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Streaming Movies May Threaten to Kill Blu-Ray Discs
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Posted On :
Sep-02-2010
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This article is about different substitutes that compete with Blu-ray players. Can the sale of Blu-ray movies and player compete with streaming videos and 3D media?
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If you’re like many other TV owners, you may already have your TV connected to your high speed Internet connection or maybe you’re considering a new HDTV with built-in networking so you can make the connection. Streaming movies from services like Netflix, Amazon, Blockbuster and others are becoming popular ways to watch movies on your “connected” TV without having to deal with the trouble of returning discs to the rental service. Most streaming services don’t offer 1080p video and many don’t have the very latest movies but we still wondered if the growing popularity of steaming services might be affecting consumers’ interest in purchasing Blu-ray players.
So Many Connected TVs
We were surprised to see a high number of respondents say their TVs were connected to the Internet. They might have them connected through game consoles, set top boxes, computers or something else but over 22% said they had a connection. Another 25% said their TVs weren’t connected but they would like them to be. With such a large number of potential movie “streamers” you’d think many would prefer to stream than to Blu-ray and as turns out many would but many still want Blu-ray.
Strong Interest in Streaming
Over 50% or respondents said they either stream movies now or would like to stream movies. With lots of connected TVs and lots of interest in streaming movies will we see distribution of movies on Blu-ray discs begin to fall off?
Interest Also Strong for Blu-ray Players
Good news for the Blu-ray industry! It doesn’t look like Blu-ray has anything to worry about just yet as far as steaming movies are concerned. The study found a tiny percentage of respondents who said they were going to stream movies instead of buying a Blu-ray player while almost 50% of respondents said they were planning on buying a Blu-ray player or were considering buying one this year.
Is 3D Hurting Blu-ray Sales?
It doesn’t look like 3D will hurt Blu-ray sales in fact, it looks like 3D could be a good thing for Blu-ray with 10% of respondents saying they were planning on buying a 3D Blu-ray player while only 12% said they were waiting for 3D before buying a Blu-ray player.
Conclusion
To answer our original question about streaming movies hurting Blu-ray sales, we say streaming doesn’t look like a threat at the moment but it’s something we’ll be watching as connected TVs become more popular and streaming services start offering recently released movies in high definition.
About Retrevo Pulse Report
The Retrevo Pulse Report is an ongoing study of people and electronics from the consumer electronics shopping and review site Retrevo.com. The data for this report came from a study of online individuals (non-Retrevo users) conducted by an independent panel. The sample size was over 1,000 distributed across gender, age, income and location in the United States. Most responses have a confidence interval of 4% at a 95% confidence level.
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Article Source :
http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Streaming Movies May Threaten to Kill Blu-Ray Discs_31509.aspx
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Author Resource :
Andrew Eisner, Retrevo's director of community and content and resident hard core gadget enthusiast. Eisner comes to Retrevo from the world of computer journalism. To find more information, see LCD TV and Plasma TV.
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Keywords :
blu-ray player, streaming, hdtv, netflix, blockbuster, 3D,
Category :
Product Reviews
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Consumer Electronics
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