Badie05
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Samsung Says Blu-Ray Only Has 5 YearsSamsung UK consumer electronics boss Andy Griffiths doesn't see a lengthy lifespan for the Blu-ray format. Speaking to Pocket-lint, he said, "I think it [Blu-ray] has 5 years left, I certainly wouldn't give it 10." 10 years as in the product cycle Sony has mapped out for PS3, which features Blu-ray as a core technology?
Griffiths' prediction could very well be accurate, but consider DVD, a format that is still going strong 12 years after the first player launched in Japan in 1996. To put things in perspective, Blu-ray players only hit the scene two years ago. With adoption of HDTVs continuing at a steady pace and that whole victory over HD-DVD thing, the format (for video, at least) has to have at least six years left in it.
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Phatkav
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then digital distribution will take over everything.
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Badie05
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Pretty much, lasers and optical data. Fiber optic. We talked about this in my Networking/Hardware course.
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Phatkav
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Damn. You guys got a Hardware class? We only have shitty computer science. Back to Visual Basic it is... SIGH "very depressed"
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Badie05
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We have Communication Tech (Movies, Flash, artsy stuff), Hardware and Cisco Networking.
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HungryHungryHippo
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Are you in college? O-o
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Badie05
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No.
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bashmo
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lol i took communication and comp. science. Anyways, blu ray is pretty good, gotta keep up with it.
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Badie05
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Yes. The quality is breathtaking. I'm waiting for Iron Man and the Dark Knight on Bluray. Already seen both but Bluray makes it common to rewatch movies 
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