Netflix sees stronger loyalty for HD DVD than Blu-ray: report

Iria · Oct 8, 2007, 04:17 PM

Source: TG Daily
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According to a new Internet tracking report, although Netflix's Blu-ray pages receive more hits, users are more likely to set HD DVD as their preferred format.

Compete.com tracked user activity on Netflix for the months of June through August and found on average that Blu-ray titles received around 31,000 unique viewers per month. HD DVD, meanwhile, only raked in around 17,000 viewers.

mike2h · Oct 8, 2007, 10:06 PM

you could skew this info to mean any number of things. without the actual rental numbers doesnt really mean much.

Customgamer1 · Oct 9, 2007, 01:38 AM

While you can say anything you want without numbers like you said. At least if anything maybe Netflix is on the good side! Maybe since blockbuster made the bad choice of going blu-ray only in stores they are in favor of HD-DVD.

Or maybe HD-DVD really is doing better with the number 1 online movie rental service!

Necrosis · Oct 9, 2007, 05:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike2h

you could skew this info to mean any number of things. without the actual rental numbers doesnt really mean much.

Nothing personal Mike but you "Blu-Ray" boys always have to make some snide comment. While the HD DVD folks here didn't ever touch this.

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/news/146...r-players.html

I believe my point has been made.

mike2h · Oct 9, 2007, 06:11 AM

there was nothing snide about it. it was a plain observation that didnt favor either side. you are the one that just had to come up with someting negative.
very, very few if any of my posts have been 100% on blu -ray. i happen to own a ps3 & some bd movies. i think(dont know for sure) that bd is probably going to come out better of than the hd-dvd camp.
almost all of my posts on these matters have been concerning the fallacies of saying that competition is good for the consumers vhs& dvd have both proved this idea wrong for this area.
what i am getting tired of is hd-dvd fanboys always trying to turn my opinions into some sort of fanboy post. i never have posted that blue ray is inherently superior to hddvd, in fact my opinion about the possibility of bd winning out has everything to do with the companies behind it & not the format itself. believe i have alluded to this before.
the only 2 real differences between the 2 formats is that hddvd has more extras(wich i personally have no interest in) & bd has more room. i believe there are some differences in audio codecs utilised but these are insignificant imo at this time.
in fact i have stated before that i just want someone(either) to win. while i would prefer it to be bd i can deal with hddvd to. its not like with over $10,000 into my surround setup spending $400-500 on a quality hd player is going to hurt my feelings to much. & if this idiotic competition goes on for more than another 18 months or so ill probably be doing it anyway.
so please, in the future save your snide fanboyish comments for somebody that is actually a bd fanboy.

mike2h · Oct 9, 2007, 06:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Customgamer1

While you can say anything you want without numbers like you said. At least if anything maybe Netflix is on the good side! Maybe since blockbuster made the bad choice of going blu-ray only in stores they are in favor of HD-DVD.

Or maybe HD-DVD really is doing better with the number 1 online movie rental service!

you proved my point.

Necrosis · Oct 9, 2007, 06:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike2h

there was nothing snide about it. it was a plain observation that didnt favor either side. you are the one that just had to come up with someting negative. very, very few if any of my posts have been 100% on blu -ray. in fact i have stated before that i just want someone(either) to win. so please, in the future save your snide fanboyish comments for somebody that is actually a bd fanboy.

You say you're not a fan boy but you "had" to make a comment on this.

The very fact you get all defensive proves it.

Here is another example:

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike2h

while hd dvd has some cool features(& the cool part is debatable) over blu ray, this aint one of em. pretty lame imo. pretty soon they will be forcing you to watch commercials before the movie.

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/news/146...-catalogs.html

I'm not sure how I can prove I'm not a fanboy. There is no link I can share, or comments I can provide. I know I'm not a fan boy though you'll say I am. So I'll post the receipt for my Asus BC-1205PT. As they say action speaks louder than words.

mike2h · Oct 9, 2007, 07:44 AM

because i make a non partisan comment about some posted 'stats' from netflix(the netflix part being what attracted me in the 1st place as i belong) that means im a 'fanboy'. guess that applies to everyone that responds to any post that mentions bd &/or hddvd?

my defensiveness was in response to your silly snide/fanboy' comment.

& you pretty much proved my point & cant even see it. I stated that hddvd has some feature OVER hddvd. the debatable part is that i think most peeps aint going to use them jmo. i have stated this another post. i also stated that i thought this new feature was 'lame imo' -not that it was an absolute but that for me it was silly. there is nothing in that statement that can be construed as me saying that bd was better than hddvd.
so the bottom line here is that according to you, anybody that posts anything in any thread that mentions bd &/or hddvd & doesnt praise the virtues of hvdvd then they are a bd fanboy. further, if these same people respond to idiotic acusations that they are saying bd is better & that they are making snide comments - even though they have done neither- then they are automatically fanboys.
get a clue please & actually read what my 1st post said, what my 2nd post said, & the quote you think proves im some sort of fanboy.
the fact that you responded the way you did to my intial post speaks volumes. but im not sure if you get that either.

mike2h · Oct 9, 2007, 07:47 AM

anywyay this is news forum. if you wish to continue this silly discussion(i dont see the point) either pm me or post it elsewhere & let me know. ty.

Paradox Enigma · Oct 9, 2007, 03:32 PM

I'm dropping Blockbuster Online because they only offer Blu-ray. Netflix offers both!

I just got HD-DVD (because it's much more affordable right now), but I plan to get a Blu-ray player once those 'killer apps' come out, and the player prices drop a little bit more. I've already got a hi-def video/audio switcher in place with a spare input channel.

Necrosis · Oct 9, 2007, 09:18 PM

I don't have to even both to re-read your posts Mike. It's the totally scope & content of your posts in regards to HD DVD & Blu-Ray. Whenever there is even the slighest postive post about HD DVD you HAVE to comment on it. Those comments 98% of the time are negative. You just say what you will, and believe what you believe. I'll be enjoying both formats in the mean time.

mike2h · Oct 9, 2007, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paradox Enigma

I'm dropping Blockbuster Online because they only offer Blu-ray. Netflix offers both!

I just got HD-DVD (because it's much more affordable right now), but I plan to get a Blu-ray player once those 'killer apps' come out, and the player prices drop a little bit more. I've already got a hi-def video/audio switcher in place with a spare input channel.

i think blockbuster might have made a mistake on that one. main reason l went with netflix - keep my options open.
the whole having 2 formats & the possibility of buying 2 different players really needs to go away, one of the 2 main reasons(the other being price staying high ) this so-called competition needs to end - either way.
my new marantz 8001 has built in hdmi switching really happy with it. i can input 4 hdmi & output 2 hdmi. so im covered if i end up having to buy hddvd down the road.

mike2h · Oct 9, 2007, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Necrosis

I don't have to even both to re-read your posts Mike. It's the totally scope & content of your posts in regards to HD DVD & Blu-Ray. Whenever there is even the slighest postive post about HD DVD you HAVE to comment on it. Those comments 98% of the time are negative. You just say what you will, and believe what you believe. I'll be enjoying both formats in the mean time.

lmao. please show me were 98% of my comments are negative about hddvd as a format. i stated an opinion that i thought the new feature for being able to buy stuff online is silly. has nothing to do with the format itself. i have also ststed that i personally dont have any use for the extras that hddvd offers over bd(i dont even use the bd 'extras'). still doesnt mean hddvd is bad. anybody with any sense(wich you seem to have lost when it come to any discussion that involves bd/hdvd) has to have respect for the other format if they like either one. becuase the bottom line is they do exactly the same thing. neither one has superior sound & pic quality over the other & that is what it is all about.
the fact that you are unwilling to actually read my posts(while more than willing to make silly accusations) & either incapable or refuse to understand what i post is kinda pathetic.
can you please tell me what was snide & negative about my 1st post in this thread? i made a simple comment that without numbers of sales anybody could make those numbers mean anything. they could be made to favor either camp. how is that snide or negative about hddvd?
so i really want to see the 98% of posts i have done about either format, that say hddvd is a bad format. can you come up with one? you cant cause i have never said it is, becuase i dont think that. of course if you bothered to actually read my posts you would know that.

mike2h · Oct 9, 2007, 10:12 PM

& im sorry mig, i will no longer respond to this particular 'discussion'

**MIG-31** · Oct 9, 2007, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike2h

& im sorry mig, i will no longer respond to this particular 'discussion'

eh ??

I presume you noticed me looking..i was not going to say anything.

mike2h · Oct 10, 2007, 01:49 AM

lol. yeh didnt want to continue highjacking a news thread.

Oct 8, 2007, 04:17 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Netflix sees stronger loyalty for HD DVD than Blu-ray: report Source: TG Daily __________ According to a new Internet tracking report, although Netflix's Blu-ray pages receive more hits, users are more likely to set HD DVD as their preferred format. Compete.com tracked user activity on Netflix for the months of June through August and found on average that Blu-ray titles received around 31,000 unique viewers per month. HD DVD, meanwhile, only raked in around 17,000 viewers.

Oct 8, 2007, 10:06 PM	#2
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	you could skew this info to mean any number of things. without the actual rental numbers doesnt really mean much. __________________

Oct 9, 2007, 01:38 AM	#3
Customgamer1 Fell off the tech wagon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,273 Rep Power: 73 System Specs	While you can say anything you want without numbers like you said. At least if anything maybe Netflix is on the good side! Maybe since blockbuster made the bad choice of going blu-ray only in stores they are in favor of HD-DVD. Or maybe HD-DVD really is doing better with the number 1 online movie rental service! __________________ Asus Laptop: 2.5 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4gigs DDR 2, Windows 7 64bit! Windows 7 > OSX!

Oct 9, 2007, 06:11 AM	#5
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	there was nothing snide about it. it was a plain observation that didnt favor either side. you are the one that just had to come up with someting negative. very, very few if any of my posts have been 100% on blu -ray. i happen to own a ps3 & some bd movies. i think(dont know for sure) that bd is probably going to come out better of than the hd-dvd camp. almost all of my posts on these matters have been concerning the fallacies of saying that competition is good for the consumers vhs& dvd have both proved this idea wrong for this area. what i am getting tired of is hd-dvd fanboys always trying to turn my opinions into some sort of fanboy post. i never have posted that blue ray is inherently superior to hddvd, in fact my opinion about the possibility of bd winning out has everything to do with the companies behind it & not the format itself. believe i have alluded to this before. the only 2 real differences between the 2 formats is that hddvd has more extras(wich i personally have no interest in) & bd has more room. i believe there are some differences in audio codecs utilised but these are insignificant imo at this time. in fact i have stated before that i just want someone(either) to win. while i would prefer it to be bd i can deal with hddvd to. its not like with over $10,000 into my surround setup spending $400-500 on a quality hd player is going to hurt my feelings to much. & if this idiotic competition goes on for more than another 18 months or so ill probably be doing it anyway. so please, in the future save your snide fanboyish comments for somebody that is actually a bd fanboy. __________________ Last edited by mike2h; Oct 9, 2007 at 06:22 AM.

Oct 9, 2007, 07:44 AM	#8
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	because i make a non partisan comment about some posted 'stats' from netflix(the netflix part being what attracted me in the 1st place as i belong) that means im a 'fanboy'. guess that applies to everyone that responds to any post that mentions bd &/or hddvd? my defensiveness was in response to your silly snide/fanboy' comment. & you pretty much proved my point & cant even see it. I stated that hddvd has some feature OVER hddvd. the debatable part is that i think most peeps aint going to use them jmo. i have stated this another post. i also stated that i thought this new feature was 'lame imo' -not that it was an absolute but that for me it was silly. there is nothing in that statement that can be construed as me saying that bd was better than hddvd. so the bottom line here is that according to you, anybody that posts anything in any thread that mentions bd &/or hddvd & doesnt praise the virtues of hvdvd then they are a bd fanboy. further, if these same people respond to idiotic acusations that they are saying bd is better & that they are making snide comments - even though they have done neither- then they are automatically fanboys. get a clue please & actually read what my 1st post said, what my 2nd post said, & the quote you think proves im some sort of fanboy. the fact that you responded the way you did to my intial post speaks volumes. but im not sure if you get that either. __________________

Oct 9, 2007, 07:47 AM	#9
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	anywyay this is news forum. if you wish to continue this silly discussion(i dont see the point) either pm me or post it elsewhere & let me know. ty. __________________

Oct 9, 2007, 03:32 PM	#10
Paradox Enigma Lurker Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Planet Earth (I think) Posts: 126 Rep Power: 0	I'm dropping Blockbuster Online because they only offer Blu-ray. Netflix offers both! I just got HD-DVD (because it's much more affordable right now), but I plan to get a Blu-ray player once those 'killer apps' come out, and the player prices drop a little bit more. I've already got a hi-def video/audio switcher in place with a spare input channel. __________________ ...thread killer...

Oct 9, 2007, 09:18 PM	#11
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 129 System Specs	I don't have to even both to re-read your posts Mike. It's the totally scope & content of your posts in regards to HD DVD & Blu-Ray. Whenever there is even the slighest postive post about HD DVD you HAVE to comment on it. Those comments 98% of the time are negative. You just say what you will, and believe what you believe. I'll be enjoying both formats in the mean time.

Oct 9, 2007, 10:12 PM	#14
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	& im sorry mig, i will no longer respond to this particular 'discussion' __________________

Oct 10, 2007, 01:49 AM	#16
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	lol. yeh didnt want to continue highjacking a news thread. __________________