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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schliz writes "Samsung expects Sony's Blu-ray technology to be superseded within five years, despite winning the high-definition format war in February."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. Gave over man. by kiehlster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So this is like playing a board game where the two winning players battle it out only to find everyone else has slowly advanced well ahead of their position in the end. Blu-ray and HDDVD will fall and the real winner will appear in 5 years and will offer better longevity and density.

    I'm still waiting on a high density format that offers a 25+ year archival life. That's what everyone wants, and Blu-ray doesn't cut it. DVD offered far superior video quality in comparison to SVCD and VHS technology. Blu-ray/HDDVD may have better quality video than DVD, but TVs are not improving fast enough and some people are happy with the quality of DVD. I imagine the thought of "improved video quality" is an old and busted idea. We already got that last time, so why do we need it again?

    We all want something new and different; a higher definition circular disk is nothing new. If you put out a tiny cubic disk it would get more attention. I think something with a longer lifespan would be of more value. Everyone's sick of their DVDs getting scratched, and to think that a scratched blu-ray is even worse is not good news.