So What Kind of People Are Early Adopters? - Blu-ray Forum

jsteinhauer · 10-06-2007, 12:15 AM

Many of the profiles here don't yield much information. I'm not really an early adopter myself, I just jumped on the bandwagon this summer, and it's more about getting the most out of my new home theater at reasonable expense than the BD/HD war. I have both types of players, and I'm not a gamer, but I hope HDDVD goes away.

Anyway, y'all spend a lot of time and money on this "hobby". Are you young, old, professional, students, wealthy, scraping by, white or African or Asian or other...? It's an expensive hobby, by the way.

I'm interested, because I want to correlate your opinions about technology, marketing, consumers, Americans and new movies and old movies with a little bit of demographics. It's not important; its just interesting. None of my close associates, that I know of, are remotely interested in television, home theater or associated topics, but none of them are interested in parrots and homebrewing either. My family could never afford to participate in this.

undertow1141 · 10-06-2007, 12:19 AM

reguardless of race or economic class all it takes to be an early adopter in the HD video market is to be a Videophile.

I am one thru and thru, I want video that is almost more real than real life.

buckshot · 10-06-2007, 12:51 AM

neurotic, obsessive compulsive (MY HANDS CAN'T STAY CLEAN), and a lot of us are sarcastic know-it-alls. i happen to be a %@$ year old ^%#@ who makes around %$#@%&%^ a year and enjoys %^$%^$%^#$^)%@!##$% hahahah that is when i'm not $%#!()#*$(%)*$()#()# thats an inside joke. you wouldn't get it.

we're really no different than any other group of people. like car tuners or people who jack their trucks up (except we're not compensating for nature's practical jokes)

Rob71 · 10-06-2007, 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buckshot

neurotic, obsessive compulsive (MY HANDS CAN'T STAY CLEAN), and a lot of us are sarcastic know-it-alls. i happen to be a %@$ year old ^%#@ who makes around %$#@%&%^ a year and enjoys %^$%^$%^#$^)%@!##$% hahahah that is when i'm not $%#!()#*$(%)*$()#()# thats an inside joke. you wouldn't get it.

we're really no different than any other group of people. like car tuners or people who jack their trucks up (except we're not compensating for nature's practical jokes)

People who post 7000 posts on AVS in 6 months. Oh wait, they are compensating.

darkpoet25 · 10-06-2007, 01:17 AM

I happen to love movies of all kinds and when I got my PS3 and saw a huge difference on my brothers Sony 50" SXRD my jaw hit the floor. Ever since I've been addicted to Blu Ray. Just don't have the kind of money some on here do to support my habit. I'm 33 BTW.

w_tanoto · 10-06-2007, 01:36 AM

technology freak (like me). I have been the first to get PS2 (Japanese SCPH10000), Japanese PS3 (CECHA00).

I just want better thing. but when I heard about HD DVD, it seems like it's better than dvd but worse than BD.
DVD<HD DVD<BD

mfinochio · 10-06-2007, 01:37 AM

If you ask the HD-DVD crowd, we are either fools or Sony shills. I want the best visual medium to watch movies. HD-DVD could not offer me what Blu Ray does. That and I have an intense dislike for the "A"man and the other so called insiders in other forums.
Michael

mdm1699 · 10-06-2007, 01:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by undertow1141

reguardless of race or economic class all it takes to be an early adopter in the HD video market is to be a Videophile.

I am one thru and thru, I want video that is almost more real than real life.

I second that. I love music and audio as well. I can't even enjoy the theaters anymore, even DLP projection. Sad but true.

Kristin Simard · 10-06-2007, 02:10 AM

I am not really a videophile. I like films. I would much rather have a home theatre with 35mm, 70mm and DLP projection systems but can't afford that. Never will. I'd need a nice projectionist, too, in that scenario.

So a 40 inch 1800p Bravia is a substitute. (But I'd like to do some upgrading soon, especially in the sound department....)

I really don't like going out to films much any more. I prefer the privacy of a HTS. I can choose who sits next to me. I can choose when I see the film. I can stop, replay a section, analyze a sequence, etc. When I have seen a film many times, I can simply program the sections I want to see again and forget the rest.

I'm more interested in what's on the screen and what I hear than the technical stuff that goes into it.

Cool?

Cool

buckshot · 10-06-2007, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob71

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People who post 7000 posts on AVS in 6 months. Oh wait, they are compensating.

ya. but we don't see any of that here

DrinkMore · 10-06-2007, 02:29 AM

Not a videophile either, but I love watching movies. So, I figured that if I am going to do that, I might as well have the best hardware to do it right? I picked Blu after research and talking. Second quarter this year is when I picked up my PS3 - actually the day the firmware came out for it to allow upscaling!

Been happy ever since

matthewrounds · 10-06-2007, 02:58 AM

Hmm, I want to introduce myself as a fresh out of college engineer with a love for HD, and extra cash to spend. I just cannot imagine watching SD movies ever again. I will do it on occasion, for example Blades of Glory and probably Transformers. This is not a cheap hobby, I mean $20-$30 per movie is quite high, but I have never really been apart of anything innovative or groundbreaking so this is it for me. I wonder how I will do when the next generation media is available.

Maxell · 10-06-2007, 04:28 AM

I wanted a next-gen system combined with the next-gen video. I trust Sony is gaming way more than Microsoft, so a PS3 was the easy answer.

kiskiboy97 · 10-06-2007, 04:43 AM

I was an early adopter of DVD (bought my first title, Total Recall, before I even had a player). Heck, I knew what AC-3 was before my then-local high-end shop did. I love movies, I love collecting them, and watching them in the best possible format. I'm 28, a college grad, and newly married.

I recently adopted Blu-ray. I did my homework first and chose Blu-ray because I feel it will not only win, but that it deserves to based on its superior specs. I'm still aggravated that I won't be getting Transformers though...

DrinkMore · 10-06-2007, 03:54 PM

Interesting age group here.

I myself am 28. Seeing quite a few 25ish - 30ish

D1-2005 · 10-06-2007, 04:07 PM

im 26, i bought a ps2 at launch, and a dvd player when the prices came down. i make decent money now so this time around i could afford not to wait.

jorg · 10-06-2007, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsteinhauer

Many of the profiles here don't yield much information. I'm not really an early adopter myself, I just jumped on the bandwagon this summer, and it's more about getting the most out of my new home theater at reasonable expense than the BD/HD war. I have both types of players, and I'm not a gamer, but I hope HDDVD goes away.

Anyway, y'all spend a lot of time and money on this "hobby". Are you young, old, professional, students, wealthy, scraping by, white or African or Asian or other...? It's an expensive hobby, by the way.

I'm interested, because I want to correlate your opinions about technology, marketing, consumers, Americans and new movies and old movies with a little bit of demographics. It's not important; its just interesting. None of my close associates, that I know of, are remotely interested in television, home theater or associated topics, but none of them are interested in parrots and homebrewing either. My family could never afford to participate in this.

acording to sony most early adoptors are 35 year old mals with familys and ssucure jobs that have money to spend. but that is actrualy consumer buying stuff and is normaly correct, of course this is the day and age of the internet were most young pople use the internet and are aslo more comenly more informed, so u will find with this site is its mostly 25 year olds and around there.

Xerious · 10-06-2007, 04:36 PM

I turn 27 next week... I've been an "early adopter" since the PS1

supersix4 · 10-06-2007, 04:40 PM

just turned 20 right here

lokus · 10-06-2007, 04:44 PM

I purchased my PS3 a few months back (still waiting on those dang free movies

). I'm 25 and absolutely love movies when I have the time for them. The only reason I love going to the movie theatre is for the sound and huge screen. While I only have a Toshiba (yea, I know just don't make fun of me) 52inch and currently can't run surround sound b/c I live in an apt with my fiance, I do appreciate the quality that is going into these movies. When I watch a movie I want to feel immersed in the movie for the roughly 2 hours +/- that I'm watching it for. I want to be taken away from reality into the world of the movie I'm watching. I feel this can be accomplished best by a nice big screen, amazing audio and pristine picture quality.

10-06-2007, 12:15 AM	#1
jsteinhauer Gaming Moderator Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray reviews:120 Trading Score:66	So What Kind of People Are Early Adopters? Many of the profiles here don't yield much information. I'm not really an early adopter myself, I just jumped on the bandwagon this summer, and it's more about getting the most out of my new home theater at reasonable expense than the BD/HD war. I have both types of players, and I'm not a gamer, but I hope HDDVD goes away. Anyway, y'all spend a lot of time and money on this "hobby". Are you young, old, professional, students, wealthy, scraping by, white or African or Asian or other...? It's an expensive hobby, by the way. I'm interested, because I want to correlate your opinions about technology, marketing, consumers, Americans and new movies and old movies with a little bit of demographics. It's not important; its just interesting. None of my close associates, that I know of, are remotely interested in television, home theater or associated topics, but none of them are interested in parrots and homebrewing either. My family could never afford to participate in this.

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10-06-2007, 12:19 AM	#2
undertow1141 Active Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Mentone, CA	reguardless of race or economic class all it takes to be an early adopter in the HD video market is to be a Videophile. I am one thru and thru, I want video that is almost more real than real life.

10-06-2007, 12:51 AM	#3
buckshot Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2007 Location:san die ego Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:9	neurotic, obsessive compulsive (MY HANDS CAN'T STAY CLEAN), and a lot of us are sarcastic know-it-alls. i happen to be a %@$ year old ^%#@ who makes around %$#@%&%^ a year and enjoys %^$%^$%^#$^)%@!##$% hahahah that is when i'm not $%#!()#$(%)$()#()# thats an inside joke. you wouldn't get it. we're really no different than any other group of people. like car tuners or people who jack their trucks up (except we're not compensating for nature's practical jokes)

10-06-2007, 01:17 AM	#5
darkpoet25 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Indianapolis, IN Home Theater Gallery:45 4K collection:50 Blu-ray collection:297 Blu-ray reviews: 4	I happen to love movies of all kinds and when I got my PS3 and saw a huge difference on my brothers Sony 50" SXRD my jaw hit the floor. Ever since I've been addicted to Blu Ray. Just don't have the kind of money some on here do to support my habit. I'm 33 BTW.

10-06-2007, 01:36 AM	#6
w_tanoto Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Hatfield, UK / Jakarta, Indonesia Blu-ray collection:37 Blu-ray reviews:47	technology freak (like me). I have been the first to get PS2 (Japanese SCPH10000), Japanese PS3 (CECHA00). I just want better thing. but when I heard about HD DVD, it seems like it's better than dvd but worse than BD. DVD<HD DVD<BD

10-06-2007, 01:37 AM	#7
mfinochio Senior Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Flagstaff, Arizona Blu-ray collection:103 Trading Score:79	If you ask the HD-DVD crowd, we are either fools or Sony shills. I want the best visual medium to watch movies. HD-DVD could not offer me what Blu Ray does. That and I have an intense dislike for the "A"man and the other so called insiders in other forums. Michael

10-06-2007, 02:10 AM	#9
Kristin Simard Special Member Member since:Aug 2007	I am not really a videophile. I like films. I would much rather have a home theatre with 35mm, 70mm and DLP projection systems but can't afford that. Never will. I'd need a nice projectionist, too, in that scenario. So a 40 inch 1800p Bravia is a substitute. (But I'd like to do some upgrading soon, especially in the sound department....) I really don't like going out to films much any more. I prefer the privacy of a HTS. I can choose who sits next to me. I can choose when I see the film. I can stop, replay a section, analyze a sequence, etc. When I have seen a film many times, I can simply program the sections I want to see again and forget the rest. I'm more interested in what's on the screen and what I hear than the technical stuff that goes into it. Cool? Cool

10-06-2007, 02:29 AM	#11
DrinkMore Banned Member since:Apr 2007 Location:That's What She Said! Blu-ray collection:140 Blu-ray reviews:7 Trading Score:3	Not a videophile either, but I love watching movies. So, I figured that if I am going to do that, I might as well have the best hardware to do it right? I picked Blu after research and talking. Second quarter this year is when I picked up my PS3 - actually the day the firmware came out for it to allow upscaling! Been happy ever since

10-06-2007, 02:58 AM	#12
matthewrounds Expert Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:Tucson, AZ Home Theater Gallery:19 Blu-ray collection:52 Trading Score:21	Hmm, I want to introduce myself as a fresh out of college engineer with a love for HD, and extra cash to spend. I just cannot imagine watching SD movies ever again. I will do it on occasion, for example Blades of Glory and probably Transformers. This is not a cheap hobby, I mean $20-$30 per movie is quite high, but I have never really been apart of anything innovative or groundbreaking so this is it for me. I wonder how I will do when the next generation media is available.

10-06-2007, 04:28 AM	#13
Maxell Expert Member Member since:Aug 2007	I wanted a next-gen system combined with the next-gen video. I trust Sony is gaming way more than Microsoft, so a PS3 was the easy answer.

10-06-2007, 04:43 AM	#14
kiskiboy97 Blu-ray reviewer Top contributor Member since:Sep 2007 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:2	I was an early adopter of DVD (bought my first title, Total Recall, before I even had a player). Heck, I knew what AC-3 was before my then-local high-end shop did. I love movies, I love collecting them, and watching them in the best possible format. I'm 28, a college grad, and newly married. I recently adopted Blu-ray. I did my homework first and chose Blu-ray because I feel it will not only win, but that it deserves to based on its superior specs. I'm still aggravated that I won't be getting Transformers though...

10-06-2007, 03:54 PM	#15
DrinkMore Banned Member since:Apr 2007 Location:That's What She Said! Blu-ray collection:140 Blu-ray reviews:7 Trading Score:3	Interesting age group here. I myself am 28. Seeing quite a few 25ish - 30ish

10-06-2007, 04:07 PM	#16
D1-2005 Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Kansas City Home Theater Gallery:12 4K collection:20 Blu-ray collection:298	im 26, i bought a ps2 at launch, and a dvd player when the prices came down. i make decent money now so this time around i could afford not to wait.

10-06-2007, 04:36 PM	#18
Xerious Special Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Washington, DC Blu-ray collection:238 Blu-ray reviews:4	I turn 27 next week... I've been an "early adopter" since the PS1

10-06-2007, 04:40 PM	#19
supersix4 Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray collection:572 Blu-ray reviews: 53 Trading Score:3	just turned 20 right here

10-06-2007, 04:44 PM	#20
lokus Senior Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Marlton, NJ Blu-ray collection:72	I purchased my PS3 a few months back (still waiting on those dang free movies ). I'm 25 and absolutely love movies when I have the time for them. The only reason I love going to the movie theatre is for the sound and huge screen. While I only have a Toshiba (yea, I know just don't make fun of me) 52inch and currently can't run surround sound b/c I live in an apt with my fiance, I do appreciate the quality that is going into these movies. When I watch a movie I want to feel immersed in the movie for the roughly 2 hours +/- that I'm watching it for. I want to be taken away from reality into the world of the movie I'm watching. I feel this can be accomplished best by a nice big screen, amazing audio and pristine picture quality.

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