Comments on: Could the Bad Economy Kill Blu-ray?

By: FG

FG — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:19:30 +0000

I agree with the openening comment 100% . Hard times people are reluctant to shell out the $$$ . I personally still buy dvd’s and download alot of movies I watch through xbox360 . I see no need for anything bluray it came at a time when the technology has no gap to fill . Bluray is a extra item @ a extra cost . Bad business plan for sony , Sony has been losing it’s business mindset for the last 10 years. Not looking good for their future .

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By: DWalla

DWalla — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:09:46 +0000

Well… in my case I’m still buying 4-5 Blu-ray discs a month. I don’t see my purchases slowing down anytime in the near future.

By: mikhailovitch

mikhailovitch — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:40:07 +0000

In Australia at least, the killer for BluRay is software costs. If the premium for a BluRay movie was two or three dollars, BluRay would rule. When it’s more like eight to ten dollars, it’s a hard sell.
Hardware costs are a one off. expensive movies hurt every time!

By: Ed Oswald

Ed Oswald — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:18:39 +0000

I did mention Broadband adoption as a problem in the pickup of streaming media. However, I think its safe to say within 12-24 months that fiberoptics will be much more widespread, and faster broadband elsewhere is all but a certainty.

By: Yacko

Yacko — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:27:07 +0000

Bluray has the problems noted but I wouldn’t mind if it survives as a viewing medium. That means widespread adoption on PCs, which will be burners, and that means much cheaper blanks. While people are burning or attempting to burn HD, I will be happy with just large data disc storage.

As to streaming of downloads, keep in mind ISP caps which will get worse. Nothing better an ISP would like but to be just another cable company for passive viewers. Official in house content is unlimited but the stuff you want to see on the web, ooo-la-la! Hear me Verizon?

By: garyb

garyb — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:42:06 +0000

As i see there are many problems with Blu Ray adoption.

1. Onerous DRM.

2. Content. Hollywood is getting the failed box office junk out as titles first. (Few exceptions.)

3. Content part 2. I don’t want to pay to watch an anti-piracy commercial every time I spin up a disc, or watch a series of trailers first. I have no objection to the trailers being user selectable from a Bonus Features section.

4. It all comes down to treating the end user right. The content holders force 1, 2, and 3 on the customers and we are voting with our feet.

By: jgoto

jgoto — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:19:04 +0000

Blu-Ray is a premium item and premium items generally suffer in tough economic times. Just like people will start buying their morning coffee at McDonald’s rather than Starbucks, people will buy the less expensive DVD’s over the more expensive (but higher quality) Blu-ray. Streaming online content is also a big competitor. I haven’t purchased a single DVD over the past year but I’ve watched a bunch of movies off sites like Hulu.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:05:57 +0000

I agree with the comment above about broadband penetration. Comments like that are normally written by people who live near major cities! I just moved from an area where people parked their cars around the public library at night trying to catch their leaking wireless signal, it was the only game in town.

And during an economic downturn we don’t need to re-purchase our movie collection yet again on another format to make the movie companies more money. DVDs are fine, and will be for a long time.