Comments on: Blu-Ray hardware sales figures drop in 2008 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/03/blue-ray-hardware-sales-figures-drop-in-2008/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:02:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Roman ShaRP http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/03/blue-ray-hardware-sales-figures-drop-in-2008/#comment-325655 Roman ShaRP Sat, 03 May 2008 08:34:43 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=3984#comment-325655 <i>That Blu-Ray would not win either because most consumers don’t need it ? That another company would come up with a better format, without DRM, for a lesser price ? I would love to see that. How about you ?</i> Oh, sure! My family is now happy with DVD player, which can play DivX and Xvid files from any type of DVD disk ;) It would be nice to have more capacity on disk, than DVD can offer, but I don't see now critical need for that, and I don't need any DRM and big expenses. That Blu-Ray would not win either because most consumers don’t need it ? That another company would come up with a better format, without DRM, for a lesser price ? I would love to see that. How about you ?

Oh, sure!

My family is now happy with DVD player, which can play DivX and Xvid files from any type of DVD disk ;)
It would be nice to have more capacity on disk, than DVD can offer, but I don’t see now critical need for that, and I don’t need any DRM and big expenses.

]]> By: Ed http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/03/blue-ray-hardware-sales-figures-drop-in-2008/#comment-325288 Ed Sat, 03 May 2008 03:19:13 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=3984#comment-325288 While it does in fact use a blue-violet laser, it's actually called "Blu-ray". With that out of the way, I thought it was a solid article. Although I don't plan on getting an HDTV for some time to come (or a high-def disc player for that matter), I had hoped that with the format war over, Blu-ray could go ahead full steam and establish itself as a solid successor to DVD. The more I see the statistics lately, the more it seems like this will take a long time or may not happen at all. One now has to wonder what, if anything, might be able to surpass Blu-ray as a successful format. Some are placing bets on digital downloads, but I'm not sure it's ready for mass consumption yet. While it does in fact use a blue-violet laser, it’s actually called “Blu-ray”. With that out of the way, I thought it was a solid article. Although I don’t plan on getting an HDTV for some time to come (or a high-def disc player for that matter), I had hoped that with the format war over, Blu-ray could go ahead full steam and establish itself as a solid successor to DVD. The more I see the statistics lately, the more it seems like this will take a long time or may not happen at all. One now has to wonder what, if anything, might be able to surpass Blu-ray as a successful format. Some are placing bets on digital downloads, but I’m not sure it’s ready for mass consumption yet.

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