HD DVD drives owned by almost one in four Japanese
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With the demise of HD DVD in February 2008 as a format for recorded media, ths recent suvery from goo Research reported on by japan.internet.com into video devices showed some surprising results.
Demographics
Between the 27th and 30th of November 2008 1,081 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.6% of the sample were male, 16.3% in their teens, 18.3% in their thrties, 21.6% in their thirties, 16.2% in their forties, 15.7% in their fifties, and 11.9% aged sixty or older.
I really do find the HD DVD drive ownership stunningly high! It would be interesting to investigate exactly why, and whether or not these drives are still in use or just gathering dust.
Do any of my readers have HD DVDs, and if so, how do you find it?
Research results
Q1: Do you know about Blu-ray? (Sample size=1,081)
Yes 72.8% Just heard the term 24.2% Don’t know anything 3.0% Q2: Do you know about HD DVD? (Sample size=1,081)
Yes 67.8% Just heard the term 24.7% Don’t know anything 7.5% Q3: Which of the following movie recording and playback devices do you have? (Sample size=1,081, multiple answer)
Votes Percentage VHS video recorder 735 68.0% DVD player (including games machines) 718 66.4% Hard disk and DVD recorder/player 390 36.0% Hard disk only recorder/player 133 12.3% Blu-ray recorder/player (including games machines) 68 6.3% HD DVD recorder/player (including games machines) 37 3.4% None of the above 48 4.4% Don’t know 9 0.8% Q4: Do you have a Blu-ray or HD DVD computer drive? (Sample size=1,081)
Neither 63.1% HD DVD drive 23.6% Blu-ray drive 1.6% Both 0.8% Don’t have a computer 1.3% Don’t know 9.6%
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I think the HD DVD computer drive is an error.
I don’t think many computers were ever manufactured with a proper HD DVD drive in them. Toshiba made some.
The responders are probably confusing it with a regular DVD drive.