Today I picked up The Philadelphia Inquirer and USA TODAY and both had articles regarding Blu-ray format. For the purposes of this class I decided I would read at least one of the articles, The Philadelphia Inquirer's"Sorry, HD DVD--it's Blu-ray." At first I was very curious as to why Blu-ray was making headlines and as soon as I read the article, I thought its all for the wrong reasons. The article talks about Blu-ray winning the war against HD DVD over the next generation of at-home movie players. I believe that all of this is completely ridiculous. I cannot believe that some major movie studios such as Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. said that they will only be producing DVDs in Blu-ray format. A big deal is being made about the production of HD everything, that they will soon be throwing the "old" production of DVDs out the window. I personally do not have a problem with the DVDs I own. At this point the Blu-ray DVDs are just a luxury, not a need. However, in a couple of years it will all change when the standard DVD players and DVDs themselves are no longer available.
Just out of curiosity I checked the prices of a standard DVD and a Blu-ray DVD at bestbuy.com. The recently released Across the Universe sells for $19.99 and $29.99 for Blu-ray. Perhaps 10 years from now people may see the huge difference in the two, but right now, I think its rediculous. I look at my Disney VHS movies that I've had since I was a little girl and compare them with the picture on my nieces DVDs, and obviously the picture is much better; its clear, but how much better does the picture need to get?
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