On January 6, 2008 at 09:32, Anthony said...
well that has happened
my estimate is that at this point in time and the info
that is available BD has an 80% chance of becoming main
stream.
PS so at this point in time I would think it a safe bet,
not to mention that once you do get a BD player you will
kick yourself for not doing it earlier.
My opinion is BD has an 80% chance of becoming a niche format. And a 20% chance of failing as well. They might of won the battle, but not the war. The war is now with DVD.
Unless HD DVD pulls a rabbit out of their hat (seems unlikely) they will go by the wayside.
While a DVD release will sell millions the same in Blu-Ray (or HD DVD) will sell 10,000. The exception is some blockbuster titles. Obviously they sell more than 10,000. But still not anywhere near the SD version. Let's face it, both sides have been losing money.
When the VHS Betamax war was going on the consumers chose VHS, mostly due to lower costs.
The HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray war was decided by big business, not the consumers.
And that is a shame.
