General public aware of Blu-ray? More than some think - Blu-ray Forum

Manco · 09-20-2007, 03:04 PM

Age <35: PS3/XBOX/iPod generation, seem to be in the know about, have disposable income to spend on HDM.

Age >35: largely clueless, busy raising families, over-mortgaged on credit card debt and can't afford right now anyway.

jaymzbo · 09-20-2007, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Manco

Age >35: largely clueless

Being over 35 I find this comment to be "LARGELY CLUELESS"

Joe Cain · 09-20-2007, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by jaymzbo

Being over 35 I find this comment to be "LARGELY CLUELESS"

+1
Busy raising a family here, as well...

raginranger · 09-20-2007, 03:17 PM

I think Being over 50 would be a more accurate comment. Example, my grandparents have a VCR hooked up to a 50" plasma. They also send SD cable to the tv, no HD

Manco · 09-20-2007, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jaymzbo

Being over 35 I find this comment to be "LARGELY CLUELESS"

Being 43 I can tell you my large circle of friends in the same age group are clueless about Blu-ray right now. They are more worried about how to make their next mortgage payment and pay for their kids college. "Getting into Blu-ray" is the farthest thing from their minds. You and I are in the very small percentage of people in this age bracket that find this "cool" at them moment. They are completely indifferent to the matter. And talk about the format war, they could care less about Blu-ray v. HD-DVD.

You may not agree with my opinion, but I'm just telling facts from real life experience.

jaymzbo · 09-20-2007, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Manco

Being 43 I can tell you my large circle of friends in the same age group are clueless about Blu-ray right now. They are more worried about how to make their next mortgage payment and pay for their kids college. "Getting into Blu-ray" is the farthest thing from their minds. You and I are in the very small percentage of people in this age bracket that find this "cool" at them moment. They are completely indifferent to the matter. And talk about the format war, they could care less about Blu-ray v. HD-DVD.

You may not agree with my opinion, but I'm just telling facts from real life experience.

Point taken and from my experience with the people I know, the indifference seems to run across generations. I just felt like I was being stereotyped with your earlier comment and am glad you took the time to clarify.

Sorry to hijack thread

lch · 09-20-2007, 03:32 PM

i think many of the public doesn't know ps3 is a blu-ray movie player even when they have 1 sitting right in their living room.

Manco · 09-20-2007, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by jaymzbo

Point taken and from my experience with the people I know, the indifference seems to run across generations. I just felt like I was being stereotyped with your earlier comment and am glad you took the time to clarify.

Sorry to hijack thread

No problem. I understand where you are coming from. My fault for using wrong language.

I just want the forum to know that there is a big generaion gap right now in HDM adoption and the PS3/XBOX gen really "gets it". Seems the 40 crowd is big on getting massive plasmas in their homes but it stops right there. You start taking about Blu-ray and I get the dumb "deer caught in the headlights" looking back at me. I just want to clock my friends over the head. They just don't get it.

Snowgod · 09-20-2007, 03:47 PM

Most of the people I know who have a dedicated Home Theater are well over the clueless age mentioned above.

EuLoGY · 09-20-2007, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jaymzbo

Being over 35 I find this comment to be "LARGELY CLUELESS"

Being under 35 I find it hilarious being that im not over mortgaged and have a growing BD library, and all the goodies that go with a HD set up! But everyones entitled to their own opinion, however clueless it may be hahahha

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09-20-2007, 03:04 PM	#1
Manco Special Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Tucumcari	Age <35: PS3/XBOX/iPod generation, seem to be in the know about, have disposable income to spend on HDM. Age >35: largely clueless, busy raising families, over-mortgaged on credit card debt and can't afford right now anyway.

09-20-2007, 03:17 PM	#4
raginranger Senior Member Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:5	I think Being over 50 would be a more accurate comment. Example, my grandparents have a VCR hooked up to a 50" plasma. They also send SD cable to the tv, no HD

09-20-2007, 03:32 PM	#7
lch Senior Member Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:103 Blu-ray collection:813 Blu-ray reviews:1	i think many of the public doesn't know ps3 is a blu-ray movie player even when they have 1 sitting right in their living room.

09-20-2007, 03:47 PM	#9
Snowgod Active Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Central NH	Most of the people I know who have a dedicated Home Theater are well over the clueless age mentioned above.

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