I was saying 2 months ago here that the economy was going to be worse than many thought, and that this time around, the entertainment industry was going to feel it a lot also.
I think besides the economy, the biggest 2 stumbling blocks to widespread BD adoption are squarely on the studios shoulders. They are the slow BD release pace, and the prices of BD movies. We already know they have huge margins on BD titles that nearly any other industry envies, so they just have to give some of it up to get their future revenue stream.
My fear is that they may not be willing to do that, and if this aspect doesn't improve people will not buy either SD DVD or BD as much and the studios may kill BD to rescue SD DVD sales by removing the fence sitters waiting for the BD movie prices to drop.
I am sure hoping I am wrong about that and the studios FINALLY step up to the plate.