More a forum question on Blu Ray?

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Does anyone else think that blu ray may go down the road of the old philps video disks (anyone born after 1976 probaly wont know them) they were dvds but the size of LPs
 
While it is still a possibility, it is unlikely. Here's why:

Those phillips discs only had one purpose. That was video. As a result it was imperitive that it get market saturation for video. It was competing against a well accepted format that had a critical feature that it did not...the VHS tape could record.

Blu-Ray discs have multiple purposes. They are useful in computers, game consoles and movie players. Crossing formats will give it quite a it more acceptability as a medium. Also, it has achieved a significant market saturation for both users AND studios. Having acceptance of the Hollywood studios is big and almost all of the studios have embraced it so most of the biggies for at least the next few years will appear on Blu-Ray.

So, no I doubt it will be the debacle of the Phillips video discs.
 
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