From denofgeek, Why hasn’t Blu-ray won quite the level of support and business that was originally anticipated?
I’ve had a couple of off-the-record conversations with people in disc distribution over the past month or two, and they seem to be in some kind of agreement: Blu-ray hasn’t taken off in quite the way that people had hoped. Perhaps that's why some films in the UK, Disney's Winnie The Pooh for instance, don't get a Blu-ray release at all.
In America, Blu-ray is faring well, but you only have to look at the quantity of new weekly releases in the UK against the same number for DVDs five or six years after that format launched, and the picture is fairly clear.
I like Blu-rays. I prefer having a physical disc format, and, appreciating that the download revolution is fully upon us, I still think that a strong packaged film, with interesting extras, is the best choice for home entertainment. But I can’t help but feel that Blu-ray has suffered as a result of some odd decisions that nobody seems in much of a hurry to fix.
Such as these...
2 comments:
His reasons are interesting, but I think he hits it with the reason he calls "laziness." DVDs replaced VHS tapes, which were in many ways revealed to be horrible. But DVDs aren't really horrible, and are in fact still pretty damn good.
This whole "complaint" is so silly. Blu-rays are the best thing since movie theaters. If you don't want them, don't buy them...it's your loss.
A 1080p Sony Bravia + an HDMI connection to a Sony Blu-ray player = your own 35mm screening room with no brightness or focus problems, no reel changes etc. Anybody who doesn't want that is just being silly.
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