Blu-ray to overtake DVD in two years predicts Disney, Europe to trail US

[The News Bot]

Blu-ray will blast past DVD sales in as little as two years. That’s the belief of Disney vice president of Blu-ray and DVD creative production, David Jessen.

He says that the hi-def format is ‘right on the verge of becoming really big in the US… in two years Blu-ray will eclipse DVDs.’  read more »

[xit2050]

He would say that... wouldn't he...

[richardb70]

Very. Wishful. Thinking.

[kbfern]

It's a fairy tale,well he does work for Disney

It won't happen for 5 years+ if at all.

[punkymunky]

When he wakes up, he might find it was all a dream...

[sniffer66]

"The Blu-ray release of the 1959 animated classic Sleeping Beauty will be the first from the studio to allow viewers to talk and send messages to each other during the movie (just like being at a real cinema!)"

Thats why I DON'T go to a real cinema any more !! Great, bring the chavs into your own living room for that "real cinema experience" What next, simulated popcorn bag crunching ?

[marty2005]

It'll be true once Blu-Ray players/recorders are below £99, movies are the same price as dvds and blank media are cheap like blank dvds.

[robfosters]

Which wont take as long as some might think.

[xit2050]

Originally Posted by marty2005

It'll be true once Blu-Ray players/recorders are below £99, movies are the same price as dvds and blank media are cheap like blank dvds.

Players will come down.
Movies will drop, but I don't see them drop to £4-£6 (a price range in which you can get thousands of dvds nowadays).
I don't see blank media drop to the price point of blank dvds; look at DL dvds, they said the same thing about those, but they never really dropped a lot and now they have almost completely disappeared.

[robfosters]

Originally Posted by xit2050

Players will come down.
Movies will drop, but I don't see them drop to £4-£6 (a price range in which you can get thousands of dvds nowadays).
I don't see blank media drop to the price point of blank dvds; look at DL dvds, they said the same thing about those, but they never really dropped a lot and now they have almost completely disappeared.

You can already pick up a brand new Sammy blu-ray player for £150 Play.com (UK) : Samsung BD-P1400/XEU Blu-ray High Definition Player : Electronics - Free Delivery (to prove my point.

Within 2 years they will be peanuts. Asda jobbies and everything. A vast amount of blu-ray films can already be picked up for about a tenner. As more titles are released, the older ones will drop. I can see some titles costing £6-£7 by next summer. No TV that is not HD is sold any more, Millions of PS3's are being shifted this christmas. I think the fella has a good point.

EDIT: Just looked. With Play's 3 for 2 offer that seems ongoing. Quite a lot of Blu-Rays are already going for £7 each.

[Pecker]

It'll be interesting watching to see what happens.

Of course, with the current credit crunch it's a perfect time to make the prediction. After all, it leaves you with a cast iron excuse if it doesn't happen.

Steve W

[sunderland]

Originally Posted by xit2050

Players will come down.
Movies will drop, but I don't see them drop to £4-£6 (a price range in which you can get thousands of dvds nowadays).

and how many years was it before you could get them for that price,and its only films that have been out years,blu-ray has come right down now and the disks are at the price were normal dvds were when they first came out

[marty2005]

DVD +R DL have not disappeared, I use them. You can get 8x 10 printables for around £3.80.

Still waiting for DVD +RW DL though.

[sirlukas]

I think he is actually right as to one thing.
Blue Ray will overtake DVDs very soon (even maybe in two years), but definitely not in USA :D
They still use 4:3 standard for TV, HELLO!!! :D

[David Mackenzie]

It'll likely happen in the USA first.

While still using 4:3 for standard TV is pretty dated, at least America got the switch to HDTV right. The UK went from 4:3 analogue to 16:9 analogue, then convinced everyone to switch to a low quality standard-def digital TV system. Whilst the US & Canada (and others) went from 4:3 analogue to 16:9 HDTV in one stroke.

I do wonder when we'll see an end to the "Blu-ray will fizzle out" mentality; it's not happening. It's as if people seem to expect a new format to wipe the other out in the space of a few months.