra-HD format (higher resolution than 1080p) and have it ready-to-go by the time ultra-HD TVs enter the mass market. It's still a few years off, but it's going to happen.
Sorry, but Ultra HD is not going to have a chance of success in the U.S. until we go through yet another broadcast TV transition. Can you imagine the government trying to convince everyone to do that again, any less than 20 years from now?
Not to mention that at around 9' from the TV, you'd have to have a 70" TV to even resolve the full detail of 1080p. It's going to be a generation before we have enough people with big enough TVs to make Ultra HD feasible.
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Blu-ray most certainly isn't a perfect format, and I think either HD-DVD or VMD would have been a better victor for the consumers. But come on VMD, it's too late now!
The only way to unseat Blu-ray is to develop an ultra-HD format (higher resolution than 1080p) and have it ready-to-go by the time ultra-HD TVs enter the mass market. It's still a few years off, but it's going to happen.
Sorry, but Ultra HD is not going to have a chance of success in the U.S. until we go through yet another broadcast TV transition. Can you imagine the government trying to convince everyone to do that again, any less than 20 years from now?
Not to mention that at around 9' from the TV, you'd have to have a 70" TV to even resolve the full detail of 1080p. It's going to be a generation before we have enough people with big enough TVs to make Ultra HD feasible.