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Posted by Li'l Slugger on 01/27/07 10:44
"JoJo#1MSFanboy" <JoJo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:gsFuh.3389$4W5.419@newsfe10.phx...
> In article <1169883491.210403.183810@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com>,
> asjbiotek@gmail.com says...
> >
> >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:
> >
> >For the week ending Wed Jan 3rd
> >HD DVD 44.50%
> >Blu-ray 55.50%
> >
> >For the week ending Wed Jan 10th
> >HD DVD 42.16%
> >Blu-ray 57.84%
> >
> >For the week ending Wed Jan 17th
> >HD DVD 42.30%
> >Blu-ray 57.70%
> >
> >For the week ending Wed Jan 24th
> >HD DVD 39.01%
> >Blu-ray 60.99%
> >
> >Current:
> >HD DVD Blu-ray
> >36.35% 63.65%
> >
> >http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=46399
> >
> >
> >On Jan 22, 5:27 pm, asjbio...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> Well, here's more proof the end for HD-DVD is fast approaching.
> >>
> >> In addition to amazon.com, other sales channels are reporting much
> >> stronger blu-ray sales, even though HD-DVD got out first in 2006.
> >>
> >>
http://www.videobusiness.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA640...
> >>
> >> for online retailer DVDEmpire:
> >>
> >> 1. Sales of Blu-ray discs are now stronger than sales of HD-DVD titles.
> >> For the week including Tuesday, Jan. 16, DVDEmpire.com noted that 57.7%
> >> of its high-def sales were BD and 42.3% were HD DVD.
> >>
> >> 2. there are already more titles in Blu-ray than HD-DVD....Through Jan.
> >> 16, DVDEmpire.com counted 190 HD DVD releases and 203 BD releases.
> >>
> >> And it'll just get worse as more people buy playstation and more
> >> blu-ray titles come out. Just this week, i already got the recent Ice
> >> Age 2 in blu-ray (and it's 20th century fox, so NO HD-DVD copy!)
> >
>
> Blu-Ray is spiking right now because of the PS3 release. If PS3 demand
doesn't
> stay high than Blu-Ray sales numbers will come down.
And how many of these "sales" are due to free giveaways like this one..
http://www.bestbuy.com/site//olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat111000050003&type=category
2 free bluray movies AND a $200 price
cut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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