Headlines - Blu-ray player sales fall in wake of HD DVD death

[HEXUS]

Blu-ray has won the format war, but is it still losing the sales war?

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[Jay]

The cost of a Blu-ray film is just way too high, I have a HD-DVD / Bluray player and I only have spiderman on Bluray, the rest are cheap HD-DVDs from sales etc.

Until bluray disks hit the £12 to £14 mark they are not going to sell.

[StoX]

I agree with the above comment. Not only this, for me it it still way too an expensive media in general, as if I wanted to backup my files to Blu-ray it would cost more than backing up to another hard drive. Hopefully they'll soon realise that they'll increase sales and profits by reducing the price of the format so that more consumers jump in.

[Funkstar]

But backup in your media is illegal, so not a valid argument

And before anyone starts, fair use doesn't apply here and you can't make a backup of a DVD, CD or BluRay disk for personal use.

[Saracen]

But backup in your media is illegal, so not a valid argument

True, sort of. But StoX did say if he was backing up "his files". That isn't necessarily media files, and even if they are, it's only illegal if the material is copyright and he doesn't have permission.

To put that another way, if I produce a CD or film on DVD and put it in the public domain .... it can be copied and backed up without problem. It's not copying CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray discs that's illegal. It's copying copyright-protected material, without permission or without being covered by a fair dealing exception.

But there's nothing preventing StoX from legally copying his personal computer files onto CD, DVD or Bluray, provided he isn't creating an infringing copy of protected material without permission by doing do.

Alright, it's splitting hairs, but I do use CD and DVD media to backup my systems ...... legally.

[Funkstar]

You know you could have stopped after the first sentence Saracen

I re-read what StoX wrote and you are right, I mist have read it wrong.

[Brewster0101]

BluRay will never replace DVD - it may have beaten HD-DVD to its death, but there are too many problems with Bluray to make it a replacement for DVD.

Cost will do down sometime, but now Sony have the complete market they are in complete control of price and lets face it, they are greedy sods.

Bluray drives and hardware is just too slow for the average home user. People are not willing to have to sit for upto 3 minutes to wait for their Bluray drive turn on and then wait for the film to load.

Secondly, Blueray as a format isn't even complete, specs are changing forcing people to upgrade their generation one machines if their want to use the new spec discs.

The list goes on....

Bluray won't replace DVD, its nothing more than a laserdisc format.

[StoX]

Bluray won't replace DVD, its nothing more than a laserdisc format.

That really doesn't much make sense to me, as Blu-ray media is already replacing DVD for millions of people worldwide including myself. With every sale of a Blu-ray disc there is one less sale of a DVD - unless you're suggesting that when I buy a Blu-ray film; that I'll also buy the same film on DVD?!

@Funkstar & Saracen - Sorry if I didn't make it clear, but I was talking about backing up work files which include massive PhotoShop and video (3DSMAX) renderings which hog disc space