Hi all. Great to hear about Blu winning TF week - Blu-ray Forum

Neil_Luv's_BLU · 10-27-2007, 12:47 PM

Well done to everyone involved in giving Blu yet another victory last week.

It may only have been a 2% margin, but to quote a line from the shamlessly poor Universal

flick The Fast and The Furious "It doesn't matter whether you win by an inch or a mile, Winning is winning"

dbs2 · 10-27-2007, 12:53 PM

Oh Yes...... A Win is a Win which ever way you look at it.... there is no prizes for coming second in sales figures.... they lost, simple as that

BLU STEAL · 10-27-2007, 12:59 PM

I always liked Ricky Bobbys saying. If your not first your last

GregBlu5 · 10-27-2007, 01:16 PM

Given a choice, I believe we all would rather be in *our* position right now than *their* position. (It's always nice when the other folks have to provide the spin -- yet again.

)

-Greg

AikonEnt · 10-27-2007, 01:32 PM

The best thing is that we almost expected to lose that week, and HD-DVD supporters definitely expected to win that week, but we still won anyway. By far and away their biggest title (because let's face it, it has much more family appeal than Bourne ever can and Shrek 3 is crap) and they still couldn't do it, even ended up with Crapamount lying about sale figures. They may have produced and distributed 190,000 (the figure first mentioned as sales) copies but as mentioned on another thread here the actual sales figures was less than 90,000. Let's hope that the next time a 'big' title is released on HD-DVD we get more BOGOF offers.

HK-48 · 10-27-2007, 01:48 PM

The only HD DVD movie I would worry a bit about is The Bourne Ultimatum. But Universal stupidly chose to release it when Warner releases Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the Harry Potter Box Set! And on that week we also have: HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2!

Neil_Luv's_BLU · 10-27-2007, 01:52 PM

Also With Spiderman coming to Blu-ray in the US this coming week, i'm sure we'll see a huge surge when the figures come in the week after.

Spider-man has a fantastic chance of becoming a record breaking Blu-ray, nay, record breaking HD release full stop, next week.

I've got theb Spidey trilogy on Blu and they are fantastic. Spidey 3 is the best looking of the three, And 2 looks great aswell.

oscar_in_fw · 10-27-2007, 01:54 PM

So how much "Transformers" overflow will there be this week ? And are Blu-ray customers BOGO'ed out from the previous week ? Hope y'all bought a Blu-ray or two this week just in case....

Neil_Luv's_BLU · 10-27-2007, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by HK-48

The only HD DVD movie I would worry a bit about is The Bourne Ultimatum. But Universal stupidly chose to release it when Warner releases Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the Harry Potter Box Set! And on that week we also have: HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2!

Ya know I never thought i'd say this. But thank god for the High School Musical franchise. That'll be massive

.

atomik kinder · 10-27-2007, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Neil_Luv's_BLU

Ya know I never thought i'd say this. But thank god for the High School Musical franchise. That'll be massive

.

High School Musical is popular with the 5 to 14 year old crowd. I don't see it selling to many of us, unless we have children who like that kind of thing.

ps3andlovinit · 10-27-2007, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by atomik kinder

High School Musical is popular with the 5 to 14 year old crowd. I don't see it selling to many of us, unless we have children who like that kind of thing.

My kids won't be talking to me if we don't have it day of..

huntifosi · 10-27-2007, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by oscar_in_fw

So how much "Transformers" overflow will there be this week ? And are Blu-ray customers BOGO'ed out from the previous week ? Hope y'all bought a Blu-ray or two this week just in case....

Yep. 2001. And it looks/sounds awesome.

almy · 10-27-2007, 03:30 PM

The guy in second place is the first loser

Rob71 · 10-27-2007, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by oscar_in_fw

So how much "Transformers" overflow will there be this week ? And are Blu-ray customers BOGO'ed out from the previous week ? Hope y'all bought a Blu-ray or two this week just in case....

Four actually

kaliraver · 10-27-2007, 04:01 PM

I bought 3 BD's at Best Buy on Tuesday & I got 3 from Warner directly but those probably won't count towards the nielsen's but will matter in the WB going blu campaign

Stew4Blu · 10-27-2007, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by atomik kinder

High School Musical is popular with the 5 to 14 year old crowd. I don't see it selling to many of us, unless we have children who like that kind of thing.

Ah, but there are plenty of the crowd here that this title fits.. just look at how they write and what they say.

By the way, what does the winner of the weekly sales get besides some silly bragging rights? Look at SD sales in comparison, then brag if you beat any of those! Gotta love short sighted thinking!

Joe Cain · 10-27-2007, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Stew4Blu

Ah, but there are plenty of the crowd here that this title fits.. just look at how they write and what they say.

By the way, what does the winner of the weekly sales get besides some silly bragging rights? Look at SD sales in comparison, then brag if you beat any of those! Gotta love short sighted thinking!

BD is not at war with DVD; it will replace DVD. We're all aware HDM accounts for about 3.5% of the DVD market. It won't become a mass market commodity until there is a single HD disc format, which BD is better positioned to do---than HD-DVD, I mean---in every significant regard. Short-sighted thinking results in storage & bandwidth insufficiencies in a format which has no practical application except delivering PQ & SQ to the home consumer.

Stew4Blu · 10-27-2007, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Cain

BD is not at war with DVD; it will replace DVD. We're all aware HDM accounts for about 3.5% of the DVD market. It won't become a mass market commodity until there is a single HD disc format, which BD is better positioned to do---than HD-DVD, I mean---in every significant regard. Short-sighted thinking results in storage & bandwidth insufficiencies in a format which has no practical application except delivering PQ & SQ to the home consumer.

Good response! I am not sure that either format has a real leg up at this point, but I like what you said about one format replacing SD. I say that I am not sure about which one is because it is still too early in the fight. Something major needs to come from one or the other for any real breakthroughs to happen. What that will be is anyone's guess but without mass adoption... sigh

jw · 10-27-2007, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by atomik kinder

High School Musical is popular with the 5 to 14 year old crowd. I don't see it selling to many of us, unless we have children who like that kind of thing.

and I am sure those naked pics of vanessa hudgens on the internet should help boost sales for disney...lol

jw · 10-27-2007, 05:30 PM

dont for get wal-mart has a 2 for 25 disney blu-ray sale right now, doesnt count but I ad matched mine at CC , and those do count

10-27-2007, 12:47 PM	#1
Neil_Luv's_BLU Special Member Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Berkshire, England Blu-ray collection:149	Hi all. Great to hear about Blu winning TF week Well done to everyone involved in giving Blu yet another victory last week. It may only have been a 2% margin, but to quote a line from the shamlessly poor Universal flick The Fast and The Furious "It doesn't matter whether you win by an inch or a mile, Winning is winning"

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10-27-2007, 12:53 PM	#2
dbs2 Active Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Sunny Norfolk - uk	Oh Yes...... A Win is a Win which ever way you look at it.... there is no prizes for coming second in sales figures.... they lost, simple as that

10-27-2007, 12:59 PM	#3
BLU STEAL Active Member Member since:Oct 2007	I always liked Ricky Bobbys saying. If your not first your last

10-27-2007, 01:16 PM	#4
GregBlu5 Power Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Indio, CA 4K collection:794 Blu-ray collection:3954 iTunes collection:2 Blu-ray reviews:1	Given a choice, I believe we all would rather be in our position right now than their position. (It's always nice when the other folks have to provide the spin -- yet again. ) -Greg

10-27-2007, 01:32 PM	#5
AikonEnt Blu-ray Guru Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Crawley, UK Blu-ray collection:246	The best thing is that we almost expected to lose that week, and HD-DVD supporters definitely expected to win that week, but we still won anyway. By far and away their biggest title (because let's face it, it has much more family appeal than Bourne ever can and Shrek 3 is crap) and they still couldn't do it, even ended up with Crapamount lying about sale figures. They may have produced and distributed 190,000 (the figure first mentioned as sales) copies but as mentioned on another thread here the actual sales figures was less than 90,000. Let's hope that the next time a 'big' title is released on HD-DVD we get more BOGOF offers.

10-27-2007, 01:48 PM	#6
HK-48 Active Member Member since:Aug 2007	The only HD DVD movie I would worry a bit about is The Bourne Ultimatum. But Universal stupidly chose to release it when Warner releases Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the Harry Potter Box Set! And on that week we also have: HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2!

10-27-2007, 01:52 PM	#7
Neil_Luv's_BLU Special Member Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Berkshire, England Blu-ray collection:149	Also With Spiderman coming to Blu-ray in the US this coming week, i'm sure we'll see a huge surge when the figures come in the week after. Spider-man has a fantastic chance of becoming a record breaking Blu-ray, nay, record breaking HD release full stop, next week. I've got theb Spidey trilogy on Blu and they are fantastic. Spidey 3 is the best looking of the three, And 2 looks great aswell.

10-27-2007, 01:54 PM	#8
oscar_in_fw Member Member since:Sep 2007	So how much "Transformers" overflow will there be this week ? And are Blu-ray customers BOGO'ed out from the previous week ? Hope y'all bought a Blu-ray or two this week just in case....

10-27-2007, 03:30 PM	#13
almy Active Member Member since:Aug 2007	The guy in second place is the first loser

10-27-2007, 04:01 PM	#15
kaliraver Blu-ray Samurai Member since:May 2007 Location:San Francisco Bay Blu-Ray SteelBooks™: (150+) Blu-ray collection:373 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:285	I bought 3 BD's at Best Buy on Tuesday & I got 3 from Warner directly but those probably won't count towards the nielsen's but will matter in the WB going blu campaign

10-27-2007, 05:30 PM	#20
jw Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2007 Location:USA Trading Score:519	dont for get wal-mart has a 2 for 25 disney blu-ray sale right now, doesnt count but I ad matched mine at CC , and those do count

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