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misterd on 04 January 2008
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kimbo said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
kimbo said:
Well of course most consumers would rather stay standard and keep or buy a DVD player.

Where as some consumers that have an HDTV would want the next format to take full advantage for their movies and HDTV.

You clearly skimmed the article I posted. It was not about most consumers, but HDTV owners, where it was of those owners that the support is just 11%.

 


 I see, so the percent is low.

 

I'm not sure this matters much. The studios are the ones who wanted to rush into HD in order to end the piracy problems that have plagued VHS and DVD. Now that the format war is settled and player costs are dropping dramatically (BluRay is down to $299, and likely will hit the $199 sweet spot for the '08 holiday), expect to see studio support for standard DVD to tail off. While they won't be able to force people to replace their existing DVDs, they are likely going to start forcing people who want The Dark Knight or Indy IV to do so on BluRay. In about 2-3 years, consumers are likely going to have a hard time finding standard DVD players and new DVD releases, so they ARE going to go BluRay, whether they want to or not.