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Blu-ray sales pulling away from hd-dvd in Amazon.com
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| asjbiotek@gmail.com 2007-01-30, 8:01 pm |
| Blu-ray sales are starting to pull away from hd-dvd sales in
Amazon.com.
Although actual sales numbers are unavailable for amazon (unlike
DVDemmpire, which reports Blu-ray sales at 65% versus hd-dvd at 35%),
it is somewhat possible to gauge sales based on sales rankings,
although caveats must be employed.
BD is beating hd-dvd in terms of
1. Salesrank of top 10 products
2. Salesrank of top 25 products
3. # of titles in top 1000
Below is a snapshot of the top sales rankings for BD vs hd-dvd:
http://www.blueboard.com/temporary/...d_2007_1_27.htm
from:
http://www.eproductwars.com/dvd/index.cfm
Considering that:
1. More Blu-ray titles are slated to be released on specific dates
this year
2. The number of blu-ray players versus hd-dvd playerswill continue
will continue to grow
It can be surmised that it sales of Blu-ray will continue to gain
distance from hd-dvd sales.
Who would want to buy a hi-def player that can't play movies from FIVE
major studios, including Disney, Columbia/MGM/Sony, Lionsgate, and
20th century Fox!??!!!
On Jan 27, 2:38 am, asjbio...@gmail.com wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> Blu-ray sales continues to expand its lead on hd-dvd on almost a
> weekly basis. The fact that Blu-ray dated releases outnumber Hd-dvd by
> a wide margin in the future, and that europe will soon join in the
> Blu-ray fray probably means big trouble for hd-dvd.
>
> Plus, i started noticing unsold hd-dvd titles are starting to pile up
> in best buy (ie, each title has multiple copies on the shelves),
> whereas manyBD titles have only 1 or 2 copies left on the shelves (e.g.
> i got the one and only Ice Age 2 copy at a northern Nj best buy)....
>
> DVDEmpire Blu-ray vs hd-dvd sales:
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> For the week ending Wed Jan 3rd
> HD DVD 44.50%
> Blu-ray 55.50%
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> For the week ending Wed Jan 10th
> HD DVD 42.16%
> Blu-ray 57.84%
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> For the week ending Wed Jan 17th
> HD DVD 42.30%
> Blu-ray 57.70%
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> For the week ending Wed Jan 24th
> HD DVD 39.01%
> Blu-ray 60.99%
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> Current:
> HD DVD Blu-ray
> 36.35% 63.65%
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> http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=46399
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> On Jan 22, 5:27 pm, asjbio...@gmail.com wrote:
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| JoJo#1MSFanboy 2007-01-30, 8:01 pm |
| In article <1169945902.036096.85980@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com>,
asjbiotek@gmail.com says...
quote:
>
>Blu-ray sales are starting to pull away from hd-dvd sales in
>Amazon.com.
>
>Although actual sales numbers are unavailable for amazon (unlike
>DVDemmpire, which reports Blu-ray sales at 65% versus hd-dvd at 35%),
>it is somewhat possible to gauge sales based on sales rankings,
>although caveats must be employed.
>
>BD is beating hd-dvd in terms of
>
>1. Salesrank of top 10 products
>2. Salesrank of top 25 products
>3. # of titles in top 1000
>
>Below is a snapshot of the top sales rankings for BD vs hd-dvd:
>
>http://www.blueboard.com/temporary/...d_2007_1_27.htm
>
>from:
>http://www.eproductwars.com/dvd/index.cfm
>
>Considering that:
>
>1. More Blu-ray titles are slated to be released on specific dates
>this year
>
>2. The number of blu-ray players versus hd-dvd playerswill continue
>will continue to grow
>
>It can be surmised that it sales of Blu-ray will continue to gain
>distance from hd-dvd sales.
>
>Who would want to buy a hi-def player that can't play movies from FIVE
>major studios, including Disney, Columbia/MGM/Sony, Lionsgate, and
>20th century Fox!??!!!
So far more people have wanted to buy HD-DVD players. Maybe its the lower
price, maybe they like Universal or the Weinstein Company or New Line, maybe
they like the better picture quality(so far), maybe they have a Xbox 360,
maybe they want their regular dvd material to have the best up conversion
possible, maybe they like porn...get the picture. The Blu-Ray is spiking only
because it just came out recently. Who would want to watch The Fifth Element
in Blu-Ray when it looks like XXX compared to the regular sd version up
converted on the 360 or Toshiba stand alone!??!!! I have both so I want both
to make it and have all the great things that come with competition. Do you
think Blu-Ray would have gotten its act together with compression if HD-DVD
wasn't around? Having both I can say that HD-DVD is better right now as far as
quality is concerned. That is what I care about...the picture on my tv.
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| Bill Cable 2007-01-30, 8:01 pm |
| Yes... Fifth Element and a few other early Blu-ray movies supposedly
look horrible because they used a bad codec. But that issue has been
resolved. The picture quality on every current Blu-ray disk is equal
to that of HD-DVD.
The argument that Blu-ray is spiking now because it's "new" is
laughable. Blu-ray has been out half a year... it's only a few months
younger the HD-DVD. The reason Blu-ray has taken the lead is because
there are a lot more Blu-ray players in homes now. There's what... at
least triple the number of Blu-ray players in homes now than HD-DVD
players? There's the difference. And those numbers aren't going to
improve in HD-DVD's favor.
--
Bill Cable - Steelers Fan & Star Wars Collector
http://CreatureCantina.com <----- funny!
cable@creaturecantina.com
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| Richard C. 2007-01-30, 8:01 pm |
| <asjbiotek@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1169945902.036096.85980@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com...
quote:
> Blu-ray sales are starting to pull away from hd-dvd sales in
> Amazon.com.
>
> Although actual sales numbers are unavailable for amazon (unlike
> DVDemmpire, which reports Blu-ray sales at 65% versus hd-dvd at 35%),
> it is somewhat possible to gauge sales based on sales rankings,
> although caveats must be employed.
>
> BD is beating hd-dvd in terms of
>
> 1. Salesrank of top 10 products
> 2. Salesrank of top 25 products
> 3. # of titles in top 1000
>
> Below is a snapshot of the top sales rankings for BD vs hd-dvd:
>
> http://www.blueboard.com/temporary/...d_2007_1_27.htm
>
> from:
> http://www.eproductwars.com/dvd/index.cfm
>
> Considering that:
>
> 1. More Blu-ray titles are slated to be released on specific dates
> this year
>
> 2. The number of blu-ray players versus hd-dvd playerswill continue
> will continue to grow
>
> It can be surmised that it sales of Blu-ray will continue to gain
> distance from hd-dvd sales.
>
> Who would want to buy a hi-def player that can't play movies from FIVE
> major studios, including Disney, Columbia/MGM/Sony, Lionsgate, and
> 20th century Fox!??!!!
>
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Why do you care so much?
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| John J 2007-01-30, 8:01 pm |
| "Richard C." <post-age@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:8vKdnfkE4uKsyiDYnZ2dnUVZ_rqhnZ2d@comcast.com...
quote:
> <asjbiotek@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1169945902.036096.85980@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com...
> ====================
> Why do you care so much?
Because he has nothing to play on his beloved Playstation 3 and if the rumor
that Metal Gear Solid 4 will be delayed until next year turn out to be true,
added to the weak PS3 exclusive lineup for this year, we'll be hearing a lot
more from that dickhead.
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| "Bill Cable" <billcable@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1169997602.430315.252300@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
quote:
> The argument that Blu-ray is spiking now because it's "new" is
> laughable. Blu-ray has been out half a year... it's only a few months
> younger the HD-DVD. The reason Blu-ray has taken the lead is because
> there are a lot more Blu-ray players in homes now. There's what... at
> least triple the number of Blu-ray players in homes now than HD-DVD
> players? There's the difference. And those numbers aren't going to
> improve in HD-DVD's favor.
Saleswise, Blu-Ray is a VERY new format. They sold what, 10,000 players in
all of the U.S. before the PS3 launched? And half of those 10k got
returned?
I can tell the "holy rollers" such as yourself because you keep making the
fictitious argument that 1 PS3 = 1 Blu Ray movie player. While it CAN, you
don't know how many people ARE actually watching movies. There is
absolutely no way to nail this figure down.
Perhaps people ARE buying Blu Ray movies for their PS3s because there is
nothing else to do with it at the moment. Stores around me can't give the
things away, even with promotions like Gamestop's $100 off.
You'll see things even up quite a bit between the two formats once the new
'07 titles start rolling out. January has been sort of dead so far.
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| JoJo#1MSFanboy 2007-01-30, 8:01 pm |
| In article <1169997602.430315.252300@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>,
billcable@gmail.com says...
quote:
>
>Yes... Fifth Element and a few other early Blu-ray movies supposedly
>look horrible because they used a bad codec. But that issue has been
>resolved. The picture quality on every current Blu-ray disk is equal
>to that of HD-DVD.
>
And yet the price of Blu-ray players is much more.
quote:
>The argument that Blu-ray is spiking now because it's "new" is
>laughable. Blu-ray has been out half a year... it's only a few months
>younger the HD-DVD. The reason Blu-ray has taken the lead is because
>there are a lot more Blu-ray players in homes now. There's what... at
>least triple the number of Blu-ray players in homes now than HD-DVD
>players? There's the difference. And those numbers aren't going to
>improve in HD-DVD's favor.
>
Nope. Thats why same name titles have more sales on HD-DVD on Amazon.com. I
agree that HD-DVD needs to get more titles announced and market better but
this war is far from over.
quote:
>--
>Bill Cable - Steelers Fan & Star Wars Collector
>http://CreatureCantina.com <----- funny!
>cable@creaturecantina.com
>
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| Richard C. 2007-01-30, 8:01 pm |
| "John J" <this@isafake.email> wrote in message
news:y4jvh.6515$1x.113279@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
quote:
>
> Because he has nothing to play on his beloved Playstation 3 and if the
> rumor that Metal Gear Solid 4 will be delayed until next year turn out to
> be true, added to the weak PS3 exclusive lineup for this year, we'll be
> hearing a lot more from that dickhead.
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It is just bizarre that someone wraps up their life so seriously into a
FORMAT!
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| Anon@mailnothanks.com 2007-01-30, 8:01 pm |
| On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:12:27 -0800, "Richard C."
<post-age@spamcop.net> wrote:
quote:
>"John J" <this@isafake.email> wrote in message
>news:y4jvh.6515$1x.113279@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>========================
>It is just bizarre that someone wraps up their life so seriously into a
>FORMAT!
An absolute idiot! Who cares? I don't and with the crossposting XXX
would grow up.
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