Weird science Too much of an

Weird science

Too much of an investment when what I have now works jsut fine, I think I can find something else to blow a couple grand on. Id need to get a new TV to even be able to see the difference, and Id need a new reciever to get the benefit of the sound quality. TO top it off the discs are more expensive. Thats one of the huge reasons BD wont take off like DVD did. DVDs worked with your existing TVs, which was basically every household in the US and most other countries. BD only works with HDTVs which is still a much smaller user base 25% was the last figure I think I saw for the US. So even if the players were 100 youd only have a max of 25% of the market that would be interested, and only a percentage that would actually upgrade even then. You hit the nail right on the head. DVD players only required you to hook up to your existing tv set to enjoy the technology, while hi-def players required you to spend much more money to get the full effect. Add to that the fact that an upscaling dvd player will play my existing dvds at near top-end HD quality, at a fraction of the cost of the BR players. Why then would I bother, weird science I was just one of those people that HAS to have the latest greatest. Dont get me wrong, Im not getting down on those people, as theyre the ones that cause the prices to eventually come down for the rest of us. But until a BR player comes out for 100, I wont its likely well see a newer, better technology breakthrough before that happens, imho. I would guess most people interested in HD-capable players for the immediate time being bought them last year when they started to gain steam and were always in the around the holiday season. Now if a person wants a BD-player the PS3 is a smart option because not only is it constantly being upgraded in regaurds to its BD-playing capabilities, you can play video games on it too. Im buying one when the MGS4 bundle is finally released:o This is nothing to do with economics. Bluray was adopted over HD-DVD because NEITHER was selling well at move sales on both were slow. a choice was made to put all the resources into one or risk seeing both die. the logic being one has a better chance then both fighting against each other. and many companies did support both at one time or another. I firmly beleive bluray will NEVER see DVD-like popularity. it may get close, but I doubt itll be very close. Look at music sale trends. last year music downloads where still 3rd place behind cd media sales. this year they are number TWO. closing in on 1st place. Buying entertainment data on physical media is becoming a thing of the past. 1st??? radio? pirates? spiritual enlightenment? I firmly beleive bluray will NEVER see DVD-like popularity. it may get close, but I doubt itll be very close. You say that as if DVD sales were rocketing in their second year rather than taking years to catch up with VHS. In the beginning, when you went to the video store, weird science could buy an expensive DVD or a relatively cheap VHS. The selection was terrible for DVDs. DVD players were expensive. Im slow to adopt anything. The first DVD player I got was a Pioneer burner for my computer at about 1 The weird science component DVD player I got was All this happened about 6 years ago, a full 11 years after the instantiation of the first commercially available DVD player. 1993 I also have more money than I did when I finally bought my DVD players which coincidentally was when I was a student at uni, I have a penchant for buying super cheap stuff which I suspect HD DVD movies will be in the near future as companies try to unload their good, yet now defunct stock, not to mention garage sale value in the next 2-3 years.