The Future of Blu-ray

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I remember not too long ago when Blu-ray and HD DVD were at the peak of their competition for the future of the DVD market. My family had just cashed in on a premium HDTV - as we scanned the HD channels we admired the clarity of the picture. With all the hype surround the two types of dvds I wasn't sure which one finally run out. HD DVD, which I had been told was the better product, just seemed to fall out of place behind Blu-ray and people began to stock their shelves at home with the new, better Blu-ray DVDs. I thought HD DVDs were ahead of Blu-ray, maybe just because the terminology of the disc and TVs was the same, but Blu-ray is definitely higher in definition and really both advantageous platforms for the upcoming progress in disc technology. Now that the competition has subsided I agree that it will be easier for consumers to adapt to the new wave in the realm of disc technology, and with competition gone BLu-ray can be tweaked to be the best disc format in the market. Carnoy's articles is a clear and conscise view on the current position and relative future of Blu-ray. In the end HD DVD will be one in the line of disc technology and as Carnoy puts it Sony will find a way to have Blu-ray "resonate with the public", what with the pressure from being at the top of the market and desire from the consumer for better and clearer picture. The phrase HD DVD had a better ring to it than Blu-ray and Carnoy makes the point that consumers often mispell the name Blu-ray. Whether Blu-ray will succeed in the future, maybe under a simpler, more consumer friendly name, the desire for better, higher quality disc technology will be there, especially with bandwidth holding up digital downloads.