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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• Devon - Jun 02, 2008
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  I guess this also depends if you're talking about only in the US or not too. If you consider things globally, per capita, I'm not so sure that the DVD has even conquered the CD yet regarding movies and video distribution. The video CD still rules in most of Asia and India and that's a VERY large user base.
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• Suzu - Jun 02, 2008
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  Onset of p2p wont really help of dvd's much.
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• zbarlici - Jun 02, 2008
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  how the hell do you expect to download 25Gig HD movies via p2p... it will take way too long so i actually think that BD format will slow down p2p, and not vice-versa... Blu-ray is the end of p2p(in N. america), unless you wanna settle for less quality/resolution.
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• andeemac - Jun 02, 2008
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  Well if you buy a PS3 which has the latest 2.0 software inside it can surf the Internet Play BluRay DVD's and upscale normal DVD,s wonderfully. It has software to organise and view Photos, A 40 gig hardrive all for $399.
  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!!!!!!!!!!
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• trantor - Jun 02, 2008
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  Zbarlici... when p2p started, internet connections were so slow that would take the same time to download a standart DVD than today it takes to download a Blu-Ray.
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• Lord_jag - Jun 02, 2008
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  trantor is right. It's only a matter of time before people demand gigabit download speeds from the internet. I imagine shortly after that we will all want a fiber line directly into our houses.
  
  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.
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• zbarlici - Jun 02, 2008
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  trantor is right. It's only a matter of time before people demand gigabit download speeds from the internet. I imagine shortly after that we will all want a fiber line directly into our houses.
  
  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
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• Glis - Jun 02, 2008
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  Just a thought...
  
  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.
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