Google Search Trends for HD DVD & Blu-Ray

[Iguana Man]

I wonder what we can extrapolate from these numbers?

Google trend data for HD DVD and Blu-Ray


A] Hollywood Backs Toshiba on HD DVD
NewsFactor Network - Nov 29 2004

B] Microsoft, Intel Back HD DVD
eWeek - Sep 27 2005

C] Toshiba to Sell HD DVD Players in US
Canton Daily Ledger - Jan 5 2006

D] HD DVD Develops
Digital Silence - Jan 8 2007

E] Blockbuster favors Blu-ray to HD DVD
MSNBC - Jun 18 2007

F] HD DVD for DreamWorks, Paramount
The West Australian - Aug 21 2007

[ganthc]

I'm not sure what to say about google searches on hd-dvd and blu-ray. If it doesn't translate into sales, I would say it doesn't really matter. Perhaps one side is more interested in news than the other.

[Iguana Man]

Originally Posted by ganthc

Perhaps one side is more interested in news than the other.

DING DING DING! We have a winner!

That's what I was thinking. If interested in news, it's kinda safe to say you are researching and if that's the case, HD DVD is of more 'interest'. To me that translates into a potential 'buying interest'.

For some reason I find it an interesting graph and since all the speculation provided here is clearly 2:1 in favor of HD DVD (Taxi gave me that stat, really. Honest. Uhmm, yep...he did) it seems to me HD DVD has far more interest than Blu-Ray and thus is the........WINNER!

Ok, I lied. I'm dog tired from this night shift work put me on and should probably go try and catch some zzzz's.

Thanks for the first reply to this thread Ganthc!

[ganthc]

Not sure how much interest = purchasing. I do a lot of web hits on the Jeep site looking at the new Jeeps out there, but that doesn't mean I'm in the market to buy one. It's not always about research, as a lot of those hits might be hd-dvd fans looking for new stories on hd-dvd, and ditto for blu-ray fans on bd.