Posted on Tuesday, September 09 2008 @ 8:40 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Last week a Sony executive
told the press that Blu-ray will be the last optical disc format and now Samsung
claims the high-def format only has about 5 years left before it's replaced by a new technology or format. The South-Korean firm also announced OLED HD TVs will become mainstream by 2010:
Griffiths believes that 2008 will be the Blu-ray format's prime year. "It's going to be huge", he told Pocket-lint. "We are heavily back-ordered at the moment." With the move to offer cheaper players and one clear choice following the Blu-ray/HD DVD battle, Griffiths says the format will be a short term winner.
In the article, Griffiths also mentions that Samsung is putting its faith in its OLED HD technology. The new technology is almost ready, but is being held back by high manufacturing costs. "We will launch the OLED technology when it's at a price that will be appealing to the consumer, unfortunately that's not yet."
Griffiths, predicts by 2010 OLED technology will become mainstream and that it will replace LCD. "It's gonna be big, but at the moment it's a great story, not commercial, product," said Griffiths
