Comments on: Why is it taking so long for the classic films to reach Blu-Ray DVD ? http://www.blu-ray1st.com/blu-ray/why-is-it-taking-so-long-for-the-classic-films-to-reach-blu-ray-dvd/ Blu-ray1st, the next-generation optical disc storage Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:03:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: agb90spruce http://www.blu-ray1st.com/blu-ray/why-is-it-taking-so-long-for-the-classic-films-to-reach-blu-ray-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-3361 agb90spruce Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:38:37 +0000 http://www.blu-ray1st.com/why-is-it-taking-so-long-for-the-classic-films-to-reach-blu-ray-dvd/#comment-3361 You got it. It's expensive to port an old film to Blu-ray, and the prospective sales have to justify the cost and effort. I expect studios analyze where they think the market will be and put their efforts there. The reality is that older films on DVD are selling very cheaply, so a Blu-ray version would have to sell against a DVD version costing maybe 20% as much. You should get used to the idea that many films available on DVD will never see Blu-ray. You got it. It’s expensive to port an old film to Blu-ray, and the prospective sales have to justify the cost and effort. I expect studios analyze where they think the market will be and put their efforts there. The reality is that older films on DVD are selling very cheaply, so a Blu-ray version would have to sell against a DVD version costing maybe 20% as much.

You should get used to the idea that many films available on DVD will never see Blu-ray.

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