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Granted, but few DVD players had VHS capability. All Blu-ray players have DVD capability

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Jazz Inmate

In Reply to: RE: I think there's a pretty big difference though. posted by grantv on May 20, 2008 at 12:31:35

The industry could phase out DVD players and sell only Blu-ray players, after a couple years. At that point, studios could stop releasing DVDs.
The point is, you can upgrade, sell your old player and still have full access to your DVD collection, with upscaling.
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Call it, friendo.

Edits: 05/20/08

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Jazz, I would LOVE to see the studios try that. - JMCIII 18:52:04 05/20/08 (3)
It would kill physical video media competely. Consumers (and I don't just mean folks like us) HATE, and I do mean hate, being told what they HAVE to buy. Price is one of the big reasons the music industry is running in quicksand right about now. You'd hope the video world would have been paying attention, but by the look of thing no, they are simply repeating history instead of learning from it.

Until the manufactuers and studios get the price of players AND media down to DVD levels Blu-Ray will continue to be stillborn in the minds and wallets of the average consumer. Want to see proof? Go to your local Walmart and see, A. how many payers are even on display (much less how expensive they are), and B. the cost of the movies in comparison to regular DVD. And yes, I know some less expensive players are to be released this summer, but they are still 3 to 4 time the price of a decent upsampling DVD player, plus they is no guarantee that they will even work properly with out constant firmware upgrades since there is STILL (after how many years???) NO SET STANDARD for Blue Disc. It's too bad too, but time will tell.

John Crossett
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- I agree - Jack G 05:23:58 05/21/08 (1)
  I don't think the studios are willing to slaughter their cash cow, DVD, right now. I certainly don't see the masses buying into BD until the prices are much cheaper. Unfortunately, sub-$200 players, the supposed magic price point, aren't expected to hit the market until the end of 2009, and who knows when the discs will be closer to DVD prices.
  Jack
  - If you inferred "right now" from my post, I apologize. I meant over time - Jazz Inmate 10:06:51 05/21/08 (0)
    Of course studios aren't going to stop releasing DVDs right now and of course CE manufacturers aren't going to all release blu-ray players and pull their DVD players off the shelves. But in the long run, they might. That's what happens when superior technologies replace inferior ones.
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- I wish they did that with SACD, but the labels didn't have their ducks in a row - Jazz Inmate 21:31:31 05/20/08 (0)
  Maybe the studios are damned if they do and damned if they don't. I certainly will be upset to see inferior downloadable technology become the industry standard for video, like it did for audio.
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Blue-ray recorder? - grantv 14:19:15 05/20/08 (1)
I currently use a DVD recorder, there are Blue-ray units that record?
- It's coming. Blu-ray writable media is already available for compatible drives/PCs - Jazz Inmate 14:28:47 05/20/08 (0)
  There's no way to use DVD for HD recording.
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