It seems that the world is going the way of the Blue Ray DVD now.  Hmm, wonder how that’s going to affect everything, since it seems that DVD’s available in this format are a somewhat limited selection, at least by my gauge.  One of the biggest retail chains here in the US (ok, probably THE biggest still), Wal-mart is reportedly going the way of the Blue Ray. 

I’m not sure if this means we are backing away from those high def DVD’s, since I’m not really a techie, but it sounds like they are making the jump everywhere, since I also just read that a major DVD player maker is ditching the high def format to go with Blue Ray.  As I said, I’m not really sure why this would be since it seems that both are fairly new technologies, but there is obviously some sort of preference if major players are making these moves this early on in the game! 

I’m going to be seriously pissed off if the rumors have any truth to them, at any time in the near future - I mean, JUST WHEN YOU GET A GOOD DVD COLLECTION!!

This “rumor” I’m referring to is actually speculation that’s been circulating for a while but has yet to come to fruition, about the death of the DVD, in favor of a smaller disc and a different recording device other than the DVD player.  Jeez, to me it seems like we just made the complete transition to DVD from VHS, now this!  I guess they’ll always have new ways of getting our money though….

Some say the reports of the death of the DVD are greatly exaggerated, but we still can’t ignore signs that the manufacturers are currently working on something better - as in more high definition, less problems, not as easily scratched and damaged, etc.  In other words, one more step toward technological perfection I guess.

The 5th annual Home Entertainment Summit had some people with different points of view than us consumers though, who seem perfectly content with out DVD’s, and don’t really want to dash them all to bits and buy into some newer better thing (do I just speak for myself here, or is this just totally unnecessary at this point in time?) 

It sounds like some of the big names in the entertainment biz, like Universal, are gunning for a change already.  My guess is, this will not take off for another 5-10 years, because we all know how slowly some of the new pieces of technology actually come to market. 

Maybe we’ll get lucky and this either won’t take off, or it will be only a niche market for the rich people who can afford the new technology all the time.