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Posted by Jay G. on 06/23/06 02:38
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 04:29:44 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
> On 21 Jun 2006 18:19:48 -0700, "asj" <kalim1998@yahoo.com> Gave us:
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>>For example, Terminator (Blu-ray) is in the top 100 DVD titles at #86
>>and the 5th element is at #290, while none of the HD-DVD titles even
>>made it in the top 600!
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> The Folks that have HD DVD players have
> already bought the titles they want out of the current crop.
That's a good point, although if those HD DVD adopters are happy with the
format and HD DVD titles keep coming out at a consistent rate, we shoud see
HD DVD sales stay at a fairly consistent level.
Which is, in fact, what they are doing, according to this site:
http://www.thedvdwars.com/index.cfm
It's interesting to note that while Blu-Ray has 4 titles with a better
ranking than any HD DVD title, the top 10 HD DVD titles have a better
average sales ranking than the top 10 Blu-Ray titles. It looks like the
little dip in Blu-Ray sales over the past few days synce up with Amazon
slightly raising the price on average for Blu-Ray titles.
At the moment, it's still too soon to call either format a clear winner. I
think both sides consider these summer launches to be "soft" launches, with
the real battle looking to be the fall and holiday shopping season.
-Jay
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