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Originally Posted by rixrex
I agree that equivalency in number of titles and disregarding what titles they are is not a useful comparison. Why would I want to buy a format that has 400 titles with 75% baloney, vs a format that has 400 titles with 75% good stuff. I'm not saying either BD or HD is 75% bad titles, but that the comparison used isn't so fabulous.
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I intentionally left title comparisons out because it is a highly subjective point, and not one which I can base any sort of real recommendation on.
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Also, I don't like the vagueries in his source material descriptions. He uses percentages from the Fall HDTV studies, and the studies are "of our membership and visitors on a periodic basis", definitely too indistinct and non-specific as to survey make-up. No use of empirical methodology and easily could be skewed all sorts of ways.
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The surveys are ongoing and data is scheduled for publication in December. the respondents from the survey come from casual site visitors, forums, etc ... so a good mix of HDTV enthusiasts.
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I find this to be a distasteful acceptance of graft and anti-competition trust-building. It's not how business is done in any sort of business that has to answer to regulatory agencies ...
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Why don't you do a little digging and find our why Fox and Disney support Blu-ray.
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This writer may be a "Chief Technologist" but he's definitely not a business nor marketing analyst.
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And I never claimed to be, but I am aware of how these relationships (on both sides) were established.
Thank you for taking the time for such a detailed reply,
- Shane Sturgeon