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Blu-ray Gone In Five Years, Samsung Claims

Posted by timothy on from the oh-great-now-you-mention-it dept.

schliz writes "Samsung expects Sony's Blu-ray technology to be superseded within five years, despite winning the high-definition format war in February." Maybe that means five years from now will be the perfect time to stock up on cheap Blu-ray disks and equipment.

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  1. PS3 by hellfish006 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does that mean the PS3 isn't future proof?

    1. Re:PS3 by oldspewey · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'll tell you what's future-proof ... Duke Nukem Forever ... that's future-proof.

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    2. Re:PS3 by Naughty+Bob · · Score: 5, Funny

      future proof of what though?

      Why, future, of course!

      The whole project has been carefully and hermetically sealed to ensure that not a drop of future can get in.

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    3. Re:PS3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      "I think it [Blu-ray] has 5 years left, I certainly wouldn't give it 10", Andy Griffiths, Samsung UKâ(TM)s director of consumer electronics, told website Pocket-lint.

      I wonder why everyone is so keen to take tech advice from a small-town North Carolinian sheriff...

  2. Article summary: Guy smoking crack. by ivan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe he's right, and BluRay will be gone in 5 years, but he's clearly smoking something.

    The article says that BluRay is going to be huge for a while, but in the long term Samsung is backing OLED displays.

    WTF?

    1. Re:Article summary: Guy smoking crack. by 0xdeadbeef · · Score: 5, Funny

      Obviously every movie will be distributed in a dedicated OLED display.

  3. Re:ehh.. by Gunnut1124 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You RTFA? I try not the even RTFS when it's got "Blu-Ray" in the title...

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  4. Of course! by BitterOldGUy · · Score: 5, Funny
    We all know that technology moves up the EM spectrum! The next technology will the Ultraviolet ray!

    And we all know, because we're moving up the spectrum, the frequency is decreasing. Therefore, products will come out quicker!

    Jeeze!

  5. There's a cheaper option... by pandrijeczko · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...downgrade to standard definition retinas and just stick with DVD.

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  6. What the fuck? by LordKaT · · Score: 3, Funny

    Blu-Ray to be superseded in five year; Samsung is backing OLED!

    I fucking dare you to make those two thoughts form a coherent sentence.

  7. Re:Superceded by what? by eln · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, the new display format (codenamed "Death Ray") will not only play movies with unprecedented levels of detail, it will also actively seek out and destroy older technologies. It is recommended that you put all of your old DVDs, BluRay discs, video casettes, and laserdiscs into a lead-lined safe and sink it at least 500 feet into the ocean prior to installing your new Death Ray player.

  8. Re:Blu-Ray = LaserDisc by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Uses Chrome to google AmigaHeretic

    Surprise! An idiot who was stupid enough to buy into the dead HD-DVD format.

    High five retard! You bitter tears are hilarious.

  9. Re:I only just now bought a DVD player. by MyLongNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

    I won't tell you about my 8-track player then, I guess... The Partridge Family collection came with it.

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  10. Re:Clearing his desk as we speak... by TheRaven64 · · Score: 3, Funny

    And, by 2008, I mean 2000. Note to self: Actually read when you press preview.

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  11. Re:ehh.. by Drooling+Iguana · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't even RTFC, but I can say with authority that you're wrong and stupid. Probably ugly, too.

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  12. Re:ehh.. by SpiderClan · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Where all the thoughtful analysis have gone?"

    It's (they've?) apparently eloped with the grammar.

  13. Re:ehh.. by chromeshadow · · Score: 3, Funny

    'and then watch latest movie'... if only. What you do then is watch the mandatory adverts. Which start over again if any of the authorised viewers mover out of range of the telescreen.