80%+ of the Japanese population want a Blu Ray player/Recorder ?

[Elandyll]

That's the interesting result of an online survey that gathered about 15.000 responses...

http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english...080404/150025/

[Slackr89]

japanese people are always on top of the very latest technology....i should've been born there

[john_1958]

Originally Posted by Elandyll

That's the interesting result of an online survey that gathered about 15.000 responses...

http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english...080404/150025/

yeah i want a recorder as well !
sure would boast blu-ray

[Neo65]

The japanese are lucky, they already have working solutions for burning their HD programming onto BD-RE. Here in N.A., we're still waiting for the powers to get this opencable thing running properly so the ce makers can give us the BD recorders.

[RustyK94]

It's an east asian sociological way of thinking that they don't vaule anything thats old in most cases.

Everything must be modern.

[Blu Titan]

Very wise of the Japanese population.

[RustyK94]

Originally Posted by BlueNeon

Very wise of the Japanese population.

Laserdisc was very big in japan to my knowledge

They also get the best releases in japan

I have a bridge to far in the post at the moment it was just shipped in today

Well worth it rather than waiting around forever

Next up im going to get eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

It's just out

[nycomet]

They will be the first to use direct brain implants to receive bio-streaming television and movie broadcasts.

[RustyK94]

Originally Posted by nycomet

They will be the first to use direct brain implants to receive bio-streaming television and movie broadcasts.

Well.... next up is holo TV

[PedoJuco]

That's like saying 100% of American population want a million dollars ofcourse they want a Blu-ray player

[RustyK94]

Originally Posted by PedoJuco

That's like saying 100% of American population want a million dollars ofcourse they want a Blu-ray player

Alot of ppl say blu-ray is not revolutionary as DvD. But who is going to care when you can buy a blu-ray player for a $100 which will happen sometime in the next 2 years.

[Dynamo of Eternia]

The thing to keep in mind though is that surveys aren't always accurate, particularly online surveys.

The people who are most likely to even vote in a Blu-Ray related survey are people who either have or are interested in the format. Most people who have no interest in it will likely not even bother going to the site to vote at all.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love it if these figures were accurate and I was proven wrong on this, but I'm just being realistic.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by RustyK94

It's an east asian sociological way of thinking that they don't vaule anything thats old in most cases.

Everything must be modern.

Er...uh...no disrespect, but that is 100% backward. The Japanese have ALLWAYS honored and valued tradition...architecture, food, art, music, clothing. They are leaders in advancement in technology, but valuing what is "OLD" is so much a part of their culture, that it allmost "IS" their culture.

[WickyWoo]

When it comes to technology, fads come and go sometimes in a week. They always like the new and shiny gadget

Recorders are very popular over there for some reason. There's ads for BD-Rs all over Akihabara. I'll post my pics of them if people are really interested

[Zyclone]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

When it comes to technology, fads come and go sometimes in a week. They always like the new and shiny gadget

Recorders are very popular over there for some reason. There's ads for BD-Rs all over Akihabara. I'll post my pics of them if people are really interested

i would'nt mind having a look at those ads if its not to much trouble to throw them up?

[ManUtd]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

When it comes to technology, fads come and go sometimes in a week. They always like the new and shiny gadget

Recorders are very popular over there for some reason. There's ads for BD-Rs all over Akihabara. I'll post my pics of them if people are really interested

I worked for a couple of years in Japan many moons ago and I frequented Akihabara in the weekends. Damn I miss that place.

[Nerdkiller likes BD]

I'm not so sure about how well BD recorders go in the US because of all the DVR's they have there. I mean, you know recordable DVD players, they are pretty popular over in Europe and Japan, but not in the USA. I'm pretty certain that there are many people on this forum that own a R-DVD player, but I don't think the general public has the players. In all honesty though, I want an R-BD player whenever I get a HDTV and a HD set top box.

[WriteSimply]

Originally Posted by nycomet

They will be the first to use direct brain implants to receive bio-streaming television and movie broadcasts.

Originally Posted by RustyK94

Well.... next up is holo TV

If you have read nycomet's post carefully, he's talking about brain implants. Meaning a direct link to your visual processing of your brain. If you have that, you don't even need eyes to see. So no need for holo TV. Everything you see in your brain is as good as reality. Imagine playing video games on that!

I'm not surprised by the survey of the Japanese. HD-DVD was a blip there and caused a minor degree of uncertainty. Now that BD has the lead, it won't be long till we get inundated with BD recorders.


fuad

[xwingsct]

Originally Posted by Nerdkiller likes BD

I'm not so sure about how well BD recorders go in the US because of all the DVR's they have there. I mean, you know recordable DVD players, they are pretty popular over in Europe and Japan, but not in the USA. I'm pretty certain that there are many people on this forum that own a R-DVD player, but I don't think the general public has the players. In all honesty though, I want an R-BD player whenever I get a HDTV and a HD set top box.

I never thought I'd like DVR but since I purchased SONY HDG500 DVR awhile back and I loved it. I even start watching TV again instead of just DVD.
I love where I don't have to look for the media that I recorded anymore.
When I'm done I just simply deleted it. Since I can record up to 60 hours on my DVR. one time I have the whole season of 24 on that thing. (I made sure that I have the whole season before I start watching it.)
I have Recordable DVD too but I mostly use it for tranferring home video from a camcorder.

[WickyWoo]

At the bottom it says "Welcome to the Maxell Hi-Vision (J term for HighDef) World"



The second one features a transfer service to BLu-ray+DVD+CD

'm not so sure about how well BD recorders go in the US because of all the DVR's they have there. I mean, you know recordable DVD players, they are pretty popular over in Europe and Japan, but not in the USA. I'm pretty certain that there are many people on this forum that own a R-DVD player, but I don't think the general public has the players. In all honesty though, I want an R-BD player whenever I get a HDTV and a HD set top box.

DVD-R is a very tiny market in the US. DVR has pretty much taken over everyone's taping needs

I 'm building my own, with an eye on adding BD-R to it when the prices on the discs come down to a few dollars apiece for archiving HD broadcasts of shows. Who knows how many bombs that I lovewill never make it out to Blu... You can fit 3 episodes (4 if you chop the commercials) on a 25GB disc.