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Posted by Derek Janssen on 03/07/07 17:00
Hole In The Earth (I'm Out) wrote:
> <asjbiotek@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1173244827.376533.69070@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com...
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>>A sale today at amazon.com of 47 mostly older Blu-ray titles caused an
>>amazing upsurge in Blu-ray sales in the online retailer.
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>>http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=xs_gb_email_BestDeals_8033?ie=UTF8&docId=1000781
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>>Although the actual sale is only from $5-$8 off (amazon already sells
>>at 20-30% off regularly), it immediately caused blu-ray titles to
>>rocket up such that there were:
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>>TWO blu-ray titles in the Top 20 overall DVDs
>>FOUR Blu-ray titles in the Top 25 Overall DVDs
>>NINE Blu-ray titles in the Top 50 Overall Dvds
>>TWENTY Blu-ray titles in the Top 100 Overall DVds.
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> Dang, they're already bargain basementing Blu-Ray discs to try to get them
> to move? Does not look good for Blu-Ray.
Well, he did give the example of the Magnolia Pictures/HDNet dual-format
one (you remember, back when "Bubble" was going to come out on all
cable/disk/satellite platforms and "revolutionize the way we saw movies"?)--
And as so goes "Fastest Little..."--er, "World's Fastest Indian" for
$15, so goes the industry!--He's got his finger on the PULSE!
Derek Janssen (can YOU think of a better cross-section?)
ejanss@comcast.net
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