Blu-Ray is obsolete.....

Marty_J

epz wrote: »

Remember the days of 28k modems was only about 12 years ago, you can get a 50meg line for less than many could have dreamed back then.


Fact is isp's have been cheaping out recently because the 1st round of the internet got good enough, the second round is coming an this time its about real time video so they can invest or lose customers.

That's the problem. The switch from dial-up to broadband used the existing infrastructure. The UK's telephone network is both crap and very very old, and needs to be updated in order to reach higher speeds.

timbim_2

Come on BT, lets have fibre to curb! Then you wouldn't need the street boxes.

weegie.geek

FTTC *IS TO* the street boxes. That'st the point. Depending on how many cabinets there are around, you might need more of them to attain the speeds.

BillScarab

Boradband is pretty good for me, 10Mb and I could have 50Mb if I wanted. I do liek living in a Virgin Cable area!

clickclash

There will always be something like this just around the corner of every new technology.

donnajunkie

people will get sick of new formats coming out every two minutes.

Garz

Marty_J wrote: »

Blu-Ray is obsolete.....

It has taken x months to get the ball rolling, I am still yet to purchase this format and dont intend buying a dedicated player anytime soon. ATM its too expensive for the experience for the masses.

randomtask_2

Blu-ray's uptake is dependent on HD TV penetration, which will go some way to explain the slower adoption curve so far seen compared to DVD.

This new holographic disc technology will suffer from non-compatibility issues with existing disc based players/writers so I don't think Blu-ray is useless just yet.

Marty_J

Garz wrote: »

It has taken x months to get the ball rolling, I am still yet to purchase this format and dont intend buying a dedicated player anytime soon. ATM its too expensive for the experience for the masses.

You can get a Blu-Ray player for £140, so I don't think it's prohibitively expensive.

randomtask wrote: »

This new holographic disc technology will suffer from non-compatibility issues with existing disc based players/writers so I don't think Blu-ray is useless just yet.

And Blu-Ray doesn't?

If you don't have a Blu-Ray player, you ain't gonna be playing Blu-Rays anytime soon.

The holographic players will be able to play CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray, and the new holographic disks.

John_Gray

Marty_J wrote: »

Blu-Ray is obsolete ....well, not quite yet. But it could be at some point in the near future.

I'm quite sure it would be possible to say that about almost anything...!