[Publib] Blu-Ray DVDs [Scanned]

[Brian Lind]

I wouldn't be so quick to jump into the Blu-Ray pool, if I were you. 
Even though Blu-Ray finally "won" the format war, so few people have
Blu-Ray players now that you would be paying a premium for discs in a
format that few patrons would be able to use.  Most people don't even
know what a Blu-Ray DVD is (and patrons who check out a Blu-Ray DVD by
mistake will be very disappointed when it doesn't play in their standard
DVD player - or for that matter in the recently abandoned Toshiba HD-DVD
player).  Keep in mind that Blu-Ray players WILL play standard DVDs, so
it's not as if people who only have Blu-Ray players are losing access to
movies from standard DVDs.
 
New technology woes also make adopting Blu-Ray now a bit iffy.  The
current Blu-Ray players still need to download additional software
fixes, and the speed with which Sony (and rival Toshiba) put HDDVDs out
on the market has meant that there are still many problems with new
discs.  Until these issues get resolved (perhaps in the next year or
two), it's probably anyone's guess how well they will hold up and/or
respond to fixes.
 
I would wait a year or two at least.
  
 
Brian J. Lind
Reference Librarian
Rochester Public Library
101 Second St. SE
Rochester, MN 55904

>>> "Mary Logsdon" <mlogsdon at amespubliclibrary.org> 3/11/2008 10:35 AM
>>>

Good Morning, We are considering a proposal to purchase a small
collection of Blu-Ray DVDs but have concerns related to security and
damage issues. If your library has already taken this step to include
this new format and you'd like to share what you've learned that would
be great. The last time we checked with 3M they said they had not tested
our current security tags with Blu-Ray discs. We've also learned that
damaged discs can not be run through the buffer machine we use to repair
damaged DVDs. We'd appreciate any input from the group. Thanks so much!
Mary LogsdonAmes Public Library515 Douglas Ave.Ames, IA 50010(515)
239-5656

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