Will Blu-Ray Replace DVD's?

[j_garcia]

3D can be done on Blu-ray.

There is a sale on Amazon right now with a huge number of titles that are $9.99 or under.

 

[jostenmeat]

I gave up on DVD in 2007.

There is a greater percentage difference in horizontal lines of resolution, between BD and DVD, than there is between DVD and VHS!

There is about a 6x improvement in resolution from DVD to BD.

If you can't appreciate these things, your display is way too small!

 

[Jack Hammer]

I gave up on DVD in 2007.

There is a greater percentage difference in horizontal lines of resolution, between BD and DVD, than there is between DVD and VHS!

There is about a 6x improvement in resolution from DVD to BD.

If you can't appreciate these things, your display is way too small!

Many DVD's upscale to a quality much closer to BD than the difference was between VHS and DVD.

 

[powerboost12]

Eventually DVD is going to go the way of the dinosaur, but who knows if bluray is goign to replace it? If the prices don't start coming down maybe there will be cheaper technology like red ray. I hear the blue laser diode is super expensive...

 

[dkane360]

Eventually DVD is going to go the way of the dinosaur, but who knows if bluray is goign to replace it? If the prices don't start coming down maybe there will be cheaper technology like red ray. I hear the blue laser diode is super expensive...

By red ray, you mean cd's and dvd's? lol. I'm just yankin your chain

The blue laser is used because it has a shorter wavelength, so it can write to a disc the same size as dvd yet store a lot more information.

 

[j_garcia]

Eventually DVD is going to go the way of the dinosaur, but who knows if bluray is goign to replace it? If the prices don't start coming down maybe there will be cheaper technology like red ray. I hear the blue laser diode is super expensive...

The diodes aren't that expensive anymore since a number of manufacturers are making them compared to when the technology first hit the market. When there are already good players in the $100 price range you already have your answer as to whether or not diode cost is a factor anymore.

red ray

 

[yepimonfire]

things are always super expensive when they first come out because only a handful of people are making them, once the demand goes up and the amount of suppliers and supply availible to the suppliers the prices go down, i remember my first dvd player was like 140 dollars, and that was about 2 years after they came out, now i can get one for 30 bucks at walmart.

 

[wlmmn]

things are always super expensive when they first come out because only a handful of people are making them

This quote made me think of laserdiscs. Weren't those about $60 a movie back in the early 90s?

 

[yepimonfire]

Eventually DVD is going to go the way of the dinosaur, but who knows if bluray is goign to replace it? If the prices don't start coming down maybe there will be cheaper technology like red ray. I hear the blue laser diode is super expensive...

red ray...........................................DVDs use red rays....................wow

 

[joeluice]

I don't think so because both have their own functionality so i am not agree with that blue ray is replaced by DVD's
Thanks

 

[yepimonfire]

im pretty sure the dvd will fade over time, not alot of people who already have an SDTV are upgrading to an HD one unless they have the extra money for it, and alot of people dont care about HD or SD or even know what it is, i do know though that SDTV's are not even sold new anymore, it's only a matter of time before DVD sales drop enough to stop making them. i remember when the DVD came out it only took like three years before VHS tapes werent made anymore. as far as upconversion goes, i think they look worse when up-scaled. i recently bought a 720p lcd display and sure, they dont look the best on it, but upscaling it makes it seem grainy. it almost reminds me of what VHS looked like on an SDTV compared to DVD, ill upgrade to blu-ray eventually, but not for awhile, ive spent 500 dollars on AV equip in the last few months and its time to lay off for a bit. my receiver also does not support blu-ray audio. i dont plan on uprgrading it anytime soon, not for a year at least.

 

[croseiv]

It does seem that it will. Demand for DVDs will drive the market. Also, eventually something new will come along and supplant BD. BD technology is already pretty cheap IMO.

It seems that holographic presentations will be here soon with the move to 3D that the industry is making. Higher resolutions etc will need more storage capacity.

 

[yepimonfire]

holographic video or holographic media? if holographic video came to pass that would be sweet, but i do know holographic storage will hit the consumer market soon with discs able to store a full TB of data. im not too sure what applications that has though, BD are highly capable of storing the data needed for HD sound and video.

 

[just-some-guy]

walmart has a sd tv for sale. looked like a 25". but i didn't look at it at all, except to say " WTH !"

 

[fredk]

I'm holding out for a holodeck.

I have already made the switch to the extent I can. I mostly rent, so I'll take whichever is available.

 

[yepimonfire]

i wish there was a place to rent electronics here, aside from actually wanting to own my audio equipment, i would probably rent consoles, video players and displays, the technology upgrades faster then i can make money lol as soo as ive saved up enough for the next greatest thing, something with more bells and whistles comes out, O GOSH IM TALKING LIKE AN OLD MAN SOMEONE SHOOT ME!!!!

 

[kdod]

If Blu ray don't low their price, there will be a long long way to replace DVD.
i believe in future they will be coexistence for along time.
They have different targeted market.

 

[yepimonfire]

blu ray is not the expensive

 

[Whitey80]

I started out with HD-DVD over blu-ray.....wish that format won out, but oh well (damn blurays seem to be very slow in load, menus and search comparatively)

I use my bluray occasionally, but with streaming Netflix at 1080i and Zune now running 1080p, I find myself using that far more than any discs.

 

[Whitey80]

blu ray is not the expensive

$30+ for New Release Blu-Ray vs. $20 or less for DVD is somewhat expensive. I don't really give a crap if I can see "500 Days of Summer" in 1080p....definitely not worth a 33% markup.....I reserve my bluray purchases for over the top visual and audio flicks (ie Transformers, Star Trek, etc.)