Yea, I don't think BluRay has helped Sony. It seems too early for the tech which might even never reach the fruition of DVD. For the majority of people, there is no reason to go Blu. Most listen to the audio through TV speakers, and for those that don't, normal DVD delivered 5.1dd would be enough. Only a few would want/need the high bitrate 7.1 master DTS stuff. Also, I would image most people don't sit close enough to their hdtv's to touch them. So distance coupled with the surprising quality of upconversion negate some of the benefits of true 1080/24p. And now with VOD services nipping on the other end of the tech spectrum, BluRay might be pulled apart from both low and high tech before it has much a change to gain ground.
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Yea, I don't think BluRay has helped Sony. It seems too early for the tech which might even never reach the fruition of DVD. For the majority of people, there is no reason to go Blu. Most listen to the audio through TV speakers, and for those that don't, normal DVD delivered 5.1dd would be enough. Only a few would want/need the high bitrate 7.1 master DTS stuff. Also, I would image most people don't sit close enough to their hdtv's to touch them. So distance coupled with the surprising quality of upconversion negate some of the benefits of true 1080/24p.
And now with VOD services nipping on the other end of the tech spectrum, BluRay might be pulled apart from both low and high tech before it has much a change to gain ground.