Posted by JoJo#1MSFanboy on 01/28/07 14:58

In article <1169945902.036096.85980@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com>,
asjbiotek@gmail.com says...
>
>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/bluray_vs_hddvd_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 ass 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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