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Am I wrong to feel like Blu-ray was always something for the enthusiasts?
DVDs were good enough for most people, Blu-ray was more expensive and it didn't feel like it ever dominated the market before streaming took over. I often see impressive DVD collections, I rarely see more than a handful of Blu-rays anywhere.
Most people didn't have tvs with 1080p resolutions when blurays came out. It was all SD, and so dvds ruled the market.
Once HD tvs were common, streaming was now the common medium. And streaming looked better than the standard def dvds.
Blurays will stay niche on comparison for sure, but I can't imagine anyone who is watching a dvd on a large HD (let alone 4k) TV is going to think the DVD looks good.
BDs had a licence premium porn makers didn't want to pay.