An interesting survey: HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray
A survey fromhttp://www.dvdtown.com/announcement/hddvdsurveybyipsos/3665/
1. In response to the question “Which statement best describes how likely you would be to buy an HD DVD player,” respondents were over seven times more likely to buy an HD DVD player vs. a Blu-Ray player when all studios support both formats. a. 57% would definitely or probably buy an HD DVD player vs. 8% for Blu-Ray. b. 25% would definitely buy HD DVD vs. 2% for Blu-Ray. 2. Purchase interest in HD DVD remains three times higher than Blu-Ray -- even without HD DVD studio support from Disney and Fox. a. 56% of respondents would definitely or probably buy an HD DVD player vs. 18% for Blu-Ray. b. 20% would definitely buy HD DVD vs. 6% for Blu-Ray. 3. The main reason consumers prefer HD DVD over Blu-Ray is its superior value. a. In response to the question, “Which statement best describes how you feel about the value of an HD DVD player,” nearly 57% of respondents indicated that HD DVD was a “very good” or “fairly good” value vs. 14% for Blu-Ray. b. Conversely, 68% indicated that Blu-Ray was a “somewhat poor” or “very poor” value vs. 19% for HD DVD. 4. In the 4th quarter 2006, the quantity of titles in the HD DVD format is assumed to be two times more than Blu-Ray (200+ for HD DVD vs. approximately 100 for Blu-Ray).
