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Originally Posted by Derb
Added Human Body: Pushing the Limits & Step Into Liquid for Blu-Ray
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About the only thing that will save BluRay is $99 standalone players. As of this writing, it's clear that the Samsung and Sony BD players on the shelves at Circuit City, BestBuy and Fry's for $399 just aren't moving - and why should they? High-speed download movie boxes are purportedly coming later this year for at least $100 less than that, and eliminating the need to go shlepping down to the store to rent or buy a physical disk, with all the time and expense that includes. The music industry has now embraced downloads, while the movie studios are trying to push back the ocean tide(
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...3801439.story).
This morning's L.A. Times in a front page story: "Apple Inc. has surpassed WalMart to become America's No. 1 music store, the first time that a seller of digital downloads has ever beaten the big CD retailers. Apple sold more albums in January and February than any other U.S. retailer, market research firm NPD group said Thursday, underscoring how the music industry is on the front edge of a digital media shift that is upending businesses as diverse as bookstores and video game makers." The packaged media industry will argue that movies and music are two different things, but IMO they really aren't. The only issue for movie downloads is whether they can be made COMPETITIVE on both a cost and A/V quality basis. All together now, SAY BYE-BYE TO BLU-RAY & HD-DVD !!!