Lee Scoggins
Senior HTF Member
I have a couple of thoughts on BluRay adoption in terms of hardware and software...
1. I think $25-$40 per movie is waaaay too high for BluRay to go wide. I assume that increasing volumes will drive down costs but outside of some terrific Amazon and Fry's sales prices remain ridiculously high. I don't mind giving some profits to them as an early adopter but now with the format war over.
2. The real enemy eventually is downloadable movies. Lowering prices and really encouraging people to get on the bandwagon early is the only winning strategy. iTunes movies may prove a very difficult competitor. Remember what people said to disparage Apple when it was just music? I think they might be able to do it again. OTOH, many of us like to own a physical asset (a disc!) with no rights issues...
I think this video format adoption will be better than the hirez formats since everyone can own and many do an hidef TV set. Also, the quality improvement is very dramatic.
1. I think $25-$40 per movie is waaaay too high for BluRay to go wide. I assume that increasing volumes will drive down costs but outside of some terrific Amazon and Fry's sales prices remain ridiculously high. I don't mind giving some profits to them as an early adopter but now with the format war over.
2. The real enemy eventually is downloadable movies. Lowering prices and really encouraging people to get on the bandwagon early is the only winning strategy. iTunes movies may prove a very difficult competitor. Remember what people said to disparage Apple when it was just music? I think they might be able to do it again. OTOH, many of us like to own a physical asset (a disc!) with no rights issues...
I think this video format adoption will be better than the hirez formats since everyone can own and many do an hidef TV set. Also, the quality improvement is very dramatic.