Without the PS3, Blu-ray struggles mightily for acceptance

The meaning of this study is

The meaning of this study is clear: It is expensive to play the HD game. The cost barrier to entry is rather high for an ordinary American. Most {who own standard media stacks} have to replace their entire stacks to get the benefits of Blu-ray. Those who have never had a stack need to buy a media stack for the first time. Receiver, HDTV, 5.1 surround system, and some sort of Blu-ray player. That’s a tall order. We’re talking $2000 bucks, rock bottom, all-in. In most cases, the cost will be substantially greater. I spent roughly $5000.

Once that is done you will also need HD cable or dish. That is more expensive than standard. Once that is done, you will also need Blu-rays from Netflix. That is also more expensive. If you want to own some Blu-rays, they are more expensive than DVDs

That is why American consumers have other priorities. This investment is large enough to interfere with other priorities.

With that said, lets be absolutely clear about one thing: Blu-ray utterly destroys DVD. It only takes about 1 week of persistently watching before you can spot the difference 100 yards away. As I walk in the door at Circuit City, I know within seconds exactly which HDTVs are playing upscaled DVDs and which ones are playing Blu-rays. It is easy to tell. The ones that look like shit are playing upscaled DVDs. The ones that look terrific are playing Blu-rays.

Just about everybody I have shown a Blu-ray movie to has been impressed as hell by the technology. I don’t think it is an exageration to say that all have either bought into a full HD stack, or they are currently scratching their heads over how they might finance one. There is no doubt that the cost has been a sore spot for all, including me. Yet when the investment is made, your home theater becomes your prize possession. You want to invite everybody over for a movie.

The onslaught is coming, the prices just need to keep moving south, as they are right now.

i got my ps3 at lauch and i

i got my ps3 at lauch and i dont have a syngle movie,YET cuz im broke adn does movies cost $20:i rent them ,but i love my ps3 as a game system.
if u want HD in your movies than get a blue-ray cuz if u put dvds in a big HDtv than u dont know what your missing.

If this article was 4 months

If this article was 4 months old, it might be correct. Since then, I've seen major acceptance of BR by a lot of people- and not just on the PS3.
Yes, the key will be offering players under $200. But I disagree with the first commenter: Most people have 5.1 systems. A lot have HD Displays. Most of those will have already gotten HD TV Programming. So, it's just this last jump of getting an HD player.
Media, well, I rent all my BR discs. I just don't watch movies more than once or twice to justify actually owning it. But now that new BR releases are down to $20 a disc from $30-40 last year, ownership doesn't have as much of a sting.
It'll take time, but it'll come. And don't expect HD downloads or streaming until FTTH is mainstream. I rather wait the 24 hours for a BR disc from netflix than choke my net connection to download a movie for hours.

Very few of the millions of

Very few of the millions of people who buy dvd actually have a home theatre set up. Most run the sound through their TVs. If they do have a receiver it is likely that it will not support HD sound.

The PS3 is the "bright spot" in the Blu-ray picture.Outside of PS3, however, consumer adoption of Blu-ray players is slower than the industry would like.

The lesson from the survey is people are happy with DVD and are not flocking to Blu-ray. Part of it is price. But honestly if they really wanted a blu-ray player or movies then they could. The cost is not that much more. Indeed Disney moved their pricing scheme up for 2 dvd special editions making the Blu-ray edition a better deal. People are not going for it.

The problem to me is not price or title availability it is DVD.

I got a blue-ray dvd player

I got a blue-ray dvd player at www.consumerdepot.com and the price wasn’t all that bad. They didn’t really have a lot of blue-ray movies but the price on the player is a little softer blow when moving into the "future"