IIRC, BD unit disc sales have never to this day surpassed those of DVD.
Of course, 10+ years ago that meant something. Today, it's like having the highest income under $20,000 in your neighborhood, or something.
I agree with everything I snipped, I would just add one thing: To me, in terms of mass acceptance, there was a psychological dimension to DVD adoption as well. For example, In the 1980s, when the record industry was introducing CDs, the CD looked more advanced than a vinyl LP or a cassette tape...
Maybe, but won't it be a Pyrrhic victory? E.g., in the music realm, I saw reports late this past fall that sales of vinyl LPs were about to overtake sales of compact discs for the first time since 1986. But when CDs overtook vinyl in 1987, the CD format became the "king of the hill", the...