From: ChichiriMuyo | #025
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc
Even Sony believes that BR is a poor standard, based on their moves towards HVD. It's just a profitable standard because the uninformed will buy what's pushed on them. HVD was ready to go when the decision to push BR was made, and the next switch will be just another way to make you buy the same movie for the Nth time once they decide to make it a standard. Enjoy your just-better-than-beta format, cause it won't live long and you'll be lucky if your investment in the format is still usable (let alone considered high-quality) in five years.
I definitely didn't have a DVD player until 2003-2004 (when I got my PS2) which means that format only lasted a couple years for me (got a PS3 in 06). If HVD comes out in another 2-3 years I definitely won't consider my BDs to be a waste. They still look a hell of a lot better than DVDs, and I'll always have my PS3 to play them on.
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