[DealsR4theDevil]

So this new guy at work, who also happend to be good friends with some of my friends, is a big HD DVD guy. It didnt bother me at first (I kinda thought it would be interesting), but then we started talking about it.... Long story short he believes that HD DVD will win because "the average Amerian consumer is an idiot and when they hear the word Blu-ray, they think, what is that? But when the average american consumer hears HD DVD, they think hmm, DVD I know what that is and HD stands for High Definiton so these are High Definition DVDs cool."

I pointed out to him that Blu-ray was outselling HD DVD 2 to 1 in the U.S., 4 to 1 in Europe, and 9 to 1 in Japan. I also pointed out to him all the studio and manufacturer support Blu-ray has compared to HD DVD. I talked about how the PS3 "trojan horse" strategy has been working well by telling him that even when HD DVD standalone players were outselling Blu-ray standalone players Blu-ray still managed to keep an attach rate of 2 to 1, thus proving the PS3 strategy works.

Now here is the source of my frustration. After telling him ALL this. He did not disagree with me on any point I made. He just dismissed it by saying at this early point NONE of that matters. He said that HD DVD has a 90% chance of winning because the average consumer will recognize "HD" and "DVD" and buy it. He didnt even offer any of the arguments HD DVD fans usually use like "the players are cheaper" or "30 GB is enough." He just said that people will buy HD DVD because the average consumers will recognize the phrase and he said the only reason Blu-ray is winning now is because the "early adopters" are the kinds of people who care and will look more into the formats. According to him the average consumer will turn the tide with their stupidity and laziness. The sad part is not that he actually believes this. The sad part is that now I have to work with the moron.