lordjedi said:

Then you're not paying attention. Blu-ray units moved pretty well when the price was under $200. Now that most places have the players back above $200, sales have slowed again.

It's called "the holidays." It's a time when things often sell very well at a reduced price and then slow down afterward. Add the economy into the mix and it's not exactly the best environment to be pushing a new media format.

I understand that you take part in the mass expectation--actually, mass entitlement may be a better description of the national condition--that the products you buy should be cheap right out of the gate. You've been whining for as long as I can remember about Blu-ray being too expensive. Nevermind that Blu-ray hardware is cheaper sooner in its lifecycle than DVD was while offering superior A/V quality and interactivity. You want it cheap, and you want it now. Wal-Mart and McDonald's.

The Blu-ray version of The Dark Knight sold 600,000 copies on its first day and 1 million after its first week. No laserdisc ever came close to that, not even after 16 years on the market. Not ever.

Blu-ray may never achieve the same market penetration as DVD in an age of HD on demand and iTunes, but comparing it to laserdisc is asinine.