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The end of Blu-Ray?

Posted by Joe Svetlik on Fri 28 Mar 2008

It may have won the format war, but how long has Blu-Ray got?

A chief scientist at audio bigwigs THX predicts that we won't be watching Blu-Rays for much longer.

In an interview with Home Cinema Choice magazine, he said: "Personally, I think it's too late for Blu-ray. I think consumers will only become interested in replacing DVD when HD movies become available on flash memory. Do we really need another spinning format?"

"In the future I want to be able to carry four to five movies around with me in a wallet, or walk into a store and have someone copy me a movie to a USB device."

Don't we all, chum. It's not actually that far off: 20th Century Fox will be trialing movie vending machines later this year. You can read more about it in the June issue of T3, on sale May 1st. The full interview apperas in the May issue of Home Cinema Choice.

By the time DVD properly dies, broadband speeds will be turbo charged, making downloading films a more attractive option.

That format war victory is suddenly looking a little hollow.