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Originally Posted by bruceames
1) Digital downloads are getting more popular. That's a fact. Digital downloads will be getting more convenient and with better quality over time. That's a given. Like it or not, Blu-ray has to compete with that, which is basically competing with something more convenient (having the movie immediately without leaving your chair) and better and better quality over time (Blu-ray will always have the same quality). People will always want to own movies, but optical discs are already getting rather quaint and the glory days are coming to a close (pretty much already has with CD).
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His point was that it wont be taking off 'anytime soon.' You havent said anything to disagree with that.
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2. Having one standard is an advantage if you have a monetary interest in Blu-ray having no competition from other sourcing streams. Blu-ray really has no competition from anything optical except DVD. It sounds as if the author wants to petition against downloads or anything that would take away from a Blu-ray sale. Fortunately the average consumer prefers to have options of downloading or buying/renting a movie. Blu-ray will just have to succeed on its own merits, and not by having downloads or whatever fold up and go away because its soooo unfair. 
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Wow that was the only advantage you saw in having one standard? How about being able to lend movies and having movies play on different brand name devices.
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And the competition? obviously no one is waiting for the price of Apple TV to go down.
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7) Really reaching here. What's Sony gonna do, buy another studio? Stop releasing their movies on DVD? They've had failed formats before. Every company wants their products/formats to succeed, and BLu-ray probably will. But it won't be because they 'won't let it fail', but rather because they've already sacrificed their gaming franchise. Hope it was worth it. 
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Yup but like you said they didnt 'sacrifice' their gaming franchise for it.
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9) Typical zealot sentiment.
This whole article is amateurish fanboy fluff. He should've just said reason 4 and left it at that.
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Seemed pretty reasonable, but I guess you still got that grudge against CNET for the whole XDE debacle.