The old DVD versus VHS argument

[jw]

Whats the point? DVD does look better than VHS, hands down. The average consumer perfers DVD over VHS, thats why they are no longer produced. DVD looks better on a 480p tv than a VHS does, Thats what sold the format.Persuading a person with less than a 1080p HDTV to upgrade to blu-ray remains a challenge as there is no advantage there to them.
For one its definitely not future proof, as thats what they said about DVD and look we now have blu-ray. Second, there are people, rural people who dont have access to cable and dont understand the "HDTV" hype The DTV transition has definitely helped get more HDTV's into homes, but getting them to purchase a BD player or even and upscaling DVD player still remains an obstacle.
We all joke about Wal-Mart, but jokes aside they have a very successful distribution network that spans to very rural areas. Its crucial to get them behind the format as they reach a vast majority of customers who dont have blu-ray in their homes and are the ones very important to increasing that 10-12%sales number vs DVD.
We(blu-ray) represent a very small minority of movie purchasers vs DVD unfortunately. We keep kicking and making great movies, we get more supporters.Its a very tedious WIP as Rome wasnt built in a day. Gotta remember also, with DVD they didnt do much but slap it on a disc and sell it. With blu-ray everything must be re-mastered.

DVD and Blu-ray Disc purchases and rentals combined represent 88% of consumer spending on home entertainment, based on NPD’s results from a March 2009 survey. Breaking down consumer preferences, 63% of spending was on standard-definition DVD purchases; 18% DVD/Blu-ray rentals; 9% cable/satellite video-on-demand; 7% Blu-ray purchases and 3% Web-based downloads and online streaming.
The average survey respondent spent $25 each month on physical and digital home entertainment products.
NPD declined to compare this study with 2008 results because the company did not track Blu-ray sales and rentals a year ago.
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