Sunday, March 2, 2008

Blue-ray teaches us about capitalism

It's not about the best or cheapest products flourishing in the marketplace. It's simply about supply and demand. Sony got the suppliers (read: Hollywood) to embrace their format and thus you can put your HD-DVD player in the pile where your Dreamcast, cassette tape player, and your rotary phone reside. Or you can store it somewhere special and hope it becomes a collector's item one day.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

You are right but I am very happy Blue Ray one the formatting war. Think about how much cooler the name Blue-Ray sounds over HD Player. Plus I think it only added to confusion HD Player. When they first came out I did not know if they were referring to a HD Receiver or HD DVD player. Blue-Ray kills all the confusion. Maybe I am just a simpleton...