There is an old saying: "Give me better, or cheaper." Translated, most people are looking for something "better" at the same price, or something as good at a lower price. That's the easy sell. A much harder sell is "sure it's more expensive, but it's better", which is what Blu-ray is proposing. Meanwhile, many TV viewers don't notice a 4:3 image stretched on a 16:9 screen.
I may be in the minority, but I think Blu-ray would get massive market share as follows: (1) Release Blu-ray/DVD combos for the same price as regular DVDs. And Blu-ray only packs for less. Discontinue selling DVD-only packs. (2) Release entry-level Blu-ray players at $99.
This way, the existing DVD market would get Blu-ray disks into their homes (Blu-ray/DVD combos), and also have an incentive to save money in the long run by buying a Blu-ray player ($99), and buying Blu-ray only packs.
Meanwhile, video streaming is catching on like wild-fire for the "good enough" crowd. In many cases, it's at least as good as standard definition TV, which is what most of the world watches today.
Hmmmm. Streaming realizes it's competing against standard def TV content, while Blu-ray doesn't seem to. Give me better for the same price, or the same at a lower price. FWIW, I have HD-DVD, Blu-ray, upscaled SD-DVD, streaming, etc.
that idea would work if the studios had any interest in replacing dvd i honestly thing they enjoy the premium they get to charge for bluray and at the moment they get to double dip a few people who want copies of both. that and add in they extra costs of making bluray disc's if the studios ditched dvd for bluray by selling the same price they wouldn't make as much money which in the end is all they care about so they just as well stick with dvd at that point or start pushing downloads which causes them no packaging costs. the studios are not going to take a hit to make blu the future they don't care about the format's they just want to make money.... if they could put a movie on a tuna sandwhich and sell it for a premium they would (as long as it was drm'd tuna).
Sorry but Streaming isnt catching on like wildfire. Netflix has had some mild success with the xbox crowd but other than that not much. The percentage of users are small compared to the overall video market. Still only one tenth of one percent of all video. Blu ray is growing a a faster pace.
Owen, you might want to check those numbers. Netflix is attributing their recent jump in users to the fact that they are providing online streaming videos, and 10% of their registered users are using the service, so they have about 1,000,000 users using a service that it just over 6 months old with an ever increasing availability of streaming devices, including Blu-ray players taking advantage of the lack of devices for the services, no add several other companies which offer services like Netflix and you'll probably find the number of people actually downloading or streaming media, legally or illegally, probably rivals or exceeds the number of dedicated blu-ray users, digital delivered media is coming faster than most Blu-ray users want to accept. Why won’t they accept it? Because it means they made as big of a mistake as HD DVD owners by backing another optical media, when opticals were reaching the end of their useful and competitive life. The hatred for Netflix by Blu-ray users probably stems from the fact that a good percentage own PS3s which doesn’t have any streaming media service outside of that provided by Sony.
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There is an old saying: "Give me better, or cheaper." Translated, most people are looking for something "better" at the same price, or something as good at a lower price. That's the easy sell. A much harder sell is "sure it's more expensive, but it's better", which is what Blu-ray is proposing. Meanwhile, many TV viewers don't notice a 4:3 image stretched on a 16:9 screen.
I may be in the minority, but I think Blu-ray would get massive market share as follows:
(1) Release Blu-ray/DVD combos for the same price as regular DVDs. And Blu-ray only packs for less. Discontinue selling DVD-only packs.
(2) Release entry-level Blu-ray players at $99.
This way, the existing DVD market would get Blu-ray disks into their homes (Blu-ray/DVD combos), and also have an incentive to save money in the long run by buying a Blu-ray player ($99), and buying Blu-ray only packs.
Meanwhile, video streaming is catching on like wild-fire for the "good enough" crowd. In many cases, it's at least as good as standard definition TV, which is what most of the world watches today.
Hmmmm. Streaming realizes it's competing against standard def TV content, while Blu-ray doesn't seem to. Give me better for the same price, or the same at a lower price. FWIW, I have HD-DVD, Blu-ray, upscaled SD-DVD, streaming, etc.
that idea would work if the studios had any interest in replacing dvd i honestly thing they enjoy the premium they get to charge for bluray and at the moment they get to double dip a few people who want copies of both. that and add in they extra costs of making bluray disc's if the studios ditched dvd for bluray by selling the same price they wouldn't make as much money which in the end is all they care about so they just as well stick with dvd at that point or start pushing downloads which causes them no packaging costs. the studios are not going to take a hit to make blu the future they don't care about the format's they just want to make money.... if they could put a movie on a tuna sandwhich and sell it for a premium they would (as long as it was drm'd tuna).
Sorry but Streaming isnt catching on like wildfire. Netflix has had some mild success with the xbox crowd but other than that not much. The percentage of users are small compared to the overall video market. Still only one tenth of one percent of all video. Blu ray is growing a a faster pace.
Owen, you might want to check those numbers. Netflix is attributing their recent jump in users to the fact that they are providing online streaming videos, and 10% of their registered users are using the service, so they have about 1,000,000 users using a service that it just over 6 months old with an ever increasing availability of streaming devices, including Blu-ray players taking advantage of the lack of devices for the services, no add several other companies which offer services like Netflix and you'll probably find the number of people actually downloading or streaming media, legally or illegally, probably rivals or exceeds the number of dedicated blu-ray users, digital delivered media is coming faster than most Blu-ray users want to accept. Why won’t they accept it? Because it means they made as big of a mistake as HD DVD owners by backing another optical media, when opticals were reaching the end of their useful and competitive life. The hatred for Netflix by Blu-ray users probably stems from the fact that a good percentage own PS3s which doesn’t have any streaming media service outside of that provided by Sony.