Hmm... this does sound logical; now that Blockbuster, the most prominent brick & mortar rental store, has gone only 1 format, it makes sense that those wanting HD-DVD mostly have no other place to turn to other than Netflix.
But the argument that people tend to rent more than they buy seems to make sense, too, especially when prices are so high for the discs.
Another stat that would be interesting to see is this: Of all the rental stores that rent out next-gen DVDs, which is more popular overall, Blu-Ray or HD-DVD? I suppose for right now that question would mean "Does Blockbuster rent more Blu-ray discs than Netflix does HD-DVD? And if not, is that because Netflix may do more business than Blockbuster does? (This whole internet movie subscription thing is pretty cool, and brick & mortar rental places are sooo 1990's)
So while this 2:1 HD-DVD on Netflix stats are interesting, there still isn't enough information for us to get a clear picture of what's going on.
But geez... just frickin' pick a format already so we don't have to deal with all this garbage!
There's another interesting fact in that screenshot up top:
Of all customers who visited the Netflix site, the Blu-ray movie selection was viewed 2 times more than HD-DVD was. But as the article mentions, when we look down and talk about users who put a next-gen format as their preference, twice as many people put HD-DVD as their preference.
So twice as many people look at the Blu-ray movie selection vs the HD-DVD selection, but twice as many people put HD-DVD as their format of choice vs Blu-ray. Interesting. Betcha cheap hardware might have something to do with that.
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OR.. Maybe it's because all the hd-dvd'ers rent from netflix due to Blockbuster dropping their gimped format from store shelves.
Hmm... this does sound logical; now that Blockbuster, the most prominent brick & mortar rental store, has gone only 1 format, it makes sense that those wanting HD-DVD mostly have no other place to turn to other than Netflix.
But the argument that people tend to rent more than they buy seems to make sense, too, especially when prices are so high for the discs.
Another stat that would be interesting to see is this: Of all the rental stores that rent out next-gen DVDs, which is more popular overall, Blu-Ray or HD-DVD? I suppose for right now that question would mean "Does Blockbuster rent more Blu-ray discs than Netflix does HD-DVD? And if not, is that because Netflix may do more business than Blockbuster does? (This whole internet movie subscription thing is pretty cool, and brick & mortar rental places are sooo 1990's)
So while this 2:1 HD-DVD on Netflix stats are interesting, there still isn't enough information for us to get a clear picture of what's going on.
But geez... just frickin' pick a format already so we don't have to deal with all this garbage!
There's another interesting fact in that screenshot up top:
Of all customers who visited the Netflix site, the Blu-ray movie selection was viewed 2 times more than HD-DVD was. But as the article mentions, when we look down and talk about users who put a next-gen format as their preference, twice as many people put HD-DVD as their preference.
So twice as many people look at the Blu-ray movie selection vs the HD-DVD selection, but twice as many people put HD-DVD as their format of choice vs Blu-ray. Interesting. Betcha cheap hardware might have something to do with that.