Half of US consumers not interested in Blu-ray players

[Blue_Baron]

Sorry if this has been posted before, but I don't have time to search for it.

"Survey from ABI Research has revealed a widespread reluctance to commit to a Blu-ray player in the near future: over half of the 1000 respondents, citing other priorities, say they have no plans to purchase one; a further 23% are likely to buy, but not until sometime in 2009. While half of the respondents to our survey rated Blu-ray’s quality as much better than standard DVD, another 40% termed it only somewhat better, and most are very satisfied with the performance of their current DVD players."

This article is from August 2007. I think this trend will chance over time.