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."

Comments

Re:Flawed interpretation of the study

[Millennium]

The PS3 is, first and foremost, a Blu-Ray player. That's how it was designed, that's how it was marketed, and that's what it still is to many people. It should be counted among Blu-Ray players for that reason. Likewise with XBox 360 HD-DVD drives, though I agree with you that the numbers on those are probably low.

Re:I always maintained blue ray was moot

[interkin3tic]

So you're judging your opinions of HD on one of the few movies that was done almost entirely in front of blue/green screens, the exception being the scene involving the Persian horseback messenger coming across the hills.

I think one movie alone is enough to justify not buying into it, plus it wouldn't be just that one movie, it would be any movie with green screening.