BroadcastEngineering: Don’t expect the resolution of the format war for the future of high-def disc players to propel consumers to buy a Blu-ray disc player anytime soon.
According to the results of a Harris Poll of 2529 U.S. adults released last week, even though 23 percent of respondents said they had been waiting for the rivalry between HD DVD and Blu-ray to playout before buying, as of April — when the poll was taken — they had not acted.
The Harris Poll found just 9 percent of non-Blu-ray owners say they are likely to buy a Blu-ray Disc player within the next year, despite being aware that it’s considered to be the definitive technology for high-definition DVD players going forward.
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