Comments on: 30 million households to have a Blu-ray device by end of 2008 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/27/30-million-households-to-have-a-blu-ray-device-by-end-of-2008/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:29:33 -0500 hourly 1 By: Xbot http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/27/30-million-households-to-have-a-blu-ray-device-by-end-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-626147 Xbot Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:28:07 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/27/30-million-households-to-have-a-blu-ray-device-by-end-of-2008/#comment-626147 Blu-ray is growing a a must faster rate then dvd. cant say im surprised Blu-ray is the future. Blu-ray is growing a a must faster rate then dvd.
cant say im surprised Blu-ray is the future.

]]> By: thebonafortuna http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/27/30-million-households-to-have-a-blu-ray-device-by-end-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-626033 thebonafortuna Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:25:17 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/27/30-million-households-to-have-a-blu-ray-device-by-end-of-2008/#comment-626033 Peter, that's a little misleading. Claiming they're "useless, unless you don't care about online features" is simply misleading. What are the online features you're referring to? I'm not sure why people keep reporting it this way, but it keeps coming up. Will the player play the movies? Will it play all the non-internet-required content on the disc? If the answer is "yes", than labeling all the old players "useless" is like saying a PS2 without an online account/online access is useless. For the PS2, playing online was nice for some games, but a vast majority of games weren't designed to be played online, and worked just fine without internet connectivity. DVD's have had the ability, if you want to call it that, to watch scenes from different angles. How often was this taken advantage of? How many people will really use the internet content? I honestly don't know, but on a personal note, I buy/rent movies to watch movies. Not to explore additional features online. Now that's just me, but I suspect most early adopters who bought blu-ray players will learn to live with not being able to access additional content online. Or maybe they won't be able to live with it. Maybe they'll say to themselves "screw it, I spent $400-1,000 on buying this thing, and now that I can't use it online its worthless and I'm not buying anymore movies". Peter, that’s a little misleading. Claiming they’re “useless, unless you don’t care about online features” is simply misleading. What are the online features you’re referring to?

I’m not sure why people keep reporting it this way, but it keeps coming up. Will the player play the movies? Will it play all the non-internet-required content on the disc? If the answer is “yes”, than labeling all the old players “useless” is like saying a PS2 without an online account/online access is useless. For the PS2, playing online was nice for some games, but a vast majority of games weren’t designed to be played online, and worked just fine without internet connectivity.

DVD’s have had the ability, if you want to call it that, to watch scenes from different angles. How often was this taken advantage of? How many people will really use the internet content? I honestly don’t know, but on a personal note, I buy/rent movies to watch movies. Not to explore additional features online.

Now that’s just me, but I suspect most early adopters who bought blu-ray players will learn to live with not being able to access additional content online. Or maybe they won’t be able to live with it. Maybe they’ll say to themselves “screw it, I spent $400-1,000 on buying this thing, and now that I can’t use it online its worthless and I’m not buying anymore movies”.

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