The sad thing about the 150 million dollar Paramount payout? - Blu-ray Forum

Firestreak · 01-07-2008, 12:11 PM

I don't know what the exact sales here are, but I'm damn sure that from inception to death, all studios combined will sell less than 50 million HD DVD discs. Which would mean, at $30 retail, HD DVD reps could have actually gone around with that money and bought the discs to throw away, effectively doing more for HD DVD than the payout was worth.

Now, I don't know about you, but to me, that's priceless.

Snider · 01-07-2008, 12:13 PM

I actually laughed at this post. Great point !

Kirsty_Mc · 01-07-2008, 12:17 PM

Don't give them ideas

tqlla · 01-07-2008, 01:28 PM

I hate to poo on this thread, but $150 million divided by $30 = 5 million discs.

Firestreak · 01-07-2008, 02:08 PM

DUH! I guess the question would be then if Paramount will sell a total of 5 million discs on HD DVD. Damnit, I feel like a dumbass though.

phranctoast · 01-07-2008, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firestreak

DUH! I guess the question would be then if Paramount will sell a total of 5 million discs on HD DVD. Damnit, I feel like a dumbass though.

Its all good. It was a pretty funny point. It may have been enough to convince warner to stay neutral if it happened!

01-07-2008, 12:11 PM	#1
Firestreak Senior Member Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray collection:103 Trading Score:64	The sad thing about the 150 million dollar Paramount payout? I don't know what the exact sales here are, but I'm damn sure that from inception to death, all studios combined will sell less than 50 million HD DVD discs. Which would mean, at $30 retail, HD DVD reps could have actually gone around with that money and bought the discs to throw away, effectively doing more for HD DVD than the payout was worth. Now, I don't know about you, but to me, that's priceless.

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01-07-2008, 12:13 PM	#2
Snider Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Here Trading Score:1	I actually laughed at this post. Great point !

01-07-2008, 12:17 PM	#3
Kirsty_Mc Power Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 Location:UK Blu-ray collection:536 Blu-ray reviews: 21	Don't give them ideas

01-07-2008, 01:28 PM	#4
tqlla Active Member Member since:Sep 2007	I hate to poo on this thread, but $150 million divided by $30 = 5 million discs.

01-07-2008, 02:08 PM	#5
Firestreak Senior Member Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray collection:103 Trading Score:64	DUH! I guess the question would be then if Paramount will sell a total of 5 million discs on HD DVD. Damnit, I feel like a dumbass though.

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