Will Blu-ray take itself down? 14 Nov 2008
The economic downturn is causing some pretty bad fallout there but one thing that might just fail could be Blu-ray.
Sony's high-definition format which beat out Toshiba's HD-DVD earlier this year might be a win to be taken in vain if reports are close to right.
Industry professionals are suggesting that because Blu-ray needs so much to work, it's requirement that users spend a lot to get anything out of Blu-ray might be the very thing which causes it to fail. Components like the high-definition TV set, Blu-ray player, HDMI cables, and then the high-priced Blu-ray discs themselves might be the very thing to undermine Blu-ray as money problems start to settle in people's wallets.
Source: Reuters
The economic downturn is causing some pretty bad fallout there but one thing that might just fail could be Blu-ray.
Sony's high-definition format which beat out Toshiba's HD-DVD earlier this year might be a win to be taken in vain if reports are close to right.
Industry professionals are suggesting that because Blu-ray needs so much to work, it's requirement that users spend a lot to get anything out of Blu-ray might be the very thing which causes it to fail. Components like the high-definition TV set, Blu-ray player, HDMI cables, and then the high-priced Blu-ray discs themselves might be the very thing to undermine Blu-ray as money problems start to settle in people's wallets.
Source: Reuters
