Even though about 80% of game consoles are capable of some sort of movie play back (discs or downloads), only 13% are used as such. of that 13%, 74% is used to watch DVDs.
Not encouraging for any next gen format depending on game consoles.
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Topic - Only 13% of game consoles are used for viewing movies - Jack G 13:16:36 07/01/07 (43)
- Have you tried it? - richardl 16:39:22 07/02/07 (2)
- I used PS/2 as my DVD player for years - 4season 17:02:02 07/02/07 (1)
- Surprised Then You Are Interested In HD PQ - Robertc88 07:54:28 07/05/07 (0)
- The PS3 will change that NT - Jazz Inmate 15:20:23 07/02/07 (1)
- Not by much - Jack G 06:16:22 07/07/07 (0)
- RE: Only 13% of game consoles are used for viewing movies - 4season 16:03:56 07/01/07 (37)
- Using statistics to make bad assumptions - racerguy 19:59:13 07/01/07 (36)
- Indeed, PSP sold 7.4M as of April 07 yet UMD movie sales are dead in N.A. - 4season 19:49:54 07/02/07 (0)
- Well, this thread kicked off with statistics about the entire installed base of game consoles - Jazz Inmate 15:34:35 07/02/07 (34)
- RE: Well, this thread kicked off with statistics about the entire installed base of game consoles - racerguy 15:53:14 07/02/07 (33)
- RE: Well, this thread kicked off with statistics about the entire installed base of game consoles - Jazz Inmate 17:32:46 07/02/07 (32)
- RE: Well, this thread kicked off with statistics about the entire installed base of game consoles - racerguy 18:18:24 07/02/07 (31)
- RE: Well, this thread kicked off with statistics about the entire installed base of game consoles - Jazz Inmate 21:41:03 07/02/07 (7)
- RE: Well, this thread kicked off with statistics about the entire installed base of game consoles - racerguy 07:12:10 07/03/07 (6)
- RE: Well, this thread kicked off with statistics about the entire installed base of game consoles - Jazz Inmate 15:32:01 07/03/07 (5)
- RE: Well, this thread kicked off with statistics about the entire installed base of game consoles - racerguy 18:11:19 07/03/07 (4)
- RE: Well, this thread kicked off with statistics about the entire installed base of game consoles - Jazz Inmate 14:24:37 07/05/07 (3)
- RE: Well, this thread kicked off with statistics about the entire installed base of game consoles - Jack G 04:45:41 07/06/07 (2)
- RE: Well, this thread kicked off with statistics about the entire installed base of game consoles - Jazz Inmate 16:23:34 07/06/07 (1)
- RE: Well, this thread kicked off with statistics about the entire installed base of game consoles - Jack G 06:30:58 07/07/07 (0)
- "Technological prowess and impressive spec sheets" means greater potential for best AQ and PQ... - oscar 18:51:04 07/02/07 (22)
- That's the theory, practice is another matter - Jack G 05:27:57 07/03/07 (5)
- "Black Snake Moan" uses the same AVC-1 encode for both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD so I expect them to have the same PQ - oscar 08:15:08 07/03/07 (4)
- BTW, about Paramount. - Jack G 15:09:36 07/08/07 (0)
- Not really. You missed my point - Jack G 08:56:16 07/03/07 (2)
- I'll reserve judgement on BSM and I'm not likely to waste my money to find out. - oscar 14:39:53 07/03/07 (1)
- RE: I'll reserve judgement on BSM and I'm not likely to waste my money to find out. - Jack G 05:01:58 07/06/07 (0)
- Yeah - racerguy 18:56:08 07/02/07 (15)
- i'm not exactly brimming with optimism that Blu-Ray will achieve mass-market success. - oscar 19:30:23 07/02/07 (14)
- I suspect it will interfere about as much as DVD-A and SACD interfered with each other (nt) - racerguy 19:31:55 07/02/07 (13)
- MP3s and Ipods killed SACD/DVD-A; what's the equivalent for video ? nt - oscar 19:50:22 07/02/07 (12)
- Lack of interest killed SACD/DVD-A - Jack G 05:31:06 07/03/07 (4)
- Lack Of Marketing And Availability Of Product On Shelves - Robertc88 06:55:55 07/05/07 (0)
- SACD still rules the music scene in my household.... - oscar 07:57:12 07/03/07 (2)
- Hey, its a boon for the classical music lover - Jack G 08:59:04 07/03/07 (1)
- Heck.... there's already more Classical titles then I have time to play.... - oscar 17:41:49 07/03/07 (0)
- HD On-Demand from cable/sat, most likely (nt) - racerguy 19:51:54 07/02/07 (6)
- I'd say Podcasts and downloadable movies - Jazz Inmate 21:24:56 07/02/07 (2)
- I disagree - racerguy 07:32:29 07/03/07 (1)
- Hope you're right. Time will tell NT - Jazz Inmate 15:44:32 07/03/07 (0)
- True... but I like my movies available for playback anytime I want without accessing an outside server.... - oscar 20:27:18 07/02/07 (2)
- HD DVRs make it possible... - racerguy 07:30:40 07/03/07 (0)
- I agree (nt) - Jack G 07:11:49 07/03/07 (0)