No Love For The Blu-Ray

macnificent7 writes "Market analysis firm Cymfony has combed through blogs and discussion boards, and finds online consumers aren't thrilled about Sony's Blu-ray DVD technology. Many users are still bitter about the limited availability of the PS3 because of the Blu-Ray. Also many are skeptical of the Blu-Ray because of Sony's past formats that did not succeed."

Comments

Re:too different, too soon.

[KingSkippus]

Well, here's how it was supposed to have happened.

HD-DVD becomes the new standard format for HD content. People will go out and buy HD-DVD players as either their old ones break, they grow up (i.e. graduate and get jobs, or get raises and have more disposable income), and the players come down in price. Don't worry, those fancy new HD-DVD players will still play your box set of Friends DVDs, it's all compatible, and everyone's happy.

As more and more people buy HD-DVD players, the studios start releasing more HD-DVD movies and television shows. They invest millions into advertising, and billions into getting their HD-DVD discs out there for everyone to buy. Maybe you do own the box set of Friends on DVD, but do you own the box set of Seinfeld? If you're going to buy it, and now you have the choice between HD-DVD and just plain old DVD, are you really going to just buy the plain old DVDs if you have an HD-DVD player? Nah, because the quality is better, and everyone (studios, manufacturers, and advertisers) agrees that HD-DVD is the way to go!

And so HD-DVD is propagated, and eventually, everyone is buying HD-DVD players and HD-DVD discs instead of the old DVD stuff.

But thanks to Sony, that's not what's going to happen.

No, Sony decided that it wants everyone using its proprietary format instead of the format that most of the other industry players out there agreed to, and now we have a so-called "format war." Now, people aren't going to buy HD-DVD players, because what if Blu-ray wins? Do I really want to be stuck with the modern-day equivalent of a Betamax player? People aren't going to buy Blu-ray players either for the same reason. Sure, people will have them with their PS3s, but without a clear winner in the market, studios aren't going to be investing a lot in releasing very many Blu-ray movies, and people aren't going to be buying many Blu-ray movies. And not to put too fine a point on it, these people are going to be using their PS3s primarily to play games, not watch movies.

As a result, it's likely that both formats are screwed, when one would have succeeded just fine.

Thanks, Sony.

Re:Way too much blueray bashing

[davFr]

Are you joking?
It's like saying cars have two, only two advantages over bikes :
- they actually go way faster,
- they are much bigger, so that you can drive your family around, go shopping or to vacation, and don't freeze when it's raining outside.

But yeah that's it, because bikes are so much better anyway!!! Look : ringbells, fancy colors, ... and wait, you also just need a manual pump when tires are flat ! Ubercool!