Is Blu-ray technology destined to be a short-lived phenomenon, soon to be superseded by on-demand movies and other shows delivered via the Internet?

In consumer electronics, nobody knows anything, nobody can predict, they say. Analysts argue that Blu-ray players may not go main stream. No one knows if Blu-ray will ultimately succeed, nut we can have a look at its pluses; Blu-ray technology delivers the best picture quality, few users can connect their TVs to broadband, fast Internet speeds are needed to view HD content via the Web, sales are up and prices are dropping for Blu-ray players, Blu-ray has already entered the public’s awareness and Blu-ray is offering many support features for consumers’ use.

Techno Station readers are familiar with Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc - a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association and some leading media manufacturers. The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video, as well as storing large amounts of data. The format offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc. This extra capacity combined with the use of advanced video and audio codecs offers consumers an unprecedented HD experience. Then why not? Can anyone predict if the format will go mainstream and as popular as walkman some time ago.

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