2010: Predictions, Failure and Blu-Ray
December 31, 2009 by Derek
Tvpredictions.com has been pretty much dead on with many of their predictions about HDTV and high-def media over the last few years, and this year’s predictions were released today, and makes for interesting reading.
We pretty much agree with most of the items listed, especially the bad idea that is the NBC/Comcast merger and the continued success of Blu-Ray as a medium (over set-top boxes that stream content, which is mostly still seen as a geeky alternative). AT&T may very well buy DirecTV next year as well, as their U-verse offering is struggling badly in subscriber adoption. It would benefit both companies in the long run.
They also echo our dubious assessment of home 3D and its probable success; we certainly aren’t seeing huge adoption rates for this technology in the near future.
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