Source : DigitimesAcording to Lite-On, 2009 will be the year when the market of Combo Blu-ray (reading Blu-ray/engraving DVD and CD) will really start. The price of these devices will remain rather high ($100 to $200) so not before 2011 will they become in general public use, when their price should be halved. This is this same year that the Blu-ray burners themselves will reach an attractive price to become available to the general public.
Contrary to what some hoped, the death of the HD-DVD has not given a large whiplash to this market. The problem is, of course, that the price is far too high for the devices able to read and to write Blu-ray media as well as the cost of the virgin media and films in this format.
By 2011, Blu-ray has the chance of competition from the USB keys which will have a higher storage capacity at an attractive price point.
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