Comments on: Blu-Ray No Longer the "Bag of Hurt" It Once Was http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090508/blu-ray-no-longer-the-bag-of-hurt-it-once-was/ by John Paczkowski Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:28:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Eric Welch http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090508/blu-ray-no-longer-the-bag-of-hurt-it-once-was/comment-page-1/#comment-6979 Eric Welch Fri, 08 May 2009 15:17:29 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=17230#comment-6979 Considering the transition from DVD to Blu-ray is going faster than the transition from VHS to DVD, I think a lot of negativity is unfounded. The format war that ended in early 2008 is a big reason. Plus the fact that people are staying home more is probably playing a role in the shift. A lot of people say Blu-ray won't take off until $99 players show up, just like DVD. One would be right to assume they don't understand inflation. I expect the recent consolidation of licensing for Blu-ray to one instead of multiple licenses will help as well, leading – we can only hope – to an end of Jobs' bag of hurt meme. Considering the transition from DVD to Blu-ray is going faster than the transition from VHS to DVD, I think a lot of negativity is unfounded. The format war that ended in early 2008 is a big reason. Plus the fact that people are staying home more is probably playing a role in the shift.

A lot of people say Blu-ray won’t take off until $99 players show up, just like DVD. One would be right to assume they don’t understand inflation.

I expect the recent consolidation of licensing for Blu-ray to one instead of multiple licenses will help as well, leading – we can only hope – to an end of Jobs’ bag of hurt meme.

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