Spidey BluRay sales disapointing.

[JSE]

There will always be people that refuse to accept mediocre quality when high quality is available.Ever compare a cd to an mp3, mp3 suck quality wise.Downloads may at somepoint many years from now replace rentals.


bill

I don't think it will be many years. It's already starting. I know a lot of people who download movies and store them on hardrives, ipods, DVDs, etc. These are the "masses" that support and drive the market. Like Pix said, people like us on boards are the exception. There are far far more people out their who will give up some quality for covenience. I agreed downloads are not the same quality as Blueray or HDDVD but they probably will be at some point or they will at least be good enough that even more people will switch. SACD and DVD Audio and even CD have been killed by mp3. People have choosen convenience and "decent" quality over superior formats. Why would video be any different? If I were BR or HDDVD, I would drop the price of players like a rock while the "getting is still good" and video download is still in the "infant" stages. The longer people hold off on buying these players due to price is the longer they will have to discover video download. I really think BR and HDDVD have a fairly small window of opportunity here and they are blowing it.

And for the record, I would prefer BR or HDDVD became and stayed the standard for a long time. I, like most people here, want quality.

And, to whoever gave me a red chicklet for going off topic in this thread and did not have the balls to ID themselves, screw you. If your gonna give a red chicklet, be man or women enough to sign it. I don't mind getting red chicklets, I just can't stand cowards.