HD DVD may be dead and buried but a new survey shows that the defunct format is still ahead of Blu-ray in the US.
A study by Harris Interactive shows that in the US, 11 per cent of Americans own an HD DVD player, while just seven per cent own a Blu-ray player.
It gets worse: only 25 per cent of the 2,400 surveyed are going to switch to Blu-ray completely in the future, with a mere one-fifth saying that they will replace their entire DVD libraries with Blu-ray discs.
Price war
The news about HD DVD may be surprising, but the rest really isn't. Due to the upscaling technology inside Blu-ray players, the amount of people looking to re-stock their home cinema collection is much lower than it was during the VHS / DVD format war.
And just to satiate the statisticians out there, two out of five questioned are ready to buy Blu-ray but are waiting for the prices to go down a touch.
Via SlashDot
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mayburn
May 16th 2010
2. My feeling is that Blueray could follow the same path as Beta. If that is true, then it is better to wait for or use another technology. Not only will it remain expensive, but moving any films etc to a new media in the future will be almost impossible. If prices stay high see the writing on the wall. Find another format.
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gandharva81
June 23rd 2009
1. OKAY BUT THERE IS MUCH MORE CONFUSION BETWEEN BOTH OF THEM THAT WHAT IS THE BEST OR NOT.
BUT I THINK HD DVD IS THE BEST SINCE I KNOW ABOUT HD DVD.
ANY ONE OF YOU HAVE TRIED THEN PLEASE SUGGEST ME.
THANX
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