Comments on: Most People Just Not That Into Blu-Ray http://blog.laptopmag.com/most-people-just-not-that-into-blu-ray News and views on today's hottest laptops, cell phones, and other mobile devices. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:45:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: K. T. Bradford http://blog.laptopmag.com/most-people-just-not-that-into-blu-ray/comment-page-1#comment-14701 K. T. Bradford Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:45:04 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=7719#comment-14701 I don't know when that will be a reality, but I wouldn't discount it as a possibility. True, a lot of things needs to be in place for that to happen, but with Netflix and now <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/03/amazon-video-on-demand-to-stream-in-hd-soon/" rel="nofollow">Amazon</a> offering high definition right to your TV, I'm not so sure that 1080p is so far in the future as you think. Another factor to this is: how many people actually care about 1080p? One reason why people aren't spending money on Blu-ray is that they don't see a need. DVDs look nice. If you have a good TV, everything looks pretty nice. If you have a crappy TV, then Blu-ray is useless. Don't have enough to buy a better TV? then you sure don't have enough to buy Blu-ray. By the time the majority of consumers get to the point where HD is affordable, steaming/downloading HD will be very easy. Convergence is our friend in this case. I don’t know when that will be a reality, but I wouldn’t discount it as a possibility. True, a lot of things needs to be in place for that to happen, but with Netflix and now Amazon offering high definition right to your TV, I’m not so sure that 1080p is so far in the future as you think.

Another factor to this is: how many people actually care about 1080p? One reason why people aren’t spending money on Blu-ray is that they don’t see a need. DVDs look nice. If you have a good TV, everything looks pretty nice. If you have a crappy TV, then Blu-ray is useless. Don’t have enough to buy a better TV? then you sure don’t have enough to buy Blu-ray.

By the time the majority of consumers get to the point where HD is affordable, steaming/downloading HD will be very easy. Convergence is our friend in this case.

]]> By: Intosh http://blog.laptopmag.com/most-people-just-not-that-into-blu-ray/comment-page-1#comment-14695 Intosh Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:11:39 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=7719#comment-14695 So when can I (and everyone else for that matter) download a 1080p movie instantaneously? I want to watch The Dark Knight in HD at my girlfriend's house. How can I download the movie and then bring it over to her house? Sure *true* HD movie download will become reality and practical one day, but don't hold your breath. So when can I (and everyone else for that matter) download a 1080p movie instantaneously? I want to watch The Dark Knight in HD at my girlfriend’s house. How can I download the movie and then bring it over to her house? Sure *true* HD movie download will become reality and practical one day, but don’t hold your breath.

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