Since its inception in 2006, sceptics have believed that Blu-ray is merely an interim format soon to be usurped by digital downloads.
This isn't the case, according to the BDA, who don't see downloadable content as a rival to the format but something that compliments it.
"Blu-ray can co-exist with downloads," explained Andy Parsons of the BDA, speaking at CES. "Downloads are a temporary content, which are best for renting. There's nothing better than buying an actual product. There's no need for one to kill the other."
Downloads do no harm
Also speaking at the BDA conference in Las Vegas was Tom Adams, of Adams Media Research, who felt that downloads wouldn't kill off Blu-ray, predicting that the HD format reign supreme for some time to come.
"Downloads are not harming package delivery," explained Adams. "The growth of gaming may have harmed blu-ray sales, but packaged media going forward will sell around $20 billion a year [in the US], whereas even in five years downloads will only take around $5 billion."
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gregormeister
January 9th
1. What we need (not only here in Europe) isn't a new price cut for Blu-Ray-Players, but BETTER MOVIES on Blu-Ray! There are a lot of really bad blockbusters, but who wants to buy that sh**?
We need more classics like THE GODFATHER, TERMINATOR, STAR WARS, THE USUAL SUSPECTS, FIGHT CLUB, ALIEN(S) or MATRIX.
Then there are really good European movies like AMELIE FROM MONTMARTRE (France), THE LIFE OF THE OTHERS (Germany) and aside that a lot of really good independent movies like THE BOONDOCK SAINTS (UK) or ADAM'S APPLES (Denmark), that could need AND WOULD DEFINITELY MAKE USE of another advantage. All these mentioned movies belong to a good movie collection, but they are only on DVD right now. We need a little more bravery to get things rolling. I've got about hundret DVDs, but only three Blu-Rays (Casino Royal was a present from Sony and the other two, BATMAN BEGINS and THE FIRST ENCOUNTER I've got on DVD, too) - do you realise anything? It's not because I don't WANT to spent money on that; ist because I CAN'T spent money on Blu-Rays!
Greetings from Germany,
Gregor
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