Posted by skip on 06/10/07 13:08

asjbiotek@gmail.com wrote in
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> On Jun 8, 5:52 pm, Doug Jacobs <djac...@shell.rawbw.com> wrote:
>> In alt.video.dvd Lloyd Parsons <lloydpars...@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> > The Matrix set sold quite well considering it was about $80 or more
>> > for the disks. In sales of disks, BluRay vs HDDVD is about 52:48
>> > or somewhere thereabouts.
>
>
> Uh...no...
>
> 1. Selling 13k units TOTAL for the two sets for one of the most
> anticipated titles in HD-DVD, one which was promoted like crazy by
> microsoft and toshiba, and one that was touted by Hd-DVD backers as
> the "turnaround" for Hd-DVD is a TOTAL disaster.
>
> You can't even make the price argument because at this time what
> counts is the userbase, and having only 13,000 units is a big flop in
> the face for toshib a and microsoft.
>
>
> 2. Blu-ray has consistently been outselling and widening its lead
> every week. It was 69:31 last week....
>
>
Why would anyone want to pay more to see the same quality HD picture????

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