Blu-ray DVD format may not dominate for years
June 1, 2008 By RYAN NAKASHIMA , AP Business Writer(AP) -- Blu-ray stomped HD DVD to become the standard format for high-definition movie discs, but years may pass before it can claim victory over the good old DVD. Noemi Velazquez, a 44-year-old warehouse worker, can explain why. She took one look at the $399 price tag of a Blu-ray player at a Best Buy store in Glendale, Calif., and kept going.
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So wheres the problem You can even update the software over the Internet!!!
I think it will las a long time no Problems
The solution for some is, Do not buy a dedicated Player at all, at least for now. Get a PS3
Hell its even a leading edge Game Machine as well!!!!!!!!!!
Once those speeds are achieved, your 25 G file will download in about 4 minutes. You could download a bunch more while you spend the next 2 hours watching the first one.
P2P is only limited by bandwidth, and that is growing quickly.
ISP throttling
Why wouldn't they make the player cheap, even take a considerable loss, so that the format is adopted quickly and take a piece of media sales? Printer companies got this right years ago. I understand they like to really give it to early adopters, but the profits from selling hundreds of times more media should beat out the fun of a nonconsenual quickie.