Blu-Ray Dead By 2012?
- Scribbled on September 14th, 2008 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Blu-Ray/HD-DVD, Industry News
TechRadar is predicting that Blu-Ray will be a dead format by 2012. They list the following reasons:
- HD movie downloads: “Instead services like iTunes, Xbox Live and Vudu already offer HD movies over the internet, enabling you to see the movies you want without having to hack down to the video store in the pouring rain.”
- BD-Live: “Have you seen the demos? BD-Live is a joke. It’s a second-rate attempt to offer interactive features that HD DVD did first and much, much better.”
- Samsung thinks Blu-Ray is finished: “Andy Griffiths, director of consumer electronics at Samsung UK, told Pocket Lint that Blu-ray would be dead in five years, and that it certainly wouldn’t last 10.”
- Sony thinks Blu-Ray is finished: “Blu-ray is not only finished in terms of spec, but it’s also finished as a format. Optical disc technology has gone as far as it can go.”
- DVD is good enough: “The plain fact is few of us are ever likely to swap extensive DVD collection for their Blu-ray equivalents, especially when prices for Blu-ray movies and players are still so high.”
I’m not sure I agree with the statement, “Optical disc technology has gone as far as it can go.” – what about Tera-Discs? What do you think?
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