will BLU RAY cause DVD to go BYE BYE?

Question

first there was VHS, that's pretty much gone

then DVD.........

now BLU RAY

so will blu ray cause DVD to go the way of the VHS??

Answer 1

Not until prices come down on the disks and players. Remember how expensive DVDs were when they first came out? They still ask $30+ for Blu Rays when you can get DVDs for $5-$15. There are still people out there clinging to their VHS tapes and the same will be said for DVDs when Blu Rays become more mainstream.

Answer 2

Hello Yvette :-)



Blu-ray isn't the final word in quality... soon even Blu-Ray will be out-dated. Thankfully, the blu-ray drives are backward compatible with DVD so you can still use the DVD discs in a blu-ray player. This compatibility will allow DVD to hang on for years - unlike DVD and VHS... there was no backward compatibility. This backward compatibility will allow users to take their time to eventually get blu-ray.



All the movies I buy now are blu-ray because of the higher resolution, better audio, scratch resistant blu-ray surface, and they hold up to 50GB (instead of 4.7GB like a DVD). The burnable blu-ray discs are still expensive though. The take-over will be slow since blu-ray players are not as cheap as DVD players and some people just don't really care about the topic. I would say in another 15 years DVD will begin to appear scarce. Vending machines still provide DVD, most rental stores have mostly DVD because it is still the cheapest to rent and buy and burn.



Experts said the same thing about Serial Ports on a PC... that the serial port would be gone forever years ago. The serial port is still here because the PC people didn't realize that lots of modern test equipment like oscilloscopes and DMMs and other stuff have serial ports on them.



Because DVD is still the lowest common denominator for movies... it will remain popular for quite a while still. Instructional videos come on DVD... because you can't always be sure people will have blu-ray yet. Computer part drivers come on CD since it is the lower common denominator for data... altho CDs are dying off finally.



Hope this helps,

Jeff

Answer 3

Actually, I don't see Blu-ray lasting that much longer either. Both mediums may become outdated around the same time because cloud computing and data storage is getting better all the time. Why use bulky disk when you can hold multiple movies on a micro sd card or simply stream off the internet? Netflix is already thinking about switching from mailing DVD's to a 100% movie streaming service. I don't see DVD's or Blu-rays lasting nearly as long as VHS.

Answer 4

I believe that Blu-Ray movies will end out taking over as the primary medium. Their sales are increasing in market cap every single month. A lot of it coincides with the adoption of HDTV.

I don't find Internet streaming as being a viable permanent medium either. So many people keep claiming it as the NEXT DVD, but I cannot see it taking shape. There are still far too many people in this country who still cannot get anything faster then a dial-up Internet connection without forking over hundreds a month for Satellite Internet, which is not even 2 mbps max speed. That is not even fast enough for DVD quality streaming.

Answer 5

Travis has the right answer. Right now Blu-Ray prices are still artificially high. Most people still just get DVDs. In the meantime, people might turn to online streaming for HD movies and Blu-Rays may never beat out DVDs.

Answer 6

these CD DVD and all discs are portable but not reliable like Tape or VHS

DVD, CD and blu ray all belong to same catagory, of Discs

blu ray is just the new generation of CD., tapes will remain there forever

movies are still made on Tapes, not Discs

Answer 7

Yep, I stop buying DVDs sense Blue Rays came out. Blue Ray movies are alot clearer then DVDs.



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Answer 8

Yep totally :)