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Old 09-05-2010, 10:12 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by HamsterRage View Post
BluRay will never become the dominant format as pretty much all sales in the future will be downloads.
Absolutely bang on. The HD DVD / Blu-ray battle has been made moot by the evolving capacity / capability of the Internet. No one really wants / needs shelves full of VHS/DVD/Blu-ray discs if the alternative is instant access to a vast library of real-time content.

Folks here on mobileread are more likely those who value possession: but, really, all that matters is when the desire is there, can I access the content I want? Many of us buy content "for a rainy day" and never get around to it (*blushes* knowing there are a few LPs in the closet with original shrink wrap and "SALE!" stickers attached). Imagine if that budget was spent solely on content that was actually used.

Blu-ray is wonderful ... but almost all of the movies I care to own are pre-1960 and enhanced DVD does a pretty darn good job, especially for content I am only likely to view once. Casablanca, I will grant you, looks fabulous in true HD, and better than enhanced DVD ... and I probably will watch that more than once. But if a library with the depth of Amazon offered me HD of anything I asked for, for a reasonable rental, in truth I'd buy almost nothing to "own".

Oh, wait: that might apply to e-books ... !
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