Blu numbers are higher than you think

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I just thought i'd put this out there because I haven't seen it said anywhere that wasn't just a small corner somewhere. I'm sure by now, most of you know that the Blu-Ray:HD DVD margin in the US is somewhere around the 60:40 mark (give or take 5%), and by some standards that lead is not big enough.

I'm sure you also know by now that in most other countries around the world (take UK, France, Australia, and Japan for example) are Blu-dominant by a much larger ratio.

HD DVD fanboys are trying to downplay this by saying that since the US is where most movies are made, that the numbers in the US are the ones that count the most. And they might have a point, BUT...

I know that in both Australia (where I live) and the UK (and probably most of the others as well), HD DVD's are near impossible to actually buy in our shops, so the only real way to get them is to import them from the US. IN fact, a local shop near me (EzyDVD) is selling HD DVD titles that have, in fact, been imported from US retailers.

So much of the "high" HD DVD sales in the US is due to the incredible number of exports, and when you take that fact into consideration, Blu-Ray is doing even better in the United States than you think!