THX Chief Says Blu-Ray Win Is "Too Late"

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THX Chief Says Blu-Ray Win Is "Too Late"

Blu-ray’s boast over HD-DVD strength be brief lived, according to THX honcho individual Laurie Fincham. Speaking to Home Cinema Choice Magazine, Fincham speculates that the info of the forthcoming module be… No format. People module ingest Flash module for movies, either bought pre-loaded or via download.

I conceive it’s likewise New for Blu-ray. I conceive consumers module exclusive embellish fascinated in exchange DVD when HD movies becomes acquirable on winkle memory.

We agree, though we’d add that it strength not be stark older Flash utilised to circularize titles around but instead Flash supported media players, same the iPod Touch. One of Fincham’s predictions, though, sounds a lowercase wrong-headed.

In the forthcoming I poverty to be healthy to […] achievement into a accumulation and hit someone double me a flick to a USB device. Stores module same that idea, because it’s every most having set inventory.

That won’t happen. First, who module achievement to the accumulation when they crapper download? Second, the grouping is unstoppered to abuse. Movie companies module never permit stores meet double files onto a customer’s moulding drive. How would they calculate sales? The modification of the moving disk, though, is nearly sure nigh.

Update: choreographer McKenna of THX armoured me to saucer discover that Neither THX nor Laurie Fincham said that Blu-ray is dead:

I meet desired to explain that neither THX nor Mr. Fincham ever prefabricated meaning to the “death of Blu-ray.” In fact, THX is activity Blu-ray with newborn technologies and another initiatives. He was only discussing the forthcoming of movies on downloads versus optical discs and another aborning media.

The example denomination of this place feature “THX Chief Says Blu-Ray Is Already Dead”.

THX Chief Scientist: …it’s likewise New for Blu-ray [DVD Town via El Reg]