Current Statistics: Blu-ray Disc vs. HD DVD

[thunderhawk]

Current Statistics: Blu-ray Disc <-> HD DVD

Comparison: http://users.skynet.be/fa414947/Comparison.txt
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[thunderhawk]

Box Office 2006 Source: Box Office Mojo

Position Title Studio Domestic Gross

1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV $423,315,812
2 Cars BV $244,082,982
3 X-Men III: The Last Stand Fox $234,362,462
4 The Da Vinci Code Sony $217,536,138
5 Superman Returns WB $200,081,192
6 Ice Age: The Meltdown Fox $195,330,621
7 Happy Feet WB $185,625,671
8 Night at the Museum Fox $165,150,384
9 Casino Royale Sony $160,047,891
10 Over the Hedge P/DW $155,019,34
11 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Sony $148,213,377
12 Click Sony $137,340,146
13 Mission: Impossible III Par. $133,501,348
14 Borat Fox $126,598,982
15 The Pursuit of Happyness Sony $124,834,524



Top DVD Titles of 2006 Revenue Source: Rentrak ($ in millions)

1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista $293.8
2 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Buena Vista $282.3
3 Cars Buena Vista $269.0
4 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Warner $226.9
5 Wedding Crashers New Line/Warner $176.3
6 Walk the Line Fox $175.7
7 King Kong Universal $171.3
8 Over the Hedge DreamWorks/Paramount $167.4
9 The Da Vinci Code Sony $133.7
10 Ice Age: The Meltdown Fox $132.8
11 Chicken Little Buena Vista $127.3
12 Click Sony $110.5
13 X-Men III: The Last Stand Fox $109.8
14 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Sony $102.8
15 Flightplan Buena Vista $101.1



Top 10 DVD Source: Billboard

1. Madagascar
2. The Chronicles of Narnia
3. Chicken Little
4. The Little Mermaid
5. The Chronicles of Narnia (Full Screen)
6. Madagascar (Full Screen)
7. Lady and the Tramp: 50th Anniversary Edition
8. Over the Hedge
9. X-Men III: The Last Stand
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire




Legend:

HD DVD exclusive (future release)
HD DVD exclusive (released)
Blu-ray/HD DVD (future release)
Blu-ray/HD DVD (released)
Blu-ray exclusive (future release)
Blu-ray exclusive (released)

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[thunderhawk]

$0.097 per GB for HD DVD SL (15GB) =$1.45
$0.064 per GB for Blu-ray SL (25GB) = $1.59
$0.056 per GB for HD DVD DL (30GB) =$1.69
$0.045 per GB for Blu-ray DL (50GB) = $2.25


and...

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

DVD-9s are said to be 50 cents. So there are actually two myths debunked here

$0.056 per GB for DVD DL (9GB) = $0.50



"Looking at these numbers and pricing information, we can now dispell the
myth that Blu-ray replication is significantly more costly than HD DVD."

http://wesleytech.com/blu-ray-vs-hd-...osts-revealed/

Originally Posted by Iceman

Since Japan will more or less use BDs exclusively and the PS3 will use BDs as well, there will be far more BDs produced which should lower the BD replicating costs even more.

Sticked with extra Ice!

[oxygenuk]

if only warner bro's and paramount where on blurays side, hd-dvd would be dead already :twisted:

[zombie]

Originally Posted by oxygenuk

if only warner bro's and paramount where on blurays side, hd-dvd would be dead already :twisted:

IMO HD-DVD is dead already, they just don't know it yet... kind of like The Sixth Sense.

[Psychogenicscc]

Originally Posted by 720p

IMO HD-DVD is dead already, they just don't know it yet... kind of like The Sixth Sense.

:lol: Yeah Toshiba shot itself in the foot.... :twisted:

[thunderhawk]

Originally Posted by Psychogenicscc

:lol: Yeah Toshiba shot itself in the foot.... :twisted:

The licence for Toshiba-NEC's DVD technology is quite high you know.
Millions and millions have gone to them... :x

... hehe, let's kick their ass

[Rob]

I find it odd that Sony and Toshiba have rival hi-def dvd formats, yet are working together on the cell chip that will be the main processor for the PS3 that will use Blu-Ray.

[thunderhawk]

Originally Posted by Rob

I find it odd that Sony and Toshiba have rival hi-def dvd formats, yet are working together on the cell chip that will be the main processor for the PS3 that will use Blu-Ray.

well, thats the world upsidedown...

And by the way, the TRUE WINNER for the coming console war will be IBM anyway... They got in every console a license share for their PowerPC architecture

[Rob]

Is it me, or is HD-DVD starting to look like a formidable oponent for Blu-Ray. Nothing much seems to be going on in the Blu-Ray camp, yet in the HD-DVD camp there are already concrete release dates. i.e. hardware in the USA by 4th qtr 2005, with almost 100 films promised between then and 1st qtr 2006. The first BR discs will not arrive til 2006 and then nobody knows when or what. Will people wait for Blu-Ray? especially as it's suggested that BR machines will be more expensive, and far larger than HD-DVD players, (to enable backwards compatibility with dvd).

Sky has announced that it's high-def service is only to be watched via HDCP enabled HDMI, it seems to me likely that we will be prevented from making our own recordings. At best they will be flagged 'watch once' or something. As this is the only selling point for Blu-Ray at the moment it might delay it's UK release til 2007. Then if BR discs are more expensive to manufacture that extra cost may be passed onto the consumer making Blu-ay discs more expensive to buy than HD-DVD. Or margins smaller for retail which would encourage them to stock HD-DVD. Anyway, just a bit of speculation of the top of my head.

[Gorkab]

Originally Posted by Rob

Is it me, or is HD-DVD starting to look like a formidable oponent for Blu-Ray. Nothing much seems to be going on in the Blu-Ray camp, yet in the HD-DVD camp there are already concrete release dates. i.e. hardware in the USA by 4th qtr 2005, with almost 100 films promised between then and 1st qtr 2006. The first BR discs will not arrive til 2006 and then nobody knows when or what. Will people wait for Blu-Ray? especially as it's suggested that BR machines will be more expensive, and far larger than HD-DVD players, (to enable backwards compatibility with dvd).

Sky has announced that it's high-def service is only to be watched via HDCP enabled HDMI, it seems to me likely that we will be prevented from making our own recordings. At best they will be flagged 'watch once' or something. As this is the only selling point for Blu-Ray at the moment it might delay it's UK release til 2007. Then if BR discs are more expensive to manufacture that extra cost may be passed onto the consumer making Blu-ay discs more expensive to buy than HD-DVD. Or margins smaller for retail which would encourage them to stock HD-DVD. Anyway, just a bit of speculation of the top of my head.

Yes, it's starting to be a litte bit disturbant... :twisted:

[mmmhome]

http://www.hddvdprg.com/about/member.html

hddvd memberlist

[zombie]

Originally Posted by mmmhome

http://www.hddvdprg.com/about/member.html

hddvd memberlist

Hitachi is in that list. Circuit City sells Hitachi and supported DIVX whereas Best Buy sells Mitsubishi and always supported DVD. I prefer Best Buy and I love my Mits HDTV. So I'll guess that Circuit City will support HD-DVD and hopefully Best Buy will be in the winner's (Blu-ray) corner... again!

[thunderhawk]

Originally Posted by mmmhome

http://www.hddvdprg.com/about/member.html

hddvd memberlist

I see "FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD." in the list of Important Members...
But FUJI PHOTO FILM CO. is for HVD... :?

[thunderhawk]

Added Apple to the list


But, are Dell and HP going to manufacter BDs too?

[zombie]

Originally Posted by thunderhawk

Added Apple to the list

But, are Dell and HP going to manufacter BDs too?

Does either Dell or HP manufacter DVD-R/DVD+R? If one of them does then I'd expect they'll make BD discs as well.

[thunderhawk]

Hi all,

I saw this thread already had (at the moment of the update) 1122 views...
So I decided to update it...

Any comments or suggestions?

[Gorkab]

Originally Posted by thunderhawk

Current Statistics: HD-DVD / Blu-ray Disc




Any comments on this updated picture?

Hum... The HD-DVD has got a marketing Advantage too... Remember the Nintendo REVOLUTION...

[thunderhawk]

Oh, sorry, I totally forgot...


It has been adjusted now

More comments?

[Blu-Wave]

Note that BDs are not projected to cost any more to produce in volume quantities than DVDs - in fact, they may even cost less as they can be nearly 50% paper - saving a lot of plastic.

Also, I know that Sony's original BDZ-S77 recorder is bulky and achieves backwards compatibility with DVD by employing a separate optical head for BDs and another for DVDs, but it was released several years ago. Since then both Sony and Phillips have developed three-laser optical heads for blu-ray that can supporting recording and playback of CD, DVD and BD. HD-DVD/AOD also needs a three-laser head for maximum compatibility, but they seem to be focussing upon a two-laser variant. Although these heads will allow reasonably slimline high definition players and recorders for either BD or HD-DVD/AOD, and for slimline computer drives, it will be a little more time before heads and the supporting electronics are available which allow compact high performance portable high definition players. :?

Of course, if you're thinking of linking the 1080p HDMI output from such a portable to an 81" plasma remember that the power consumption of a display is roughly proportional to its surface area, ceteris paribus, so where that 81" display consumes almost a kilowatt a well-engineered 42" one gets by on a few hundred watts - or you could go for a more efficient LCD display or even wait a little for OLED and combined LCD/OLED displays. 8)