Comments on: Blu-ray Revolution http://itola.com/technology/blu-ray-revolution/ Information Technology and Business News from the heart of Silicon Valley Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:55:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Joe http://itola.com/technology/blu-ray-revolution/#comment-43 Joe Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:53:57 +0000 http://itola.com/technology/news/blue-ray-takes-the-lead/#comment-43 it's = its' it’s = its’

]]> By: Joe http://itola.com/technology/blu-ray-revolution/#comment-42 Joe Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:53:27 +0000 http://itola.com/technology/news/blue-ray-takes-the-lead/#comment-42 I have to disagree. BD has a clear advantage because streamed HD content is in a content war of it's own. As you mentioned netflix, Apple,Microsoft, Sony and cable companies are all competing against each other with incompatible products for downloaded content. A Netflix download will not work with Apple TV but, A Sony BD will work on a Samsung BD player. Add to that US internet providers have caps on the maximum amount of bandwidth you can download. Right now they are far beyond what most people use but only because they do not download hd movies. For now, physical disks are the best way to deliver HD movies to a mass market. I have to disagree. BD has a clear advantage because streamed HD content is in a content war of it’s own. As you mentioned netflix, Apple,Microsoft, Sony and cable companies are all competing against each other with incompatible products for downloaded content. A Netflix download will not work with Apple TV but, A Sony BD will work on a Samsung BD player.

Add to that US internet providers have caps on the maximum amount of bandwidth you can download. Right now they are far beyond what most people use but only because they do not download hd movies.

For now, physical disks are the best way to deliver HD movies to a mass market.

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