"Tepid" response to high definition DVDs?
by Richard Lawler 
posted May 4th 2006 at 3:46PM
That's what Peerflix is saying. The DVD trading service surveyed some of their most active DVD-buying users and found 1 in 5 plan to buy either HD DVD or Blu-ray in 2006.Really who didn't see this coming? Between high priced players, limited releases and battling incompatible formats this is pretty much to be expected. We are only at the very beginning of these formats and it will take a while for support to build for either one. Most people, even high definition and movie buffs, will wait for at least one of the three main conflicts to be resolved before coming off the sidelines. Let's revisit this topic in six months when players and movies have been on shelves, LG's combo player may be out and we can better anticipate future price movement.
[Thanks for the tip Jason!]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Brian Spence @ May 5th 2006 11:34AM
DVDs only became popular because they had extra content and you could easily get letterbox versions where you see the whole image. There's really no difference between DVDs and HD-DVDs besides the picture. There haven't been enough HDTVs sold to make this a hit. Throw in a confusing format war, and it's a disaster in the making.
EatingPie @ May 6th 2006 11:24AM
Man I'm impressed that 1 in 5 even care. Man that number knocks my socks off!!
Seriously!
-Pie
Reaver @ May 7th 2006 5:17PM
My HTPC has a DVD drive, and only one 5.25" slot. To switch to one of the next-gen formats, I need a drive that reads CDs, DVDs _and_ one (preferably both) of the new formats. Also, my brand new graphics card does not support HDMI. I do not expect any of these problems to be resolved this year, so it should be no surprise that I'll be waiting on the fence for a while longer.