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April 27, 2009 - 7:29am — Blake

Walt: Three new things walked into a bar...
Here's a simple check on your perceptions. Which of the following do you consider to be successful–either currently or as some form of inevitable game-changer in the near future?
* Blu-ray Disc
* FriendFeed
* Kindle
Now, let’s put it another way: Which of these has greater actual marketplace impact–that is, which is actually used by the most people?

Comments

April 27, 2009 - 10:10am — Bibliofuture

2.7 million Blu-Ray Players

Here is a story from Dec 2007 saying that 2.7 million Blu-Ray players had sold.

Here is a current article saying that there are 10.5 million Blu-Ray households in the US currently.

April 27, 2009 - 6:42pm — effinglibrarian

why should a format change affect or effect me?

so now I need to buy Ernest Goes to Camp all over again just because it's in Blu-ray?

dvds came out in 1997 and our library started buying them in 2004. so I guess we'll get blu-ray in 2012 when the "super gold" format is released.

April 27, 2009 - 7:28pm — Bibliofuture

Blu-ray

This was asked, "Which of these has greater actual marketplace impact–that is, which is actually used by the most people?"

Blu-ray being is over 10 million homes seems to be the leader to me in the number of people that are actually using the technology.