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Retailers are increasingly finding not much benefit in carrying DVD's as the prices of DVD's are so low.

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Quoting FilmAlba:

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Retailers are increasingly finding not much benefit in carrying DVD's as the prices of DVD's are so low.

That doesn't even make sense. By going by that logic, Bestbuy would stop carrying everything under $10. If the demand is there, and there's a profit margin, retail price is irrelevant.

As much as it pains me to say it, the future for Joe Six-pack is streaming video and Kiosk purchases. Blu-Ray will undoubtedly take over the home "movie-market" for those who want to "purchase" a copy but look for a kiosk in your local Best Buy (at least for music) within the next 12 months.

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Quoting Dan W:

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Retailers are increasingly finding not much benefit in carrying DVD's as the prices of DVD's are so low.

That doesn't even make sense. By going by that logic, Bestbuy would stop carrying everything under $10. If the demand is there, and there's a profit margin, retail price is irrelevant.

As much as it pains me to say it, the future for Joe Six-pack is streaming video and Kiosk purchases. Blu-Ray will undoubtedly take over the home "movie-market" for those who want to "purchase" a copy but look for a kiosk in your local Best Buy (at least for music) within the next 12 months.

I've always agreed with this. I just don't see Blu-ray ever reaching the level of DVD (as far as availability and shelf space). For the average consumer, streaming is not only satisfactory, but it's more convenient. What I see happening is Blu will not overtake DVD, but rather streaming will. The shelf space in your Best Buys that now hold DVD will eventually either go away or get much smaller, and it won't be replaced with Blu because, sadly, there's not that huge of a market for it.

Either way, though, Blu is not the future. It's a better alternative to DVD and streaming for the people that have embraced it, but for the vast majority of consumers, it's not appealing enough, and it's those that determine the market, even if the Blu technology is better. Just ask Beta and Laser Disc users.

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I meant to add, if Blu takes over the market (which it might, but I don't see that any time in the next few years), it will be a very small market. Perhaps a bit bigger than laserdisc, but not much.

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The only thing that is holding Blu-ray back is that certain titles are not reaching the numbers which others are hitting.

So, the only thing holding Blu-ray back is certain titles aren't selling as well as DVD?     

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In the local BB stores where I live, Blu-Ray already has more shelf space than DVD. One store has already scaled back the CD's to almost nothing and more cutbacks on DVD are planned.

Wow! See, in my area, that's not even close. They have on aisle of Blu and a 4 - 5 1/2 more of standard. There's at least 2x more shelf space at all the major stores around here for DVD.

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Some may cling to DVD (I have no plans to get rid of mine) but it is easily surpassed in quality by streaming video and will be gone shortly. Soon the only Disc video media available in a storefront setting will be Blu-Ray. Once that occurs even the online stores will be forced to discontinue DVD sales. Take another look at the Blu-ray shelves in the larger stores or on-line and you will see an marked increase in releases of the "lesser" films on BD.

I agree that streaming video will get there. Hell, Netflix is already streaming in 5.1. I'm still not seeing an increase in 'lesser' films on Blu, and when they do it, it's from smaller companies like Shout! Factory or Arrow. The bigger companies don't seem to be doing any backflips to get back catalog out. (Of course what you consider lesser and what I consider lesser may be vastly different.)

Plus, if you just look at this week's releases from Amazon Blu-ray still has to get off its butt.

DVD 447 new releases.
Blu-Ray 87 new releases.

I'm not impressed by that. I wish it were more, but when DVD is still outnumbering Blu by what? 500%? (That math could be way off. ) It's as if the studios just kinda want it to succeed.

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If there is an obscure title that has only been released on DVD, now is the time to pick it up. Blu-Ray is too costly to release all titles and many won't make it to BD. Otherwise, you will see it in streaming video or in projects like Warner Archives DVD.

I don't like it much but there it is. I just hope that the streaming video will allow for hard copies because there are many obscure titles that are still on my wish list.

Mine, too. I'm think I'm going to have to finally break down and by Angus from the Warner Archives because it will never get a proper release.

I think the only thing saving Blu right now is the Playstation. If you take that out of the equation, BR would have be dying a slow death, if not dead altogether.

It's a shame, too, because it is a superior format, but not superior enough for Joe Six-pack to care about.

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In the local BB stores where I live, Blu-Ray already has more shelf space than DVD. One store has already scaled back the CD's to almost nothing and more cutbacks on DVD are planned.

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Wow! See, in my area, that's not even close. They have on aisle of Blu and a 4 - 5 1/2 more of standard. There's at least 2x more shelf space at all the major stores around here for DVD.