Hi-Rez Highway

• Re: Feeling Blu? - Eric LeRouge 03:23:27 03/10/04 (4)
  In Reply to: Re: Feeling Blu? posted by Max on March 09, 2004 at 10:38:19:

  With HD storage now @ $1 per gigabyte, peer-to-peer storage, high bandwidth widely available (> 150 million households worldwide this year), I am starting to wonder if blu-ray or HD-DVD will really fly with consumers. I'll definitely think twice before buying that technology...

  Best

  Eric
  
  

  ---

  • Re: Feeling Blu? - Max 08:24:14 03/10/04 (3)
    In Reply to: Re: Feeling Blu? posted by Eric LeRouge on March 10, 2004 at 03:23:27:

    Oh yes, it'll fly. There's a pent-up demand for HDTV movies. Hollywood is salivating over the chance to sell everyone *another* copy of Star Wars, Indiana Jones, etc.

    The other applications (e.g. archival storage) will come along for the ride.

    
    
    

    ---

    • Re: Feeling Blu? - Eric LeRouge 09:01:36 03/10/04 (2)
      In Reply to: Re: Feeling Blu? posted by Max on March 10, 2004 at 08:24:14:

      So the 200 million households who will have a DVD player by then will want to buy a new player to benefit from higher resolution movies?
      Maybe so, but I think by that time on-demand HDTV services will be widely available, at a much cheaper cost

      I can see great applications for it in gaming, interactive content, etc, and of course high resolution audio, but not really in movies. While I was enthusiastic about blu ray a few months ago, I'm slightly sceptical at this point.

      I hope you are right, though :)

      Best

      Eric
      
      

      ---

      • Re: Feeling Blu? - Max 10:02:23 03/10/04 (1)
        In Reply to: Re: Feeling Blu? posted by Eric LeRouge on March 10, 2004 at 09:01:36:

        < < So the 200 million households who will have a DVD player by then will want to buy a new player to benefit from higher resolution movies? > >

        No, the main market is the homes with HDTV sets (5 million in USA and growing fast). DVD and Blu-Ray will co-exist for many years.

        < < Maybe so, but I think by that time on-demand HDTV services will be widely available, at a much cheaper cost > >

        Certainly it won't be the only way of getting HDTV, just as DVD is not the only way of getting SDTV.

        
        
        

        ---

        • I'll mark your words (nt:) - Eric LeRouge 11:55:11 03/10/04 (0)
          In Reply to: Re: Feeling Blu? posted by Max on March 10, 2004 at 10:02:23:

          nt
          
          

          ---

This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:

Signature Sound

[ Signature Sound Lounge ]

---

[ Top of Page ] [ Contact Us ] [ Support/Wish List ] [ Copyright © 2025, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]

---

[ General ] [ Speakers ] [ Tubes ] [ Vinyl ] [ Digital ] [ Hi-Rez ] [ Video Asylum ] [ Cables ] [ Tweaks/DIY ] [ Music ] [ Films ]

---