DaDude Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Now, isn't this ridiculous?! :angry: http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortun....fortune/4.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Teej Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Silly Fortune500. There's many reasons why this isn't the case outside of Blu-Ray's control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budious Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 The price of Blu-Ray discs is more of a put off than the value of a player since I won a PS3 already. I'm not ready to fork over $30-35 per movie on average for Blu-Ray discs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenser.d Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 It kind of was a flop this year. Doesn't mean it's going to stay that way though. I mean, HDDVD lost in like January. It's December now and Bluray still hasn't seen anything significant in the way of market penetration and it has no competition in the HD market. I think it'll start picking up once the economy starts picking up again and people are fine with buying things again. -Spenser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perochan Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 blu-ray is doing well is because of ps3. it was a really smart move from sony. i think blu-ray is gaining popularity slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted December 19, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted December 19, 2008 (edited) Fact is it's the only physical medium for HD, the media and everyone and their dog can bark on about it being a flop all they want, but if you have an HDTV and want an HD movie collection, you'll be going Blu Ray. Unless you go strictly download, but then watch your bandwith, have fun paying silly prices (digital distribution can easily be beaten by retail many times), and of course for those that care, quality online isn't up to snuff with physical in audio or video, nor does it have extras. I think the Dark Night Blu Ray sales show there's nothing wrong with the format, it's just in the process of building upon itself and will only get larger. Quite frankly I don't give a hoot if it coincides with DVD forever, and never annihilates it - It's how I watch my films in HD, if you think SD is good enough, kudos for you! However it's my only real choice right now for HD, and for many others. It's not going anywhere and there's nothing wrong with both formats being on the market so I wish everyone would stop crying about it like we can only support standard def OR high def, not both. If you believe it can only be one, take your head out of your ass, stop being a blind loyalty supporter and just let people have choice in the home movie market. Some people like HD, some people like SD, will always be that way until they day of the potential of no one owning an SD sourced TV anymore. Edited December 19, 2008 by Audioboxer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Troll Subscriber¹ Posted December 19, 2008 Subscriber¹ Share Posted December 19, 2008 Flops can be due to any reason. Blu-Ray isn't as successful as it should be for a few reasons: The war with HD-DVD turned off many consumers who still are iffy about what the "next thing" is. Cost of discs / players is too high in this economic cycle Happy with DVD still or an upconverting player that looks good on the HDTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealexweb Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Blu-ray is fast approaching it's high before starting to fall back, digital downloads is the way to go now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User6060 Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 i haven't bought a single one but i do rent blu-ray when available. they need to get the price down to a level where you feel there is value enough to upgrade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strotee Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Complete flop I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted December 19, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted December 19, 2008 Blu-ray is fast approaching it's high before starting to fall back, digital downloads is the way to go now! No, just no. Give people choice. Absolutely no need to castrate the market and force people out of the choice of having physical copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trag3dy Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Perhaps after the start of this next year when all the tv companies switch to high definition forcing most people to upgrade their tvs? If you're looking for a new HDTV why not pick up a new dvd player as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draklin Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 You guys realize that the article says Sony's Blu-Ray Player is a flop. They were not talking about Blu-Ray in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draken Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 (edited) You guys realize that the article says Sony's Blu-Ray Player is a flop. They were not talking about Blu-Ray in general. At last some one who knows how to read, and english is not my primary language :rolleyes: Sony Blu-ray DVD player Edited December 19, 2008 by Draken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinteger Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Perhaps after the start of this next year when all the tv companies switch to high definition forcing most people to upgrade their tvs? If you're looking for a new HDTV why not pick up a new dvd player as well. Uhm, they're switching to digital transition over the air.. not forcing people to use high definition broadcasts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 You guys realize that the article says Sony's Blu-Ray Player is a flop. They were not talking about Blu-Ray in general. Thank god at least on decided to read the entire thing before replying :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Troll Subscriber¹ Posted December 19, 2008 Subscriber¹ Share Posted December 19, 2008 Blu-ray is fast approaching it's high before starting to fall back, digital downloads is the way to go now! I love downloads more than any other method. However, downloading uncompressed 1080p videos is simply unrealistic on today's broadband. 720p is fine, but some like to get the best picture possible :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perochan Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Blu-ray is fast approaching it's high before starting to fall back, digital downloads is the way to go now! talk about getting really fast internet connection just for movies. you need to know that NOT everyone has DSL or Cable or even T1. some ppl are still using dial-up. it is really sad indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted December 19, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted December 19, 2008 You guys realize that the article says Sony's Blu-Ray Player is a flop. They were not talking about Blu-Ray in general. Maybe if xraffle didn't make up completely whack titles then :laugh: Blame him, not us :alien: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaDude Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 Maybe if xraffle didn't make up completely whack titles then :laugh:Blame him, not us :alien: Blame this guy, not me: http://forums.highdefdigest.com/high-defin...flops-year.html I just shared what I saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 And now the blame game starts :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scratch42069 Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 This list is complete BS. How can they label Sony's Blu-Ray players as a failure yet fail to even mention the PS3. The PS3 included that "failure" as a feature. At least Blu-Ray has quite a bit more movies than PS3's have games lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted December 19, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted December 19, 2008 Blame this guy, not me: http://forums.highdefdigest.com/high-defin...flops-year.htmlI just shared what I saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draken Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 it's Sethos's fault ..... it always is :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyJordan Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Blu-ray is fast approaching it's high before starting to fall back, digital downloads is the way to go now! No chance. Internet connections are nowhere near fast enough to be able to deliver full 1080p movies yet. When we get GB internet connections in our homes, then it'll be ready. But for now, Blu-Ray is the way to go. It's gonna get bigger in 2009, I'm sure of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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