'No, existing BR standalones are just un-upgradeable and people who have them will be unable to access the premium features on future discs'
And that's not really going to be a problem, given that the only people buying HD-disky things (HD-DVD or BluRay) are the early adopters, who will replace their kit as soon as the next new toy hits the shelves.
It seems, from what I've read so far, that BluRay is the superior physical format, at least from a capacity/datarate PoV.
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'No, existing BR standalones are just un-upgradeable and people who have them will be unable to access the premium features on future discs'
And that's not really going to be a problem, given that the only people buying HD-disky things (HD-DVD or BluRay) are the early adopters, who will replace their kit as soon as the next new toy hits the shelves.
It seems, from what I've read so far, that BluRay is the superior physical format, at least from a capacity/datarate PoV.