only 8 percent of holiday buyers were considering the upgrade to a Blu-ray

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goddog said:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/154565/could_it_be_a_blue_christmas_for_bluray.html

 

"Specifically on the Blu-ray front, the research found that only 8 percent of holiday buyers were considering the upgrade to a Blu-ray player, despite the fact that prices have reached the sub-200 dollar sweet spot."

 

"Of course, the cost wouldn't be as much of a problem if the perceived value of Blu-ray was higher. Unfortunately for Blu-ray, most people still don't see the change in quality between DVD and Blu-ray to be significant enough to be worth the cost. Many of those that already have an HDTV are perfectly happy with the quality of the DVDs they already have."

 

so what i get from this article is that, the cost of blueray discs vs dvd is a big hold up, and this cost difference is one of the main reasons that movie studios want a shift, sounds like a bad catch 22 for studios.    though this does explain the slow rise in costs for dvds ive noticed 

 

Are "those" people the morons that think that anything they connect to their shiny new HDTV is automatically hi-def?  I'm sure most of us around here have seen the consumer surveys showing that people think that all they need to see HD is to buy a HDTV and everything else is automatic.  "I just bought a HDTV.  I own a DVD player.  Therefore I'm watching HD DVDs."