Blu-ray, & HD DVD to be stillborn?
A friend of mine works at one of the major DVD manufacturing companies. He says they’re shutting down DVD production and switching to the new HD formats. Others in the industry have said similarly. DVD is dead, long live the New Format - until, of course they come out with the Next New Format and make everyone buy all their movies all over again. This endless succession of industry forcing me to buy new copies of items I already own makes me grumpy. But I wonder if it really matters?
CDs are just an input medium for me now - I buy them once, rip them, and store them in a box in the attic next to my old tax returns. Music has moved online and CDs will soon be irrelevant. So too, may DVDs - you’ll get the content online and never even buy a shiny circle in a plastic box.
So, why bother with the new HD formats at all? Seems to me the question of Blue-ray vs HD DVD is irrelevant. The real question will be: Flash, Quicktime, or Windows Media? (and since I can play all three on one device, even this is somewhat academic).
