In a chat with British website Pocket-lint,
Samsung UK Consumer Electronics Director Andy Griffiths predicted that
Blu-ray will be obsolete by 2013. "I think it [Blu-ray] has 5 years left, I
certainly wouldn't give it 10," he stated bluntly. Griffiths didn't go into much
detail about his reasoning, but he gave a few hints: "In 2012 we will be in a
true HD world. Everything from your television to your camcorder will be
offering you pictures in high-definition, and we plan to offer you that HD world
from all angles." He went on to say Samsung is betting on organic LED
technology, and OLED-based TVs should become mainstream by 2010. For the time
being, though, Blu-ray seems to be doing quite well. "We are heavily
back-ordered at the moment," Griffiths told Pocket-lint, estimating that 2008
will be the year of Blu-ray.
Yeah. Holographic. That's what we need. Make it a circle just so people know
it holds data! :-)
