Blu-ray is becoming more and more popular, but many are not making the complete switch for more reasons than one. "Blu-ray is landlocked. It's home-locked," said Michael Vitelli. You can't watch Blu-ray in the car, or even in your bedroom if it isn't the Blu-ray set. Blu-ray disks cannot be used in dvd players. This is a major problem because who's gonna want to buy two different disks for blu-ray in the living room and then DVD for the basement? There are combo packs you can purchase that include a blu-ray, DVD, digital copy, and a special features disk. Many people like this because no matter what you want to view that movie on, you have the technological form needed. 12 million U.S. homes already own a Blu-ray player, although many are still purchasing normal DVDs as well for reliability and practicality due to location.
What I don't understand is why can't we have Blu-ray disks that can also play in DVD players? This seems to be the major problem and is rightfully so. There are so many different gadgets that you can use to watch the same movie, and these combo packs are insane. You honestly have to purchase one of those if you want to ensure the reliability that you can watch it on any medium of technology? In the article it talks about how many Americans feel like practicality is often more important than sound and visual quality, when Blu-ray disks are on average $10 more expensive than regular DVDs and not capable of working in a DVD player, than why waste the money? I don't know how well Blu-ray players are going to do in this economy and under these circumstances in America.
