Consumers favour HD DVD over Blu-ray due to negative perception of Sony
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Posted 07 December 2006 - 07:06 PM
Cymfony, a market influence analytics company, discovered that positive discussions about HD DVD were 46% higher than Blu-ray, with over twice as many post authors stating being "impressed with HD DVD" versus "impressed with Blu-ray"
The study was independent, so not sponsored by any company with a direct interest in one of the formats. Some consumer comments that came out of the survey included:
"Sony, on the other hand, has a track record of starting format wars, and losing them too. Beta, mini-disc, umd, and atrac have all been huge flops, but they just don't seem to learn their lesson because they're too greedy." -- phishbook.com
"There are other issues too; the sheer arrogance of Sony is incredible, and puts me off wanting to support them." -- avforums.com
"What if you don't give a damn about watching movies on your game console? What if you prefer to buy a separate HD player? That's the rub. Sony forces you to buy Blu-ray. MS doesn't force you to buy HD-DVD. It's about giving the consumer options. Bargain my arse, as a consumer I prefer options." -- forums.adventuregamers.com
Read more @ Tech Digest
#2
Posted 07 December 2006 - 09:03 PM
Nvyseal, on Dec 7 2006, 01:06 PM, said:
Also, the guy still has the option of not buying a PS3. I guess he hasn't considered that.
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Posted 07 December 2006 - 10:49 PM
#5
Posted 08 December 2006 - 02:29 AM
#6
Posted 08 December 2006 - 04:16 AM
anyway the point is that these upconverting players work really well without the $1000.00 a pop for HD or Blueray.
and you won't have to sell your kid!
Edited by bluerip, 08 December 2006 - 04:21 AM.
#7
Posted 08 December 2006 - 04:49 AM
Blu-ray vs HD DVD
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Posted 19 May 2007 - 12:09 AM
#9
Posted 21 May 2007 - 05:58 AM
honestly hd or blueray really only shows a diff if u have a huge display anyway. so unless your panel is 60" (if youre sitting close) or more u really won't notice anything worth the bucks spent. If u want to notice a huge difference for the money spend the difference on your "honey" instead. u will get much more in return!
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Posted 21 May 2007 - 02:44 PM
#11
Posted 22 May 2007 - 04:32 AM
chriso_86, on May 21 2007, 07:44 AM, said:
so for $100.00 you can buy an upcoverting dvd player playing regular dvds in 1080i lets say on your 26" LCD. now plug in the blueray disc into a bluyray player ($500-$1000) kick back, watch the movie and explain again to your wife why that extra $400-$900 makes such a difference. Do you mean to tell me that she would say,"yes, Honey, thats great". Or would she be thinking of all the cloths she could be buying or whatever.
in this case is it really that noticeable? cuz if it is then I stand corrected.
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Posted 22 May 2007 - 07:20 AM
#13
Posted 22 May 2007 - 07:02 PM
bluerip, on May 21 2007, 11:32 PM, said:
in this case is it really that noticeable? cuz if it is then I stand corrected.
First of all I'm not married so I could careless. I only have me myself and I to please. Secondly, those 1080i players make a difference but the algorithm it uses to convert from 480p to 1080i isn't high def by any stretch. And the price of next gen. format players are falling like crazy. And yes, I agree in some movies you can't tell much of a difference. However, there are once that you can tell very very easily. For example Planet Earth documentary which I have on Blu ray, King Kong on HD DVD, etc.
Camaro, on May 22 2007, 02:20 AM, said:
You can get a HD-DVD for 300 now, of 200 if you already have a xbox 360. I think the cheapest blu ray I've seen is like 500 still but they came out later. All in all their prices are actually dropping faster then when DVD's first came out. So, in that case the compitition is actually helping us out.
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Posted 23 May 2007 - 06:16 AM
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Posted 23 May 2007 - 06:04 PM
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