HD-DVD owns Blu-Ray?
I don’t have any ties to a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD player, don’t really care which wins. All I know is that I will wait to see which one wins as I’m none too keen to buy a freakin expensive player, just to have the honour to buy a more expensive DVD. Sure HD yadda yadda, 1080p yadda, whatever, no early adopter here – too much coin!
So I found this article in the Washington Post pretty interesting
Cymfony, a company which culls trends from posts on Internet sites, reported that positive discussions about HD-DVD were 46 percent higher than Blu-ray in a survey of almost 18,000 posts on blogs, discussion boards and consumer review sites from October 1 to November 30.
“Negative Blu-ray conversation indicated a lack of consumer trust in Sony, as well as gamer displeasure with selling Blu-ray in association with PlayStation 3,” said Jim Nail, a spokesman for Cymfony
So that’s interesting in two regards. 46% higher positive rating for HD-DVD is pretty good and a survey of 18,000 posts means it’s not just a bunch of Sony (or Toshiba) fanboys running up the tally. It is also interesting to see that there is a negative association with the PS3, like gamers don’t want to have a Blu-Ray foisted upon them… The whole Sony battery thing is hurting too probably.
I guess if I was going to buy one, I’d probably just buy the external HD-DVD for the Xbox 360 which runs 200 bucks or so, versus the 1000+ standalone units. Either way – I don’t see a next-gen purchase coming for me in 07.
I think disc media is doomed before this fight even really gets started.
Example.
I’ve been going to Buckluster for about 4 months trying to get 1 movie, “So Long Pete Tong”, but alas, it’s always out. Always!
Video on demand. No more discs. Done
So Long Pete Tong?
Is that like the movie “It’s All Gone Pete Tong” which was made by the FUBAR guys?
Yeah.. my bad.. That one. :)