Fun with Numbers...

[Phane]

750,000 HD-DVD standalones sold since inception in US
90 weeks since inception
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8,333 HD-DVD standalones sold per week in US

In the US there are...
3,800 Walmarts
1,400 Best Buys
680 Circuit Cities
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5,800 US locations amongs the three biggest electronics stores I can think of

8,333 HD-DVD standalones sold per week in US
5,800 US locations for the three biggest chains
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1.44 HD-DVD standalones sold per week per store on average

Yes... that's less than two... and that's assuming no other places sell HD-DVD players.

[mystiksuicide]

Originally Posted by Phane

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1.44 HD-DVD standalones sold per week per store on average

Yes... that's less than two... and that's assuming no other places sell HD-DVD players.

Our BB has sold only "2" HD DVD players since the announcement and has had 7 returns.

I wish I could give you an accurate number of Blu-Standalone sold but it's fair to say we sell an average of 6 a day Mon-Thurs and about 12 Fri-Sun.

Again That Is A Daily Number For Blu-Ray

[Phane]

It would be funny if that rough pre-christmas number of 750k actually went DOWN because of returns. I'd like to see HD-DVD have to announce that even though they had sold 750k players by christmas, only 700k of them remained sold, lol.

[blu-backer]

Originally Posted by Phane

750,000 HD-DVD standalones sold since inception in US
90 weeks since inception
===========
8,333 HD-DVD standalones sold per week in US

In the US there are...
3,800 Walmarts
1,400 Best Buys
680 Circuit Cities
===========
5,800 US locations amongs the three biggest electronics stores I can think of

8,333 HD-DVD standalones sold per week in US
5,800 US locations for the three biggest chains
===========
1.44 HD-DVD standalones sold per week per store on average

Yes... that's less than two... and that's assuming no other places sell HD-DVD players.

Don't forget Amazon. They sell a good amount of HD-DVD players, allegedly.

[Phane]

Originally Posted by blu-backer

Don't forget Amazon. They sell a good amount of HD-DVD players, allegedly.

Can't track Amazon by number of locations, but the fact that they supposedly do sell a lot of HD-DVD players combined with the fact that there are a lot of smaller chains out there (Costco, Ultimate Electronics, Micro Center, Fry's, etc) that probably number at least 1000+ when added together and the number of players sold per location is probably much lower, maybe even less than 1.

[Anthony P]

just a small point, but that 750k was not standalone but al players