REPORT: Consumers Find Blu-Ray A Turn-Off

It's being touted as new must-have technology, but so far Blu-ray DVD has failed to catch on. This Christmas though, manufacturers of these new super high-quality DVD players and discs expect big things as prices fall.

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Misleading title.Blu-ray is only going up & up.

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

REPORT: European and Japanese Consumers Find xBox 360's DVD Drive and Console A Turn-Off!!! ;)

[earwax]

http://www.wavw.com/cc-comm...

[ThatCanadianGuy]

4 disagree's? lol i guess 4 people didn't read the article..

[GiantEnemyLobster]

Almost as big of flop as UMD discs, LOL.

Downloadable Media will kick blurays little butt. Microsoft has already proven this by adding the EXTREMELY popular NETFLIX service exclusive to Xbox 360 owners. Sorry PStards.. have fun with your $30 movies while I can download mine in the same quality for $7 a month. LOL, I WIN.

[ThatCanadianGuy]

LOL! i forgot how many idiots plague the open zone.
*sigh*

[sak500]

@ken

Why do you have your childrens picture in the avatar?

[strotee]

"same quality"

Oh my, did you just say downloaded movies from Netflix are equivalent to Blu-ray in terms of quality? lol You need to either upgrade from your 19" Walmart-special TV or get better glasses.

[zag]

Yeah great!

720P movies for $7 and last for 24 hours before they are auto-deleted.

I got to say I liked the bit where MS proved how everyone on the planet downloads their movies off the netflixs only on a 360.

The sad thing is 99.9% of the total population wouldn't even have a 360 in the first place.

I take it you run around and actually tell people this BS too... don't you?

And they walk away thinking your a d**khead.

[MaximusPrime]

credit crunch is to blame.

imo Bluray is a child. come back in 2 years

[Kaneda]

people are afraid to spend any money right now. Hoepfully next year, consumers confidence will be back.

[Danja]

Which is why Blu Ray already has a 12% market share...not to mention it's selling much faster than DVD at the same time in it's cycle...

and that's why they have already shipped 1 million Dark knight Blu Ray DVD's to retailers...

[Atomic]

yeah
the release of DVD format : 1997
DVD becoming a mass market format: 2002-2003

self-explanatory

[solidsnakus]

this years black friday suckd.

[DaTruth]

They advertise Black Friday and when you get there the prices are exactly the same. I mentioned this to one of the sales guys and he started to explain while practically running away. Then I mentioned Future Shop had a lower price and another sales guy said they would match it. We went on the internet and once he saw the lower price, the TV was sold out.

[Eddie20101]

This story is out of the U.K. and I'm Not entirely sure its accurate.
In the rest of Europe Blu-Ray sales are doing very well.

In The United States Blu-Ray Is doing very well with very large gains in sales of players and disk this year, doing better than dvd in its first couple of years on the market.

In Japan it is doing very well also, even better than in the United States.

So the sales of Blu-Ray are on track to eventually replace the DVD format as the prefured Disk format and will be around for a long time to come.

[SaiyanFury]

Consumers find Blu-ray a turn off eh? I guess that explains why BDs are enjoying the best sales in the last 2 years, because they turn people off.

[ZorinInc]

If Blu-Ray sales are low in the UK the poor selection of HD TV channels on Sky and Freesat is partly to blame. Once more people are watching Coronation Street in HD without thinking about it they'll of course choose to watch Blockbuster films in the same quality.

[nycredude]

I don't know about anyone else but I as out in force with my brother black Friday and every electronic store i went too I saw a lot of people carrying around Bluray players. I saw Sony and Samsung Bluray players at $199. I think this holiday will be big for The format! Also tons, I mean tons of people bought hd tvs also so eventually Bluray players to follow.

These articles need to stop spelling doom in such an early stage. The market and economy needs time to adjust, it doesn't happen over night, however it will happen as the market is very efficient.

[kopicha]

ppl aint spending too much as of this year only because of recession. honestly only ignorant ppl like you call BD a child. i personally have 2 BD player which one is the infamous PS3 with another from Pioneer. after enjoying my movies on a BD player. i never want to watch DVD again. take your logic else where

[Parapraxis]

The title of this article is an attempt to get hits. Nowhere do they source this claim that consumers find BD a turn off.
I'd like some actual facts, not speculation resulting from a glance at sales trends.
It's the equivalent of saying "Consumers find Farraris a Turn Off" Because they aren't outselling the Ford Focus.

[Captain Tuttle]

Yeah, because SkyNews is one of those fly-by-night blogs that needs N4G for revenue.

[Parapraxis]

Even if it's not just for hits, the rest of what I stated is true.
It's STILL a baseless claim.

[Gerard Way]

is failing miserably compared to DVD. DVD, you must remember was MUCH MUCH more expensive in its early stages(or maybe you dont cause youre prolly just a kid). Not to mention it, the PS2/XBOX wasn't around for a while. So for DVD to have as much success as it did EVEN BEFORE PS2 and XBOX was awesome, after PS2 though--it was game over for VHS. Bluray starts off at a decent price(especially if youre getting a PS3), and now the players alone are a lot cheaper than a PS3. So naturally this should be flying off the shelves and selling ALOT faster than it is now, to compare it to DVD. Im sorry, but its behind. I give it a 2 years before its ditched altogether. I mean yeah, they still make CD's, but when was the last time YOU bought one, Para? You know there used to be an HD Audio war right? SACD & HDCD. Who won? MP3--a digital download format. Their little war last about...oh i dont know...a couple years, maybe. History will always repeat itself for those who do not learn from it. We have progressed past 1080p in A/V technology, 1920p is the "new" standard(and it uses a "red" laser, and it will be cheaper than CURRENT UPSCALING DVD PLAYERS. And you know what? Still wont matter, b/c digital downloads will rock that sh*t to.

So this is why bluray isnt so hott---its not selling nearly as well as it should be(especially with the prices being their lowest ever). Get off your White Sony Pony, and get a life.

@ FISHY BELOW:
Yeah DVD, was a crazy epic fail....dumb@$$

@ FISHY AGAIN: Sorry buddy. Hit me up if you need an Ipod or something bud.

@Callahan: Im ashamed I called fishy a dumb@$$. *slaps himself*

@OnslaughtX: you can buy a terabyte of external storage for less than 150 bucks now(less than 100 on deal days). I think 500gb would do as a standard though. and most settop boxes have usb ports and will play your content from the drive. Its closer than you think man. Like I said, 2 years. And ALOT happen in 2 years. I like you. Your arguments are somewhat supportive in a way. Like CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. Not like these other brats. You got an Ipod? I bet you could use some kick ass speakers for it. hit me up.

@DAVEY BOY: Hey buddy, do me a favor, please? STFU. The adults are talking.

[callahan09]

@ Captain Tuttle:

The article's actual title is Blu-Ray Fails to Catch On. It was Omega4, who contributed this article to N4G, that changed the title to Consumers Find Blu-Ray A Turn-Off. It's a misleading title, it's not the title of the sourced article, and the claim made in this fabricated title is NOT made in the actual article. Omega4 has made up this title for the following reason:

Because he wants to elicit a reaction from N4G'ers so that his submission gets a lot of hits, thereby increasing the degrees of his story so he gets more contributor points.

@ Gerard Way:

Uhh, Fishy was being sarcastic. Also, DVD players first hit the consumer market in 1997, and it was easy to find a player for 100 dollars or less by the year 2000, 3 years later. It's been 2 and a half years since Blu-Ray disc players were launched for consumer retail, and it's still very hard to find one for less than 200 dollars. Also, remember that the DVD player had no competition in increasing its market share. It was only competing against the age-old VHS format. Blu-Ray was, until just 10 months ago, competing against DVD as well as HD-DVD, which should have made it grow at a slower rate than DVD, but it has actually grown at a larger rate (and in a more volatile consumer market at that). Nice try attempting to downplay the successes of the Blu-Ray format, but it just isn't a viable argument.

[xwabbit]

Agreed with you

[DiabloRising]

LOL Gerard.

So the format with superior quality that owns 12% of the market will fail to digital downloads, the format that is missing special features among other things, and has less than 1% of the market?

Nice logic. Sure, DD will take over, all we need is...

- People to ditch wanting physical formats
- Cheap, 1 terabyte + storage that can conveniently be taken from home to home
- Improved methods of downloading said movies
- Better internet infrastructures and speeds across the country
- Web access for people who have no internet access
- More lax DRM features
- Special features akin to those on DVD and BD

But once all that happens... sure.

[Daver]

@2.4

shut up yourself dude...the new standard like you call it wont affect anything, its too late now people are not all tech geek, they just want to watch movies in hi def, and it is just starting, theres a lot of people without hd tv yet, it takes time to introduce something new but if theres something consumers dont want is confusion.
And about digital distribution its still far away, years away and a lot of people will still prefer a physic copy over this, its gonna be way tougher to introduce than you think

[Daver]

@2.7

i totally agree with you

[DiabloRising]

@ Gerard...

I try to be only a semi ass when I see a silly argument. ;-) In all seriousness, I just don't think movies will catch on as downloadable content in the same manner as music because of differences in size, quality, and special features. Also, the fear of having all your movies stolen or wiped out due to one drive failure is a big one, and with services being sticklers for things like that (one DL then you're done!) I just think there are many obstacles in the way of it taking over. I think BD, DVD, and Downloads will co-exist for a while. I'm not going to call out a pure winner or loser, because the market doesn't necessarily have to work that way, and things can change fast.

All I know is, BD is way above the "HD" content offered on Netflix and other services, and I'm glad I started picking up movies in that format. Now I just want them to drop the price a bit for players and movies... and get Lord of the Rings EE out!

[Eddie20101]

Garard Way you are seriously miss informed and don't have a clue as to what you are talking about.

[thereapersson]

I'm pretty sure that Fishy was being sarcastic. Then again, you seem to be taking this thing way too seriously, and your seemingly intense hatred for all things Sony related shows through in your post.

BTW, Digital Downloads have a LONG way to go before they can come close to matching the fidelity of Disc-Based media, not to mention that you end up with compression artifacts and blocking in fast moving scenes. Also, with the current trend of ISP's imposing bandwidth limits on their customers, how do you think direct-view HD services will fare?

Most people don't want to sit and download a 50GB movie. And those 7-8 GB compressed Blu-Ray rips don't count, because you know that's a monumental PQ loss.

[Parapraxis]

Gerard, please don't call me "parabrat", I'm no child, I'm 28. It's obvious who is the kid here. Your argument is so poorly constructed I don't think you yourself understand what you are trying to say.
You DEFINATELY don't belong in the Gamer Zone, heck you'd be lucky to be in Open Zone, you are childish and insulting and absolutely un-informed on the subject of distribution methods for audio and video.

[pixelsword]

You said, and I quote:

"(Blu-Ray)is failing miserably compared to DVD. DVD, you must remember was MUCH MUCH more expensive in its early stages(or maybe you dont cause youre prolly just a kid). Not to mention it, the PS2/XBOX wasn't around for a while. So for DVD to have as much success as it did EVEN BEFORE PS2 and XBOX was awesome,"

So by your logic, The 360 is a failure, because:

1. PS3, you must remember, is MUCH MUCH more expensive in it's early stages

2. The PS3 (or Blu-Ray itself) wasn't around for a while

3. So, for PS3 to have as much seccess as it did EVEN BEFORE price-drops was awesome.

[DaTruth]

I was just about to buy a PS3, but then the salesperson told me it had bluray and I was completely turned off, so I decided to get a 360. LOL!!

[nycredude]

You're an idiot for stating BS without backing it up. Especially when it isn't true. For your info Bluray adoption is better than DVD adoption. Get your fact straight. Regarding digital downloads? I don't know what world you live in but in my world it takes forever to download an hd movie so take your bs somewhere else.

[Raoh]

www.hihater.com

[soul899er]

LOL oh look! It's an Omega4 post! how pathetic >_>

[Fishy Fingers]

Blu-ray has a better adoption rate than DVD. Ha, and what an epic fail DVD was huh....

[sinny]

Blu Ray discs are not expensive , the difference in quality over a dvd its a lot.
But well, the mayority of people don't have a HD screen so that could be the answer.

[INehalemEXI]

yup, scratch resistant coating ftw.

[Theoneneo81]

agree the rpice rise is about the same to rember dvds costing this much when they were out some places are more then blu ray if you dont go to places like target etc

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Oh,it's an Omega4 post.No wonder it's complete B.S

[ThatCanadianGuy]

By the way.

http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-...

This just proves what a revolting liar of a troll omega4 is.
Blu-ray is doing better then ever.

[AuToFiRE]

it took a few years for dvd to catch on, bluray is no different, bluray is still very young and has many years ahead

[Kyur4ThePain]

Did you see good PS3 news coming down the line?

[TomMcBaum]

I just bought my second Blu-Ray player (a Samsung BD-P1500), but you just have to take a look at the AVS Forum thread about this model to see why Blu-Ray's not quite ready for "the mass market" yet. People need to update their firmware to play certain titles (usually for reasons related to the "dynamic" copy protection system), a workaround is necessary to hide the "BonusView" overlay window, some people find they need to leave a USB thumbdrive plugged in at all times or turn off the Internet access features to play certain titles, and other such nonsense. Thankfully the PS3 doesn't seem to suffer from any of this nonsense.

[doshey]

wow what a fail article blu ray and dvds are not even in the same league

[jack who]

bu bu bu bu bu teh celll

[DJ]

^_~

[cr33ping_death]

le le le le learn to spe spe spe spell.

[doshey]

good lord it is amazing how dumb people are, what the hell does the cell have to do with blu-ray

[Magic_The_Celt]

bu bu bu bu bu teh pill

is what your mum said the day she found out she was pregnant.

[Gaara_724]

2.4 that was classic lol

[running rampid]

credit crunch. doesn't bother me wether it catches on or not, i got blu-ray, and it's a thousand times better than standar dvd.

[ViceKingz]

and they end up mentioning alot of positive things for BRD in that article

[felidae]

hmm. i'm thinking about Mini Disc and Betamax

[DJ]

Minidisc was an audio storage device, so not sure how you connected the dots there. You also forgot to mention UMD, VCD, and DIVX (not to be confused with DivX).

[anubis12]

love my blu-ray...but the last thing he said is true

Blu-ray is a confusing format for most people because ultimately, it looks the same as a DVD. It's a disc that you put in a machine and it plays a film for you.

"It just offers a better quality and that's a difficult thing to sell compared to DVD over VHS."

[DJ]

They need to emphasize the scratch resistant coating; that's a big deal for a lot of people.

[rawd]

If an upconverted DVD looks the same to you as a Bluray disc, it's time to upgrade that 17" CRT you are watching it on

[PirateThom]

rawd, he's not talking about the image quality, he means it's still a 12cm CD that goes into a disc drive.

VHS to DVD was a clear difference in the shape, size and type of media, DVD to Blu-ray is less clear.

[DJ]

I got freaked out 'cause it was transparent. But yeah, that's about the only difference between that and DVD in terms of physicality.

[PirateThom]

I never bought my first Blu-ray movie... Sony sent me Casino Royale free for signing up for PSN... got me hooked on the damn things.

[killalot100]

they sold out on every bd player that had sales.

[Zulwarn]

Consumers Find Bs3 A Turn-Off its basically the same thing a cheap BR player

[earwax]

And THAT is the ONLY reason the PS3 has sold as many as it has. You better thank the stars Best Buy and the like pushed the PS3 as a cheap BR player.

[NickIni]

Then what the hell is the 360? A cheap, no, expensive DVD player?

[Zulwarn]

@nick
The Xbox 360 is the gaming console where consumers enjoy fine addiction of AAA games where consumers are also given the option to use it as a multimedia system

@earwax
"Best Buy and the like pushed the PS3 as a cheap BR player"
indeed because retailers knows selling bs3 as a BR player is the only way to empty the bs3 stock that is piling up even then retailers have hard time selling BS3's EG: Consumers Find Blu-Ray A Turn-Off

[twoface]

Huh? You're trying to explain the ps3 is selling as much as it is because Best Buy and such are promoting it as a cheap BR player?
A cheap BR player that is more expensive than a machine that has its fanbase addicted to HAHAHA games and also acts as a multi-media center at the same time?

Read your comments again, then look at this year's sales figure of the cheap BR player and the cheaper (supposedly) multi-media/gaming behemoth that overheats sometimes.

If this is the case, it doesn't seem BR fails at all, isn't it?

[DJ]

Blu-ray adoption depends on PS3 and the HDTV markets. Simple as that.

[UltimateIdiot911]

Really? I guess he doesn't slickdeal. As far as I know, a load of bluray has been sold in the last 2 days. Heck, I had trouble snagging a copy of Planet Earth and Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy on frys.com for 38 each.

[MetalProxy]

lots of assuming here. I assuming VHS will have a come back. Tape is better than DVD. I can buy a VHS alot cheaper (20 cents) compaired to 5-8 dollars. /sarcasm

[RAF-TECH]

my PS3 is turned off

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Well..right now im using my 360 as a foot warmer for the long Canadian winter ahead :)

[DJ]

=P

[MetalProxy]

My 360 will never be turned on again :)

[Itrguy001]

Canadianguy Bit\hed slapped Raf-Tech? dam swear filter

[Sergeant Osiris]

I spent money on a PS3 and I go on the internet to make claims about how I never use it. Yes Im an idiot.

[Revvin]

Sky news, says it all really. No facts to back the claim because they know if they post it up people will take it as fact because its come from a big news site - a big news site that is part of a corporation that is trying to push its HD satellite HD boxes into people's homes which includes many subscription based movie channels so of course they won't want to promote a disc format.

[kewlkat007]

Waited for a cheap DVD player and bought the player with 2 movies and connected it to my TV.

Now with Blu-Ray

You can get the cheaper PS3 that does the job and plenty Hardcores have..

But you also need an 1080P TV to go along with it. While there is a noticeable difference from DVD to Blu-Ray, it is not as it was from VHS to DVD + you need a HDTV.

The average guy is still alright with DVD definition and is not gonna go crazy all the sudden and BURN 200+ DVD titles after taking years to find and to bargain for certain titles.

The Format is crisp and looks good but the price SUCKS. Again, to the average consumer, well is it THAT GOOD?

[Itrguy001]

Its from Omega4 so im not very surprised.

[DiabloRising]

Since Transformers, I have purchased 16 BDs... and Dark Knight is next.

I hate being a videophile.

[bviperz]

CG movies on BD. Now thats where you can tell the biggest difference in image quality IMO.

[DiabloRising]

Oh I grabbed Wall-E, and I can't wait for Advent Children. I'm a little worried about the Dark Knight aspect shifts being mandatory for the Imax filmed bits, but I heard it works great... gah just a few more days!

[Brixxer600]

Do not worry about the aspect shift in the Imax parts of Dark Knight, they work perfectly and even enhance the overall movie experience.

Yes i have my Dark knight BD and yes i know i'm a very lucky B*******.

I use a UK store which gets region1 from the USA, they always ship 2-3 weeks early, i received my Dark Knight this past Thursday.

[TheAverage360Fanboy]

Bwooway FAILS

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
BUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

[sak500]

Betaumdbluraystation3 flopped.

[user9422077]

Blue-Ray is the future of Movies.

PLAY B3YOND

[ThatCanadianGuy]

http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-...

Cry xbots cry.

[jack who]

ya its soooooo hard for Blu-ray Sales Sail To All-Time Highs when sales have been crap to start with

[ThatCanadianGuy]

How have they been "Crap" Blu-ray is adopting faster then DVD did.
It's increasing month after month.

And that link just proves this misleading headline wrong.
Of course you'd know that if you weren't a cum sucking 360 fanboy.

[Horny Melon]

$5-$15$ more than a dvd means I only buy the Blurays that are must have home theater experiences. The rest, like anime, get bought on DVD.

[iggypop123]

maybe that walmart 128 blu ray player gets things moving

[aggh im on fire]

When blue ray players are the same price as DVD players and the discs are the same price as DVD discs then it will explode but the majority of people don't want to fork out the extra money to see the same film no matter what the quality. Its a sad state of affairs but the majority of people couldn't care less that the picture is x4 better to them its still the same film.
You have to remember most people on this site are heavily into the tech. The general public don't even know what the hell HD is.

[ps34ever]

Blu-ray is the best for movies

[Stereojet]

Who writes this stuff??

http://www.n4g.com/industry...

[yanikins111]

arti-fail

[yoghurt]

only N4G can have this article, listed 2 articles above an article saying how Blu-Ray has just had a record month - BRILLIANT.

http://www.n4g.com/industry...

[KidMakeshift]

The only thing I find to be a turn off is how outrageously expensive blu-ray is. It's seems only amazon sells them at a discount but places like best buy sell blu-ray at $29.99 while the dvd version of the movie for only $14.99. My other gripe is they're releasing full retailed priced Blu-ray versions of old movies that don't benefit from the HD format at all like Adam West The Batman Movie which was made in the 60's for television. I love Adam West Batman. It's one of the greatest shows ever made but I'd rather buy the $5 dvd version over a $30 HD version that isn't HD

[aiphanes]

Best buy has most blurays onsale today for $16...some even $9.99

Walmart the same thing...

If you know how to shop you can get bluray movies less than the price of DVDs...sure it was black friday...but you all know the industry is seeing the sales and will price the discs lower from now on.

DVD is gonna be dead by this time next year....bluray players will be less than $100....its all over...for DVD.

The Xbox 360 better get a built in bluray player and quick....if it thinks its gonna go head to head about the 10 year life space of the PS3....

[PS3Freak]

Blu ray and dvd should not be in the same sentance as they have nothing to do with eachother. Blu ray disc.

[Tykis]

OMG stop with these pointless articles!

[CR7JUVE1897]

how a certain faction of people are against a new technology which brings superior audio and video movies yo your HDTV because its affiliated with a certain console.

That's just. Well, that's just @$%&(#! retarded

[NegativeCreep427]

"REPORT: Consumers Find Blu-Ray A Turn-Off"

New Report: Those same 360 fanboy consumers find paying over and over again for a new xbox 360 after the previous one sh!ts out on them isn't a problem.

xbox 360 fanboy motto: "Ignorance is Bliss, and having mommy buy me a third 360 console doesn't bother me"

[PimplePopperMD]

get jobs, you poor, jobless consumers.

blu ray is a turn off to people that cant afford it.

[ongbakurhead]

these articles are a waste of time, there is another story just above this saying blu-ray sales are surging. A waste of time, just like the console wars.

[ultimolu]

Omega strikes again!

Dude, give it up. =P

[aiphanes]

People where buying bluray players and bluray discs. I never saw so many bluray disc people were buying. Bluray is hot...hot hot!

Same thing at circuit city and Walmart. The $128 bluray player at walmart sold out in less than 10 mins.

[JustV]

Blu-ray is doing well...I mean it sold faster than DVD when it first came out. The American Economy is bad right now. Black Friday also sucked this year. Nothing was really on sale. It's all for people who really don't pay attention at the market and just run out and buy because they think its REALLY cheaper. But really, its just the same price or maybe 5 bucks off. So saying that Blu-Ray is not doing as well, thats bull:)

[Andras84]

We made more money in our store this year than we did last year. I think it was great....we made twice as much as last year.

[Andras84]

...blu-ray sales hit all time high. Plus Blu-ray sold more movies and player in it's life cycle so far as DVD did the same time period. I don't think it's a turn off....but Microsoft is really trying hard with this idiotic articles...or maybe their idiot Xbot army is this desperate. Just can't swallow that HD-DVD defeat.

[Scary69]

If they sell them at $15 like walmart sometimes does then they will sell like hot cakes.

[MediaSpin360]

Seriously..

[Silvia007]

my grandma. Amazing how many people are like my grandma. She won't give up her VCR and 20 year old crt that looks like a globe for the latest blu-ray player with a HDTV. She can't see very well so going High Def is definitely a turn off considering the price. Ok, so I didn't read the article.

[MediaSpin360]

Conspiracy 101 tells you this. They lied! Lies Lies Lies! All Lies! Blu Ray is THE only format when it comes to HD movies and you will like it! YOU WILL LIKE IT! If you dont you shall be confined to the lameness of DVD.. Welcome to the 1990's, upscaled! Muah hA HAahaAHAhh <---- Scary Voice In Comment Section 101. 1+0+1=101 Study,Live,Eat,Sleep,Wake Up, Eat Dinner, Shower, Games, All types of misc inserted here and finally most important BLU RAY!

[NegativeCreep427]

Shut Up. Get F*cking laid!!!

[Anon1974]

I was surprised the Tuesday Wall-E released when I went to pick up a copy on my lunch break only to find that all the Blu-Ray copies has sold out before noon. I had to stop at three stores before I found one that still had it in stock. More came in this past Tuesday but the fact that Blu-Ray's are selling out even temporarily seems like a good sign for the format. I imagine launch for The Dark Knight is going to be huge for Blu-Ray.

[Anon1974]

No where in this article does it explain how Blu-Ray is turning consumers off, or even makes a mention of it. I imagine the headline is getting them hits though. The article really doesn't say anything. Nice "news" story there. "There's this new thing called Blu-Ray and it hasn't quite taken off yet! More at 11."

Tools...

[Bizmal]

I only buy Blu ray. DVD look dirty. Like VHS to DVD. Even my 6 year old complains about watching movies at grandpas. He's says movies look sloppy.