"AZ Nomad" wrote in message
On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:31:55 -0500, Randy Yates
wrote:
"Arny Krueger" writes:
"JANA" wrote in message
At this time, I would be buying a the standard type DVD
player.
If anything at all,
The BlueRay players are going to keep dropping in
price.
Ditto for HD.
I was under the impression from the sales guys at Best
Buy that HD was winning the war.
The sales guys will tell you anything to promote a sale.
Unscientific straw poll:
http://forums.highdefdigest.com/show...t=1330&page=49
HD DVD player 707 51.79%
Blu-ray player 396 29.01%
Both. 262 19.19%
Unscientific anecdotes:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=149
"Blockbuster has been renting both Blu-ray and HD DVD titles in 250 stores
since late last year and found that consumers were choosing Blu-ray titles
more than 70 percent of the time.Blockbuster has been renting both Blu-ray
and HD DVD titles in 250 stores since late last year and found that
consumers were choosing Blu-ray titles more than 70 percent of the time."
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6176792...result;title;4
1. Between January 1 and July 1, a total of 795,000 HD-DVDs were sold,
versus 1.6 million BDs. As of the end of July, 2.2 million BDs and 1.5
million HD-DVDs have sold since they both hit the market last year