Battleangel

An interesting observation as the BLU-RAY format ascends as the next optical storage technology.

Blu-ray Disc players from Samsung, Sony and Sharp are now the most expensive they have been all year, presumably because HD DVD’s exit from the high-def disc arena has removed some of Blu-ray’s pricing pressure.

Sure, there could be a relation to the rising costs of raw materials but it just doesn’t add up. The manipulation and the conspiracy against consumers is quite staggering as I see it. Now, blu-ray is not something I will adopt anytime soon, but I predict that it will be useful as a stepping stone before we can all enjoy the next generation hard drives and solid state units. Or on-demand downloading and completely cyberized storage for that matter. Maybe it will even keep us floating until the advent of personal holographic storage. That is if the prices for writers / readers and blank media ever drop to a reasonable level. Right now it is looking more and more like the next “dual layer” flop.