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    <published>2008-10-28T18:29:13Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-28T19:46:42Z</updated>
    <title>Anybody Buying Blu-ray?</title>
    <summary>There are ads for them all over the place as everybody seems to be pushing Blu-ray as the better version of DVD -- much like DAT was the new audio cassette (but at least that&apos;s digital vs. analog, not better...</summary>
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      <name>Randy Savicky</name>
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      <![CDATA[<span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img height="75" width="100" alt="blu-ray.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/blu-ray.gif" /></span>There are ads for them all over the place as everybody seems to be pushing <b>Blu-ray</b> as the better version of<b> DVD </b>-- much like <b>DAT</b> was the new <b>audio cassette</b> (but at least that's digital vs. analog, not better digital vs. digital) and we know what happened to DAT ...<br /> <br /> And who can argue with <b>1080</b> lines of resolution (BR) vs. <b>480 </b>(DVD), but we the consuming universe just don't want to shell out $30 for a BR title when we are quite happy to pay less (often much, much less) for a regular, good old DVD.<br /> <br /> (And DVD are not really that old, are they?)<br /> <br /> In a sign that there is than one of us out there with the same way of thinking, as of last month, <b>only 4%</b> of U.S. movie disc sales were Blu-ray, according to <b>Nielsen VideoScan</b>. Many consumers remain happy with mainstream DVDs, surveys show.&#160;<img alt="" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/mt-static/plugins/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/msn/regular_smile.gif" /><br /> <br /> So let me hear your arguments about going over the <b>blu side</b> ...]]>
      
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    <title>Comment from Matt on 2008-10-28</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I don't own a Blu-ray player but I would just buy a PS3 if I wanted one.</p>

<p>$30 is a lot for a movie, when you can get the DVD version for $15.  I think the MPAA wants what the RIAA in the 80's.  Everyone was buying CD's of music they had on LP's and cassettes; the RIAA was raking in the $$$'s.  The MPAA would like to see us pay a premium for Blu-ray versions of movies we already have on DVD and VHS.</p>

<p>IIRC I have purchased at least 6 copies of Back in Black in my life, two cassette, two LP's, and two CD's....I am done chasing the formats.</p>

<p>-Matt</p>]]>
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