What Percentage of Some Japanese People Own Blu-ray Playing Devices (Game Machines Included!)
Remember that format war? Good fun. Blu-ray battling it out with HD DVD. Sony pinning its hopes and dreams for dominance on the PS3, while Microsoft released an HD DVD player for its console.
Now that the dust has settled and the reality has washed over me and you, let’s see how this format war has turned out with an totally unscientific poll. In late November, members of the goo Research monitor group were asked about Blu-ray and HD DVD in an online questionnaire. A little over half of those polled were male and ages ranged from teens to over 60 years old. Let’s look at the data:
Which of the following movie recording and playback devices do you have? (Sample size = 1,081, multiple answer)
VHS video recorder: 68.0 percent
DVD player (including games machines): 66.4 percent
Hard disk and DVD recorder/player: 36.0 percent
Hard disk only recorder/player: 12.3 percent
Blu-ray recorder/player (including games machines): 6.3 percent
HD DVD recorder/player (including games machines): 3.4 percent
None of the above: 4.4 percent
Don’t know: 0.8 percent
FASCINATING. Not surprising that DVD playing game machines are so prevalent. We would’ve thought that Blu-ray would be doing a little better though… But hey, Sony probably thought the same thing. We’re not alone.
Blu-ray ドライブより HD DVD ドライブ所有者が多数、買い換え意向は1割半ば [japan.internet.com via What Japan Thinks] [Pic]
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@Foxstar Sixtail: compare laserdisc and vhs, and then compare dvd and blu-ray. enough said.
wKarrde
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@WFROSE: Five and a half yrs? Wait....was I in suspended animation?
Trailnutz
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@Colossal Ass: I am very aware of what the PS3 does and does not do. I was saying that Sony won the war with Bluray vs HD-DVD and is losing the war of PS3 vs 360 (sadly).
icegoat
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Sometimes I think that the only reason Sony released the PS3 is to push Blu-ray. Just saying. :P
HenryHSH
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Sony +1 for blu ray
Msft +1 for Xbox 360
Sony -1 for PS3
Msft -1 for HD DVD
Ya win some ya lose some.
icegoat
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@V1L3: What a brilliant comment.
wKarrde
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@Vance: My father worked at Microsoft during the final year of 360 development, and left shortly after release. They were quite aware of the problems the units had prior to launch.
QuietStorm
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It takes a while for new formats to catch on. It took DVDs quite some time to become successful, if I recall.
Legion329
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Oh Ash... yes you are alone.
Look below :/
Garo
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@angry_gamer: Most new movie releases can be found within that $5 threshold.
GLaDOS
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@SeraphX2: Try using Utorrent and going to the preferences and switching the encryption on. I was getting throttled with charter as well.
Cochese
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VHS is the dominant format! Quick, release all games and movies on videotape :D
somarix
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@Jurassic-Pork: If microsoft would have stuck an HD-DVD drive in the 360 from the outset, The format war would have been vastly different. Aside from that, they both output 1080p quality though, not all BD or HDDVD movies were or are in 1080p, Just most of them.
Cochese
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@Bergerac: For my 360 and my PC of course. I use my PC from the comfort of my couch with my wireless mouse and keyboard and the HDTV acting as a nice huge monitor :3
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@aw3str1k3r:
So glad we can draw conclusions off a format that has been out two years, compared to ones out ... since before most on here were born.
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