Bravo, Blu-ray, On Winning The Optical Disc Format War. Next, The Content Delivery War...

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Dear techbooks, I'm sticking with books for as long as possible ;-)

I'm sticking with VHS for as long as possible.

Most of the arguments against BluRay adoption have to do with arcane technical detail rather than 'what my Dad sees' merits. * True, BluRay format is not backward compatible with DVD-Classic, but every BluRay player I've seen can play and upconvert DVDs. My Dad won't care how that's achieved. * Is upconverted DVD as good as BluRay? My Dad would think that the BluCollar Comedy Tour would be as good as the Blue Collar Comedy Tour and DVD lives. But he's clearly gonna love the BBC's Planet Earth series more in sharper detail, and BluRay lives. * When most people, Dad included, want to watch a movie, they want it now. Not 4 hours from now after a HD download. Since HD needs about 12GB/s data rate and that's not today's medium speed Internet, physical media will live. For my goddaughter though, the Internet wins for her iPod. DVD lasted from about 1996 until, say, 2010 as the primary video delivery. Before that, VHS dominated from the early 80's until the DVD era. Based on those track records, BluRay has about 10 years of good business behind it, not bad for consumer goods. The geeks like you and I will likely adopt internet delivery early just like we grabbed TiVo 10 years ago, it'll just take Dad another decade to follow.