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1. Comment - Blu-ray sales skyrocket, provided you lower the sky

   (May 15, 2009 - 1:52 PM)

   "does it really get under your skin that much that Blu-ray is doing just fine and sales continue to grow month after month??"
   
   Well, I'll go out on a limb and admit is gets under MY skin and here's why: I'm not convinced Blu-Ray will continue to be backwards compatible and I'm sick to death of being suckered into re-buying my entertainment collection over and over again.
   
   I started to collect movies in 1981 on VHS. Then they told me the magnetic signal would slowly erode and if I wanted to enjoy my favorite movies in my old age, I better buy laser disc. So I re-bought my collection. Then it became obvious laser disc was blip in the system and I had to re-buy my collection AGAIN on DVD.
   
   Copy protection, proprietary formats, format extinction…. It’s all aimed at getting people to re-buy the collections they built to last a lifetime. Nobody wants to sustain healthy niche markets these days; they want to create cultural juggernauts and that means bullying perfectly good formats off the shelves.
   
   I’m pleased that vinyl is hanging in there. Maybe there’s hope for the future for those who don’t always want to follow the herd.