Blu-ray Adoption Soft, More Still Own HD DVD

MojoKid writes "A new study by Harris Interactive notes that currently, one in ten Americans (10%) own an HD DVD player, while just 7% own a Blu-ray player. Crazy, right? More Americans own HD DVD right now than the 'winning' format, Blu-ray. If you think about it, that statistic isn't that shocking. When HD DVD was around, it was far and away the 'budget' format for high-def. The players were cheaper, the films were cheaper. In other words, it was a format more ready to thrive in a down economy. Blu-ray was always viewed as a niche format for those absorbed in A/V, not the common man's format. The survey also found that on average, consumers purchased approximately six standard format DVDs in the last six months, compared with one in HD DVD format."

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Re:I always maintained blue ray was moot

[CyberLord Seven]

Why was this moderated as a "Troll"? This is a genuine comment from someone explaining their perception of a movie in a format relevant to the discussion. If the moderator does not agree with the sentiment, too bad. Read something else.

Don't waste mod-points this way! Somebody please meta-moderate this appropriately.

Re:I always maintained blue ray was moot

[eln]

Don't worry, the film sucked at low-res too. It's the only movie I've ever seen where the constant action was so repetitive it became almost like a drone, and I actually found myself dozing off during the battle scenes (aka pretty much the entire movie).