Blu-ray Blows Away HD DVD

[Blu Titan]

Blu-ray Blows Away HD DVD, this is the prediction from "Hollywood Reporter"



2008 is the year Sony's Howard Stringer and the Blu-ray Disc will slay HD DVD as effectively as Joseph Turok dispenses with dinosaurs. If you're unfamiliar with that metaphor, you probably don't have a PlayStation 3.

Every PS3 console sold in the U.S. comes equipped with a Blu-ray DVD player. That's an advantage that has put the Sony device in about 2.7 million U.S. homes, compared with fewer than 750,000 for HD DVD. Blu-ray movies also outsell HD DVD movies in Europe by a 3-to-1 margin. This despite HD DVD players costing less than half the price of a PS3/Blu-ray combo unit. True, Paramount, DreamWorks and DreamWorks Animation recently joined Universal in exclusively embracing HD DVD. But those decisions stemmed from a $150 million "incentive payment" that smacked of desperation.

To truly understand Blu-ray's dominance, compare titles that are available in both formats. Warner Bros.' "300" is the best-selling next-gen DVD, and Blu-ray boasts an advantage of 66% to 34% over HD DVD in sales of the title.
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The final stake in HD DVD's heart could come from Blockbuster, which is testing both formats. "It's still about 70%-30% in favor of Blu-ray at our stores that offer both," a Blockbuster spokeswoman says.

Dual players are expensive, and a recent Forrester Research study suggests that 22% of Americans say they will not buy a next-gen player until one format wins over the other. Couple that with the 25% who say they'll never buy a next-gen player, and the incentives are in place for Hollywood to finally stop confusing the consumer with one too many choices.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...0924ea906b3ecd

[scook]

This is a great article and hopefully a glance at what is soon to come!!!

Everyone have a Blu Christmas!!!, or a Blu Holiday!!! and lets all embrace as the HD Dud ship sinks to their eternal grave this comming year. BO BLU!!!

[Crackbone]

I've got a prediction of my own.

The spin is going to keep on coming. Prepare for massive Red Ant colony defence. The spin is only going to continue to get worse and worse. Prepare for some of the most outlandish claims out there yet.

As the Red team gets closer to death, it will get uglier, mark my words on that.

[patrick99]

Be sure to vote in the poll in that article!

[kosovosteve]

Not sure how many have voted but Blu has 75%

[jcdDigix]

I voted also and was the 18th person. 78% for Blu.

[GregBlu5]

I had trouble voting simply because I believe Blu-ray will win, but I also own a fully functioning Betamax. So, while I still hang on to the past, I also embrace the future. (Of course I voted for Blu.)

-Greg

[tru2blu707]

another way to sway people over to HDM is for the studios to discontinue dvds(highly doubtful) or to release some titles ONLY for HDM. if the studios use this tactic im sure we will hit mainstream market sooner rather than later

[xwingsct]

Originally Posted by Crackbone

I've got a prediction of my own.

The spin is going to keep on coming. Prepare for massive Red Ant colony defence. The spin is only going to continue to get worse and worse. Prepare for some of the most outlandish claims out there yet.

As the Red team gets closer to death, it will get uglier, mark my words on that.

NOt if WB goes Blu Exclusively. If WB goes Red then both format might not take off like DVD because poeple are already confuse as it is and studios don't want that to happen because sale of DVD is in decline. they need to generate income from movie sales.
Studio need something more secure than DVD and bluray offers that.
Region coding might be consumer friendly but not studios. They don't want poeple in other countries to have their movies before it's even release in theater. Not all movies play the same day as U.S.
If WB goes red then it's a suicide.

As the Red team gets closer to death, it will get uglier, mark my words on that.

they have to advertise their players as an upconverting DVD to get rid of their stock.

[Y3k Bug]

90% blu when I voted.

[mystiksuicide]

I wasn't able to vote it wouldn't let me.

[sj001]

Voted Blu, it's kicking ass, it has 89% of the votes.

[mystiksuicide]

I switched from firefox to safari and it let me vote for blu. We are now in the lead with 89%

[Esox50]

Originally Posted by Crackbone

I've got a prediction of my own.

The spin is going to keep on coming. Prepare for massive Red Ant colony defence. The spin is only going to continue to get worse and worse. Prepare for some of the most outlandish claims out there yet.

As the Red team gets closer to death, it will get uglier, mark my words on that.

No doubt!!! Here's a little anecdote I sent to one of my good friends on this site re the loudmouth red ants and what is likely in the near future...

I liken that (edit: the loud mouth red ants) to be kind of like in Jurassic Park during the stampede scene. You know where the T-Rex comes out from the trees on the side and nails one out of the herd of dinos? There's that first big chomp (which I consider to be Blu's continued dominance in 2007), and then there's the part where the little Dino looks up for "mercy" (this will be during and right after CES), and then the T-Rex chomps down for good (Warner Bros. excl on Blu in Spring, followed a few months later by Universal announcing neutrality).

[SpikesBluBlooded]

Originally Posted by scook

This is a great article and hopefully a glance at what is soon to come!!!

Everyone have a Blu Christmas!!!, or a Blu Holiday!!! and lets all embrace as the HD Dud ship sinks to their eternal grave this comming year. BO BLU!!!

Did somebody say have a Blu Christmas? My little holiday gift to Blu:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...424#post433424

[Sonny]

Just voted too & its still 89%

[xmositox]

I guess i just tipped the scales back up to 90%

[Imakida]

My vote is in



Still 90% with 206 votes!

[Sonar5]

Just Voted, blu now 90% at 206 votes.

Wouldn't let me vote on Mozilla Firefox, but it would let me vote with Microsoft IE. Karma?

[devils3023]

Just gave my vote for blu, still 90%. There's only been 211 votes though.