| 1. Did Blu-Ray win the war? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | |||
| Yes, its all Blu-Ray now. |  | 55.9% | |
| No, HD DVD will make a comeback. | | 7.9% | |
| Blu-Ray will be for Hollywood, HD DVD will be for everyone else. | | 26.8% | |
| Who cares I'm ready for Apple TV. | | 9.4% | |
| 1. Did Blu-Ray win the war? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | |||
| Yes, its all Blu-Ray now. | | 55.9% | |
| No, HD DVD will make a comeback. | | 7.9% | |
| Blu-Ray will be for Hollywood, HD DVD will be for everyone else. | | 26.8% | |
| Who cares I'm ready for Apple TV. | | 9.4% | |
| 2. What type of DVDs does your company produce? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | |||
| Hollywood Movies | | 39.4% | |
| Indie Movies | | 44.1% | |
| Documentary Titles | | 54.3% | |
| TV Shows | | 35.4% | |
| Music Titles | | 37.0% | |
| Corporate Titles | | 54.3% | |
| Educational Titles | | 50.4% | |
| Adult Titles | | 5.5% | |
| 3. What is the average budget including replication, for your DVD productions in USD? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | |||
| Peanuts! (Under 1 Thousand USD) | | 15.0% | |
| 1 to 3 Thousand USD | | 18.9% | |
| 3 to 5 Thousand USD | | 27.6% | |
| 5 to 10 Thousand USD | | 19.7% | |
| I'm going to retire doing this! (More than 10 Thousand USD) | | 18.9% | |
| 4. Are you telling your clients they need Blu-Ray? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | |||
| Yep, they want it now! | | 23.2% | |
| No, they don't even know what Blu-Ray is. | | 29.6% | |
| They are telling me they want Blu-Ray. | | 24.8% | |
| Yes, I've told them but they don't care. | | 22.4% | |
| 5. Have you produced a disc in following formats? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | ||
| Blu-ray Disc | 38.6% (49) | 61.4% (78) | |
| HD DVD | 43.3% (55) | 56.7% (72) | |
| 6. Where do you create your DVD productions? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | |||
| In North America (Canada, Mexico and the US) | | 62.2% | |
| In Europe (Both east and West) | | 26.0% | |
| In Asia (Any of the many countries in Asia) | | 4.7% | |
| In Australia/New Zealand | | 7.1% | |
| 7. What do you think about the mandatory AACS requirement for Blu-ray replication? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | |||
| I sleep better at night knowing that content is safe. | | 4.7% | |
| It's a pain, but I'll swallow the costs and pass them on to my customers. | | 33.9% | |
| I'm waiting to see if the costs come down before jumping into Blu-ray. | | 20.5% | |
| The AACS costs will prevent me from making Blu-ray discs | | 29.9% | |
| I only produce one-off BD-Rs so I don't care. | | 11.0% | |
| 8. Killer App or Over Kill? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Useless | Useful | Greatest thing since sliced bread! | ||
| Pop-up menus | 16.5% (21) | 63.0% (80) | 20.5% (26) | |
| Picture In Picture | 23.6% (30) | 66.1% (84) | 10.2% (13) | |
| BD Live (networking!) | 29.9% (38) | 48.0% (61) | 22.0% (28) | |
| Games | 44.1% (56) | 40.9% (52) | 15.0% (19) | |
| 9. Ready for Blu-Ray Java Development? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | |||
| Yes, Java is my 2nd language. | | 15.0% | |
| Are You kidding? I'll hire someone. | | 28.3% | |
| I'm looking for BD-J for Dummies on Blu-Ray. | | 45.7% | |
| No, DVD professionals don't need to know Java. | | 11.0% | |