bits.blogs.nytimes.com — Hot on the heels of last week?s report from ABI Research noting that many consumers may not see the picture quality difference between Blu-ray and standard DVDs comes the latest Blu-ray sales figures from NPD Group. According to NPD, sales of Blu-ray standalone players plummeted 40 percent from January to February, then rose a scant 2 percent....
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jabelarMay 2, 2008
Well, that's the problem with HD, is that you have to upgrade your players, your displays, your cabling and the actual discs before you can get the full effect. And ideally you do that for all your TVs. So it is a very large overall sticker price that is hard to justify if you've already got a decent setup.
sugarazorMay 2, 2008
Thank you for spouting numbers and completely missing the point. It looks better. It doesn't look like 100% true HD, but it's pretty damn close. And I'll take pretty damn close for $40 than 100% HD for $400.640x480, 2,073,600, 1920x1080... sure those numbers mean something - but not as much as $40 vs. $400.
realchemistMay 2, 2008
thank you
babywookieMay 2, 2008
Right on. I would much rather have a 720p Pioneer plasma than a 1080p Visio, Sceptre, LG, Hitachi, Sharp, JVC, Toshiba, etc, which all have clouding, banding, poor black levels, innacurate colors, etc. In fact, the only 1080p LCDs that I would take over a 720p Pioneer are the high-end Samsung and Sony.
thegurustudMay 3, 2008
you mean those yellow and red and white plugs?Screw those, coaxial cable is the bestobvious sarcasm....or is it....
aliguanaMay 3, 2008
Blueray will take off when the burners and blanks are cheap enough so people can mass-copy the disks. Fact. DVD would still be a minority technology if people didn't have the means to copy disks. People bought the players because their mates were giving them disks. The more players in circulation, the cheaper they got.
quarbyMay 21, 2008
the title is overstated.
hasahugedigJun 3, 2008
This is also due to the fact that the consumers didn't choose Blu-Ray...the studios did. So I'm not surprised that it's not selling well. Who would want to spend 3x more for a video player when you could have got one that worked just the same for less?(HDDVD)?Blu-Ray made me LOL. Upscaling with my $100 HDDVD player is the future. :P