Blu-ray Wins the Format Battle, but Consumers Don't Buy it

Post by **Shane** » Wed May 14, 2008 11:20 am

While many people expected sales of Blu-ray disc players to spike when Toshiba decided to drop out of the high-definition HD DVD market in February 2008, according to a new Harris Poll, it seems that the recently resolved high definition format war is not motivating consumers to purchase the advanced DVD players any time soon. The Harris Poll® of 2,529 U.S. adults surveyed online between April 7 and 15, 2008 by Harris Interactive® found that...

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kweimer · Post by **kweimer** » Wed May 14, 2008 12:17 pm

My response to BluRay winning the format 'war' was to go out and buy a second identical Toshiba HD-A3KU for $99.00 as 'insurance' should my first HD player fail anytime soon. I have about a dozen HD DVD's, most of which I haven't even watched yet. I will depend on the HD DVD player to give improved performance on my SD DVD's. Everyone to his/her opinion, but my opinion was that the Toshiba player was the best. I have no interest in BluRay. I will wait until the next 'newest thing' beyond BlueRay comes out

film11 · Post by **film11** » Wed May 14, 2008 12:42 pm

kweimer wrote: I will wait until the next 'newest thing' beyond BlueRay comes out

Which may be sooner than expected. Right now, Mitsubishi is touring Electronic Expo stores, demonstrating 3-D home theater. With OnDemand and cable currently providing me with HD content, i may not need ever bother with BR. (I love how they are touting the "community-viewing experience of BD-Live as some breakthrough...forgetting that HD-DVD offered the same thing last year for HARRY POTTER, but at hundreds of dollars less!) But I'll be watching to see how the 3-D hardware/software market evolves.

jbowen01 · Post by **jbowen01** » Wed May 14, 2008 1:26 pm

With HD VOD I will NEVER buy Blu-ray. Sony and their cronies can keep their expensive format and make office furniture out of the cases of unsold units.

Directv and cable HD VOD is going to be the dragon slayer and I can't wait to see them win.

jeb

celestine · Post by **celestine** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:06 pm

I purchased my Toshiba HD DVD player in November, and at that time I was unaware of any "war". BluRay and HDDVD's were selling at about the same rate. I presumed bluray sales were tied to PS3 sales. I love the upconverting feature, and I own several HD DVD's. Unfortunately, I'm not drawn to bluray, because I've already made my investment. I've purchased a second player in case the first one stops working. It's been a disappointment. I'm not ready to spend dollars on an expensive bluray player. Why can't both exist?

jbowen01 · Post by **jbowen01** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:50 pm

Watch Overstock.com and eBay for the few dual players that were produced...the prices are high now but they WILL come down.

I for one will stick wit VOD....I used to be a "movie buyer" but in my own little protest....they can KEEP THEIR RETAIL SALES.

Now you wanna get into the presidential primaries! Kidding.

Good luck and hang in.....we are the keepers of the CASH.

jeb

santajim · Post by **santajim** » Wed May 14, 2008 5:50 pm

I own both formats and have many of both disks but most people I know will not buy Blue-ray because of the great price difference.

kweimer · Post by **kweimer** » Wed May 14, 2008 6:52 pm

DirecTV just this past Friday came out and installed free upgrade of HD Receiver and replaced my 3 LNB dish with the new 5 LNB dish. Maybe the Dragon Slayer will arrive sooner than expected. :shock:

hharris4earthlink · Post by **hharris4earthlink** » Wed May 14, 2008 10:06 pm

As Mark Twain once said, there are lies, dammed lies and then there are statistics. Let

kweimer · Post by **kweimer** » Thu May 15, 2008 2:52 am

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