what is fate of blueray?


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		<h1>what is fate of blueray?</h1>
		Sales of players and discs are down, with BDs costing more than standard DVDs, is this the end of the high def disc?
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		asked by Mike H - 4 answers - about 1 year ago.<br /><br />
	It just started. DVD started roughly in '95, '96.  It didn't become standard untill about '01 or '02.  BD sales are down for the same reason that DVD sales where down in the beginning (vs VHS); people are conformed with DVD, and the HD era is just starting really.  When HD becomes standard, BD will replace DVD, and surely there will be something newer out, and we start the cycle over.<br />
		Answered by Chilli Yum Yum -about 1 year ago.<br /><br />
	Alot of people still don't have high definition tv's, so it makes no sense to have a Blu Ray player when the tv doesn't live up to the quality of the disc. But as more and more people upgrade televisions, more and more will go Blu Ray. 

Blu Ray has already won out over the HD DVD (probably thanks alot to the PS3), so there is no stopping it now. <br />
		Answered by i_love_royal -about 1 year ago.<br /><br />
	<span class="ansBest">Best Answer</span> - Chosen by Asker<br /> NO when standard DVDs first came out they were as much as blu-ray disks and as limited in use by consumers. So as times goes on and prices come down (even cassettes and records were quite expensive when they came out). As time goes on blu-ray become more of a standard (see Blu-Ray players sales will be big this year and for a number of years increasing in growth. But until computers have blu-ray drives standard in them the growth cycle will not be as fast. We are still early in the growth cycle.

How long blu-ray will last is antibody's guess some people are still using records and even a larger group cassettes. But for a number of years blu-ray is going to be a growing segment of the market. I would estimate the peak about 7 to 8 years.

One reason  blu-ray will increase in growth is just storage capacity. For some people standard DVDs are just becoming too small in capacity. Especially of you have an HD camcorder a standard DVD can only hold 15-20 minutes of HD material. So power hungry users are going to be demanding the greater storage capacity.

Power hungry users are those who want HD to go with HD TVs and those with HD recording equipment including coming HD audio which will also push us as past standard CDs as they will be too small for HD audio. Standard DVDs still have good life in them for maybe 4-5 years or so.

What will move us to go to the next level after blu-ray is again the need for more storage capacity, faster access, and more reliability. In the end the fate of blu-ray is like everything else it will become obsolete one day but the peak may not be reached as long as 8 maybe 10 years out.
The changes are bought about by certain consumers, these the ones who want the latest products. Second and later are those who need the greater storage capacity as Programs / Applications, Video, Audio are pushed to higher capacities by HD recording.<br />
		Answered by FC -about 1 year ago.<br /><br />
	No-one really knows yet, but current thinking on most fora is as follows.

Sales continue to increase, although slower than many BD fans would like.  BD is unlikely to replace DVD as the mainstream disk format, BUT will do well (possibly 30-40% of the video disk market within 3-4 years) as a premium price alternative to DVD (which will continue to be available ... and in many cases DVD will be the only format available for many older movies). 

BD will always be more expensive than DVD simply because it is more expensive to produce. That said, expect prices of new releases to fall to within $2-$5 of the same movie on DVD, however catalog titles will likely continue to be be $10-$15 more expensive than the DVD.version.

In the long run, expect BD to be revised (or replaced) in favour of a 10 or 12 bit colour model (up from the present 8 bit). There may also be a higher resolution version (and even a 3D version) within the next few years.

Digital downloads will increasingly be an alternative to disks, but most likely via some form of flash drive service rather than internet given that almost all ISP's are imposing monthly caps on their service.<br />
		Answered by agb90spruce -about 1 year ago.<br /><br />
	
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