Subj : Failure of blu-ray format?
To   : Nightfox
From : Ogg
Date : Sat Jan 28 2023 23:15:00

Hello Nightfox!

** On Saturday 28.01.23 - 17:28, Nightfox wrote to Ogg:

 N> This article, for instance:
 N> https://bit.ly/3WKhX6e
 N> Full URL:
 N> https://heidijoyrobertson.medium.com/to-innovate-or-not-lessons-from-blu-r
 N> ays-f ailures-ce2c56486eea

OK.. that just sounds like an opinion piece.  One person. Does  
she have a technical background?  I doubt it. Obviously she  
didn't read the user manual about her Blu-ray player being  
backward compatible; she's to blame for that, not Blu-ray.

I still think there is plenty market for physical DVDs. Not  
everyone has streaming video as an option.  She's obviously a  
metropolitan person and assumes everyone has access to high  
speed internet.


 N> Also:
 N> https://www.foxnews.com/tech/why-has-blu-ray-failed-to-catch-hold

In this article too: "consumers don't realize that DVDs can be  
played on Blu-ray machines and erroneously believe they'll have  
to replace their entire DVD collection if they get a Blu-ray  
player."  I can't believe that!  The players clearly indicate  
that they are backward compatible.

Myself, I have had no compelling reason to move to BluRay  
simply because my DVD player still works just fine even after  
15 years.  The images are "good enuff" on my modest 32" TV.   
However, if I had one those 58" screens or something, *then* I  
might be persuaded to move to a BluRay machine and the new  
format.  But I bet that most homes still don't have 58" TVs. ;)

Also.. in that article he speaks of not much diff in quality  
between DVD and BluRay. Well.. that depends. Perhaps some  
BluRay products are merely transferred to the new medium  
without actual video enhancements.  But from the handful of  
BluRay discs that I played, there was a modest noticeable  
difference.   And, YES, the machine I had the pleasure of using  
had incorporated streaming options too.


 N> https://www.reddit.com/r/Bluray/comments/d4992t/i_hate_that_blu_ray_4k_blu
 N> _ray_ is_written_off_as/

That article doesn't come up for me.

--- OpenXP 5.0.57
 * Origin: Ogg's WestCoast Point (21:4/106.21)

.