computerworld.com — Research firm iSuppli released a report showing that Blu-ray Disc players have not seen significant growth in the PC market and will likely not be shipped in more than about 16% of PCs for another five years.
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larryjr88Aug 26, 2009
If someone gave me a free BluRay player for my PC I wouldn't even take the time to install it.I honestly don't see the point in them.
mabsarkAug 26, 2009
I'd say it's acombination of both DRM and price, but the price factor is the more important one at the moment. DRM is easily defeated, so thats not much of a concern to me. By the time blu-ray writers and medium come down to a reasonable price, they will have been made obsolete by holographic discs and microSD cards.<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile ...</a><a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroSD" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroSD</a>
dcstewiegAug 26, 2009
He means multiple *hard* disks.
arcadeAug 26, 2009
Personally I'm not at all interested in a Blue-Ray drive for my computer until there is good linux software that is able to playback Blue-Ray movies.But, as it seems they would rather play the "naaah, copy protection means we'll only support windows and mac"-game, f**k it. I'm not bothered to buy one of those drives.
chadnAug 26, 2009
@mabsark - Fair point, actually. But, due to key revocation, the AACS protection is not actually "cracked", and BD+ may have some tricks up their sleeves to thwart future ripping. Ie. the ripping war for Bluray may be far from over, and I'm not buying until it is settled, and the unfettered ability (even if not the legal right) to rip, and rip *easily*, wins. Just the fact I have to jump through hoops, or be a criminal to do it the straightforward way (insert disk and push "rip" GUI button) means I will not buy BluRay. DVDs are far easier to deal with (even though the legality issue of just ripping still persists thanks to the god-awful DMCA)
secrityAug 27, 2009
Not everybody sees a benefit to having a PC connected to their TV, and they are not stupid for that. If you are happy to have your PC and TV connected, then that is a good solution for you. Not everybody even sees a benefit of having a TV, and some people don't see a benefit to having a computer. My parents don't have a computer and don't need one; and no, my parents are not technophobes. My mom was a COBOL programmer who understand computers. Mom uses a MIDI sequencer and synth with her Hammond B3mk2 organ (yes, she knows how it works and she connected the sequencer to the organ herself). She is a church organist and creates MIDI sequences for the church to use when she is on vacation.I prefer NOT to use a PC with the TV because I want to keep it very simple for the sake of my partner. I have a TiVo 3 connected to my TV, and that is sufficient for us. I have a TV tuner card in my PC and my video card has HDMI and S-video, but I only use them when I want to do something specific.
mabsarkAug 28, 2009
The benefits are clear: unlimited entertainment and information at the click of a button.
kantenAug 29, 2009
Cloud is a damn pipe dream that Microsoft is trying to sell after they got caught backing the loser of the format war. Check broadband coverage nationwide and the answer should become obvious.
tweeSep 2, 2009
"DVD has it's own protection plan and while it's more sophisticated than what the DVD has" what? Don't you mean to say that BLU-RAY has its own protection plan thats more sophisticated than what DVD has?