I agree that the number of older titles on BD will never approach the number on DVD, just as DVD never approached the number of titles released on VHS. But I'm questioning the assertion that BD sales have "already gone flat." Perhaps I'm misinterpreting it, but this post (which cites IHS Screen Digest, FutureSource, and the NPD Group) indicates that BD sales are still on an upward trajectory.
As for the smaller producers and distributors whose product currently comes on on DVD-R discs, I don't see why they won't transition to BD-R. All of the technology (HD cameras, BD burners and burnable BD-R discs) is out there, at reasonable cost. On a personal note, I'll admit that on a smaller screen, there isn't much of a difference in visual experience between DVD & BD. But seeing many of Criterion's BD releases projected at 1080p on an 8' screen absolutely knocked my socks off. Anyone who values the cinematic experience, and doesn't live somewhere where classic 35mm films are publicly shown, needs to see (and hear) BD to believe it. My $0.02... Michael Logan Acquisitions and Technical Services Humboldt County Library (707) 269-1962 Roger Brown wrote: I suspect that blu-ray releases are an attempt to skim the cream off an increasingly smaller purchasing impulse and the back catalog will never see the light of day on this new format. Blu-rays have already gone flat in terms of sales. Formats are disappearing faster and faster. Blu-rays aren't replacing DVDs so much as selling HD monitors and TVs. - - Roger Brown Manager UCLA Instructional Media Collections & Services 46 Powell Library Los Angeles, CA 90095-1517 office: 310-206-1248 fax: 310-206-5392 [email protected] VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
