With HD DVD now buried six feet under and all major Hollywood studios onboard in the Blu-raycamp, the stars are aligned for next-generation format sales to finally takeoff. Surprisingly, prices aren’t falling, and customers still aren’t buying. asfar as india is concerned penetration of bluray as a format is very low bcoz of very high price of ownership (PS-3 costs around 22000 INR ) WITHOUT REMOTE.
So now here comes the million dollar question : is this a is this a right time buy BLUERAY ?
Well the answer is NO …… & I WILLTEL U WHY

The War Has Just Begun
WELL guys in india Blu-ray vs. DVD is really THE new formatwar. When comparing specs from Blu-ray and DVD players, on paper, Blu-ray has a clear advantage. But on the field, it’s a different story. Truth is, there are many reasons why consumers are happy with the traditional DVD format:They barely see the audio/video improvement ;They already own a DVD player;DVD Players are much cheaper to buy; DVDs are 30% to 40% cheaper than Blu-ray disks;Video stores have considerably more DVDs for rental ; While this one may seem odd, the fact that DVDs are easier to copy also plays in favor of the old poorly protected format.

GO 4 Upconverting DVD Players instead: Simply Too Good
If you want to take your DVD collection to the next level on your sexy high-definition television, get yourself an upscalling DVD player, also knownas an up-converter, such as the SonyDVP-NS700H/B, the or the PanasonicDVD-S54K. Equipped with an HDMI cable, these players upscale the 480psignal to 1080i/1080p by using complex maths to improve color ratios, contrastsand the overall picture quality. Of course, with a native signal of 480p, they cannot beat the native resolution of a Blu-ray disk that’s 1080p. But the woweffect is not significant enough to make people drop there bucks on a Blu-ray player.

Bang For The Buck
This is where DVDs overtake Blu-ray by a mile. Looking at the concept of bang for thebuck from a mathematical and graphical perspective, we understand that when prices go up, devices usually provide more features. At a certain price though,quality cannot sustain value as cost increases substantially, while the product itself has less and less to offer. DVDs and up-converting DVD players are comfortably sitting in the bang for the buck area of the graph, while Blu-ray has not yet fallen from the overpriced zone.
The format war is far from being over, and the economical situation resulting may restrain the Blu-ray group from making it to your living room.All things considered, DVD may end up being a stronger contender than HD DVDever was 4 bluray

happy buying :-)