Who wins the real format war: DVD vs. Blu-ray?

Question

Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD was never the real format war. And now the DVD Consortium will try its best to keep DVDs in American homes.

Remember that the vast majority of Americans do not have HDTV's and they are content with the picture quality of the DVD for years and years to come. Maybe Blu-ray will take market share in 2018?

Answer 1

Blu-Ray WILL become a standard over DVD eventually.  I agree it will be something like what you say, 2018.  

But, Blu will gain ground on DVD quickly over the next few years BECAUSE Blu Ray players will come down on prices as of now.  With the HD war over, Blu will get more production therefore lowering costs.  There will be $200 players by the end of the year, mark my words.  

HDTVs are set to be in more households also.  The 2009 switch to digital mandated by the federal gov't is upon us with other countries following suit in the coming years.  A good portion of those people still analogging will opt out of just a converter box and will upgrade to an HDTV.  HDTVs are already as cheap as $500, and bigger ones will be around that price I'd say in a couple years.

Technology is moving, the people are right behind.  I personally think Blu will battle it out with HD Downloads in a future war.  Downloads have a long way to go though.  I don't think cable companies which will need a worldwide overhaul to be sending 50 GB movies throughout their networks multiple times throughout multiple households.  Discs and media will always be preferred for their portability.  Hard, copyrighted, official and warranted forms of media which will be backed by Hollywood studios for as long as I live anyway.

I doubt these big corporations will lay all their trust into a historically buggy Microsoft Corporation backing downloads that have destroyed the music industry in the last decade.

Answer 2

it is obvious blue ray

Answer 3

Blu Ray already did Toshiba will no longer do HD DVD's

Answer 4

I agree with the poster above 110%.  At this time Blu Ray is an alternative to DVD for people with HDTV and so forth that can afford it.  It is NOT intended to be a replacement.  It will be a looooong time before DVD's go away.

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Answer 5

well if your a poor podunk loser then you cant afford a bluray, but people like myself, who hav emoney, will probably be buying a bluray shortly.  I already have a hd dvd player, lots of hd dvd's, and a Plasma tv.

Answer 6

Now that Blue-Ray has killed HD-DVD, you're right it's going for replacing standard DVD. The country (and world) moves on just as people embraced DVD over VHS and just as HDTV is being embraced and soon the only TVs being sold will be HDTV so will go the video format, in the next couple of years Blue-Ray players will come way down. It's going to happen a lot faster than you think. It's all a matter of money, Electronics manufactures even when Blue-Ray players go under $200 will be making a lot more money on them than on DVD players and movie studios can make a lot more money on Blue-Ray disk, even at $18  a disk because it doesn't cost much more to manufacture Blue-Ray than standard DVD, but they can sell it for more, and look at all the people that will be replacing standard DVD movies with Blue-Ray, and the people who are happy with their DVD player and wouldn't be in the market unless there is something new they need to buy. So Blue-Ray will replace standard DVD as fast as the electronics companies and movie studios can push it on the public.

DVDs will be around for a long time, just as records, 8 tracks, VHS and Betamax tapes and every media that has been replaced has hung around a long time, but DVDs days are numbered.

Answer 7

It's just like any other piece of technology that's come out in the past century...  When it hits, it's rejected by most.  A few waste money on it while it's still expensive.  When the prices come down, everyone tries it.  It becomes the new standard.

I am not impressed with it yet.  My 56-inch RCA has 1080 quality on HD-DVD and Blu-ray.  I bought a player, along with a movie that I had seen a few times.  I watched it, and back to Wal-Mart went both of them.  Maybe once my TV is obsolete and I purchase a 16000p 120-inch nitrous-injected laser TV, it will be worth it.

Answer 8

Well the answer came out today...Toshiba gave up...so by default looks like Blu-ray is the way to go for the new technology.

Answer 9

I agree to some extend with some of the posts above. DVD's will be around a long time, although Blu-Ray will become the standard player in the near future. Prices on Blu-Ray will come down quit a bit once other manufactures get involved now that a decision has been made between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. Prices will get to the point where most people can afford them and render DVD players obsolete because the Blu-Ray player can still play DVD's, yes there will still be cheapo bargin DVD players. Once Blu-Ray players outsell standard DVD players new release movies will only be on Blu-Ray while some older movies may still be released on DVD. I dont see DVD discs going anywhere for a long time.

Answer 10

Seeing that most people didn't read the question fully, the correct answer is DVD. And it will continue to be DVD until the price of HDTV's drops tremendously. People seem to ignore the elephant in the room costing $700 and up. The HD-DVD vs BluRay was a fight for the middle class and up. This country , this world is mostly lower middle class and below. A $700 TV set is no where in thier future unless they're kicking down the back door of someone like "The Lorax" (what a dumb *** statement he made) and taking his. Regular DVD's are still out selling BluRay disc by a very, very large margin. No studio is dumb enough to go BluRay exclusively right now or 5 years from now, unless HDTV's drop. A BluRay player could cost $99 but if the TV is still the price of most Amercians monthly salary, DVD will continue to be the format King.