Comments on: Why Blu-Ray is still doomed!

By: Seth

Seth — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:15:29 +0000

The Blu-ray standard is operated by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) an industry consortium that develops and licenses Blu-ray Disc technology and is responsible for establishing format standards and promoting business opportunities for Blu-ray Disc.

It’s not Sony owned and operated.

That said I agree the improvement over DVD on sub 40″ screen is hard to see and the audio improvements slight.

The up-scaling technology has got better (and cheaper) as has the software in screens so that artefacts seen on older screens have gone.

LED backlighting and other technology advancements are improving image quality (e.g. contrast) on both upscales SD and HD content.

So on one side we have cheaper compute power improving SD upscaling, extending the viable life of DVD. Not to mension cheap media etc, on the other cheaper internet with fat pipes makes downloading an option.

Sony and Blue-ray have a far from certain road ahead, but there is a market for content you own shelfware, and if they keep prices low it might be viable.

By: YukiEiri

YukiEiri — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:55:49 +0000

I actually owned a mini-disc player at one point. Cute little square. I remember my computer crashed and I had to reinstall everything. Because of the proprietary Sony security on the music, the only way I could get it back on my computer from the mini-discs was to manually play them and record them into the computer. WHAT A COLOSSAL PAIN! That was the end of ANY kind of Sony storage for me!

By: Number9ark

Number9ark — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:27:17 +0000

Blu ray is to little to late . Not enough of a upgrade to warrent the move into it . Michael anderson is 100% correct netflix streaming is amazing and the upscaling dvd looks amazing also Im fine with what I have I’ll pass on blu-ray .

By: Michael Anderson

Michael Anderson — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:16:49 +0000

When I got my launch-day PSP, I never really even watched the pack0-in Spiderman movie. I was going to be on a business trip later that year and thought about getting Tron, but at $25? No thanks. I saw UMD as a major failure from the start – slow reads, noisy as heck, and a fragile system with exposed media area.

The only upside is taht I am now grabbing loads of stuff really cheap on UMD, and have a video cable perma-wired to one of the inputs on our TV.

For me Blu-ray is just too little of an upgrade to warrant all of the added cost. Upscaled DVD’s look great on our big screen, and we do loads of Netflix streaming anyway. Why do we want to pay hundreds for a new media player, then extra cash for every movie we want to buy or rent as well as an add-on charge for Netflix …

By: Matthew Greensmith

Matthew Greensmith — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:04:48 +0000

Propaganda?!?

Methinks the man whose site (which is apparently his income source) has greater than 80 Blu-ray references (many of them syndicate links) should spend some time in the room of mirrors before accusing the blogger with no financial ties to any HD video format of spreading propaganda.

Thanks for providing the site with its recommended daily intake of irony.

Seriously though, I wish your beloved format all the success it can attain. It is surely a great technology, but my pattern recognition gene tells me Sony will find some way to hose it. If 5 years from now it is still a vibrant technology I will call you a genius and buy you a beer.

BTW, if you are that concerned over the B’s your beef is with the WordPress spellchecker not I. Just count yourself lucky I stopped it adding an e.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:20:04 +0000

Same old anti Blu-ray propaganda that has been floating around since before Blu-ray even came to market back in June 2006.

And it is “Blu-ray” Not “Blu-Ray”