Blu-ray Adoption Soft, More Still Own HD DVD

[wraggster]

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 6 Standard Format DVD's in the last six months compared with 1 in HD format.

http://slashdot.org/story/09/06/22/1...ill-Own-HD-DVD

[DCergo]

This is not the first time Haris Interactive has pulled a stunt like this.

First, they don't even include the PS3 in their figures.

Second, many people think they have HD DVD when they merely have an upscaling DVD player - my gf's uncle being one of them. Amazon was littered with comments with people complaining about not being able to play HD DVD movies on their "HD" player (they were upscaling DVD players only, So I know this happens to some degree