Difference between DVD and Blu-ray?

[ChrisW6ATV]

The device that jeyurkon mentioned, and other similar items, will "get around" the no-analog-output problem in Blu-ray's future, for those who really need to do so.

Far more to the point, though, is that regular DVDs and DVD players will be available for years and years, the same as you can still buy cassettes, vinyl records, VHS tapes, VCRs, and other old devices (like, umm, our vintage TV sets!). There is really no reason to plan to connect a Blu-ray player to any of our antique TVs; to do so is about the same as buying a Ferrari and trying to drive it on a bicycle path.

Blu-ray and HDTV are fantastic technologies, and antique-TV collecting and restoration is fun too, but I don't see a value to attempting to mix them together. This analog shut-off thing will not have any effect on our hobby whatsoever.