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Nero · 08-09-2006, 06:14 AM

According to the Santa Clara Consulting Group research firm, the market for Blu-ray hardware and software will be worth 2 billion US dollars by the end of the year, rising to 28 billion by 2010. 4 billion of this will come from BD players alone. “High-definition content will be a central focus for companies in the consumer electronic, gaming, entertainment, and PC industries and blue laser disc technology is a critical component to the development of these markets,” says managing director David Bunzel.
Bunzel says he is unconvinced by the early groundwork that Toshiba has done with HD DVD, believing that the buyers of HD DVD decks are early adopters who are just as likely to buy Blu-ray players as well.
Like many industry observers, he feels that the PlayStation 3 remains a pivotal product in the HD disc media clash.

http://avzombie.com/blog/2006/08/03/...llars-by-2010/

redford · 08-09-2006, 06:15 AM

Now there's some unbiased "research"... not.

Augustes · 08-09-2006, 06:15 AM

am i safe to assume that the writer is "more convinced" by the early groundwork that Samsung has done with Blu-ray? In case he/havent noticed, early adopter/buyers of HD DVD decks did buy the BD player and most of them returned them and are now more cautious of BD players that are coming into the market.

Nero · 08-09-2006, 06:15 AM

There is a big video quality difference between BR and HD-DVD ATM and the stuff in your sig means nothing to video quality as things are presently.

Nimbus · 08-09-2006, 06:15 AM

He's referring to a specific title, in case you did not catch the reference.

(Alternately, in before lock- whew!)

redford · 08-09-2006, 06:16 AM

Hmmm, sounds like they're counting on a lot of HD-DVD folks to support Blu-ray as well.
Well, I must admit, that after seeing what the HD-A1 does with regular definition DVD's, there's now a slim to none chance I'll be supporting blu-ray... unless they get their players in the $200 range quick.

Augustes · 08-09-2006, 06:16 AM

Well crap, they MUST know for sure!!! I didnt know we had time travel but apparently we do!

I'll be here in 2010 remembering this thread and ask where the 28 bil of bluray industry is.

Oh wait...it is including games. Well crap, wtf does that matter? We know PS3 games will be on bluray media so how on earth does this matter? So PS3 games on bluray media equate to something worthwhile which is what this whole thread is trying to imply (ie that bluray will have a huge share vs hd dvd)? Amazing what people will reach for. AMAZING

And yeah, funny it is "biased research" for doing comparitive reviews where one formats discs perform superior to the other...How is that biased? To say that implies you have no clue what the word means.

Someone kill me. Please.

Nimbus · 08-09-2006, 06:18 AM

Do a google search on UMD and you will most likely find proclamations that UMD was going to be a HUGE success with Billions (with a B) of dollars would be spent on movies in that category. I remember reading that about that format and thinking to myself "no F-ing way". Future predictions are a damn crap shoot and this guy doesn't know JACK! I actually think there is a greater likelihood of NEITHER technology being adopted by the masses vs. his proclamation.

Nero · 08-09-2006, 06:19 AM

Ha. Considering its the American dollar we are talking about, by the time 2010 rolls around, 28 billion will equate to...oh, $28 thousand.

redford · 08-09-2006, 06:19 AM

It is difficult to say one way or the other without reading the full report and their assumptions.