DVDEmpire Blu-ray sales top 60%

[bataylor1314]

If you look at the statistics on DVDEmpires site, you can see that Blu-ray is consistently outselling HD-DVD. The margin continues to grow. Blu-ray has now passed an important milestone at 60% sales. With upcoming release schedule it is not unlikely that Blu-Ray will exceed 2:1 ratio sometime in March. All this after HD-DVD held 60% or better market share all of last year.

http://www.dvdempire.com/index.asp?u...ite_media_id=0

[dobyblue]

For the week ending Wed Jan 3rd
HD DVD 44.50%
Blu-ray 55.50%

For the week ending Wed Jan 10th
HD DVD 42.16%
Blu-ray 57.84%

For the week ending Wed Jan 17th
HD DVD 42.30%
Blu-ray 57.70%

For the week ending Wed Jan 24th
HD DVD 39.01%
Blu-ray 60.99%



I'm tracking it every Wednesday.

[Deciazulado]

1.25x
1.37x
1.34x
1.56x
1.75x

Maybe we could make chart out ot it

So for the first 3 weeks of January the average of those numbers is about 59% Blu, 41% HDDVD. Lets see how the whole month ends!

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

For the week ending Wed Jan 17th
HD DVD 42.30%
Blu-ray 57.70%

For the week ending Wed Jan 24th
HD DVD 39.01%
Blu-ray 60.99%

That's a huge week over week jump!

Gary

[Guinness7]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

For the week ending Wed Jan 3rd
HD DVD 44.50%
Blu-ray 55.50%

For the week ending Wed Jan 10th
HD DVD 42.16%
Blu-ray 57.84%

For the week ending Wed Jan 17th
HD DVD 42.30%
Blu-ray 57.70%

For the week ending Wed Jan 24th
HD DVD 39.01%
Blu-ray 60.99%



I'm tracking it every Wednesday.

Jan 3rd 11% lead

Jan 10th 15.68% lead

Jan 17th 15.4 %lead

Jan 24th 21.98% lead

[onyxx]

Actually these are the fresh week numbers:

HD DVD Blu-ray
36.35% 63.65%

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by onyxx

Actually these are the fresh week numbers:

HD DVD Blu-ray
36.35% 63.65%

Whole moley, it's a runaway train!!! BD is clearly exploding at DVD Empire.

At 66.7% it is 2x!

Gary

[Chris Beveridge]

Getting to the 60% number crosses a psychological barrier. HD DVD hitting below 40% is a psychological barrier as well.

[Polyh3dron]

Originally Posted by bataylor1314

All this after HD-DVD held 60% or better market share all of last year.

http://www.dvdempire.com/index.asp?u...ite_media_id=0

This is because a good deal of people who were going to go Blu-Ray were waiting for the PS3.

[GooMan]

Originally Posted by Polyh3dron

This is because a good deal of people who were going to go Blu-Ray were waiting for the PS3.

I know I was waiting for the PS3, and now I'm at over 10 movies.

[calgarymarc]

I know I was definitely waiting for Blu-ray (PS3) to release. I was so impressed I went out and bought a $3,999.99 (CAD) Sony VAIO notebook to boot so I could take it wherever I go, and to show off to my friends who have HIGH-DEF TV's, but are still stuck in the stone age... LMAO

My Blu-ray movie collection has grown to 30+ movies in the last week alone...

Yesterday's purchase:

Annapolis
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Superman Returns
Sahara
Black Hawk Down
Enemy of the State
Gone in 60 Seconds
Speed
House of Wax
The Covenant
The Italian Job

Purchases last week include:

Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible III
Pearl Harbor
XXX
The Transporter
The Transporter 2
Into the Blue
Fantastic 4
Stealth
S.W.A.T
Underworld: Evolution

The copies we had from PS3 launch date until up to this last week:

The Fifth Element
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Kingdom of Heaven
Kiss of the Dragon
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Devil Wears Prada

Anyone agree this is quite an overload in the last week? I'm determined to be one of the many to get Blu-ray off the ground and miles ahead of HD-DVD, and as others have said i'm going to have to take out a loan soon...

How much do you think my recent purchases have helped so far this week? LOL j/k

For a 20-year-old I think i'm doing pretty good where I'm at, I just use the parents 60" Sony to watch my movies, or my laptop.

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by calgarymarc

I know I was definitely waiting for Blu-ray (PS3) to release. I was so impressed I went out and bought a $3,999.99 (CAD) Sony VAIO notebook to boot so I could take it wherever I go, and to show off to my friends who have HIGH-DEF TV's, but are still stuck in the stone age... LMAO

Cool! The Sony Store in downtown Toronto has a neat setup. It's a presentation table in front of a 70" SXRD. On the table is (left to right):

VAIO notebook.
BDPS1 player.
Playstation 3.

All are hooked up to the SXRD. And all are used to demo (right now, Ice Age II). Amazing.

How do you find the notebook? Any playback issues?

Gary

[calgarymarc]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

How do you find the notebook? Any playback issues?

Gary

All I can say is "WOW" in terms of the Sony VAIO VGNAR290G Notebook. I've had absolutely no playback issues with any of my BD-R movies, and the picture quality is impressive.

I'm sure there's other great displays out there, but this one caught me as soon as I saw it.

The real purpose of my Blu-ray (BD) Notebook purchase was for portability. I didn't feel like lugging around the PS3 wherever I go, just to show my friends.

I'm in the process of spreading the word, and my friends know it. It's all I talk about everyday.

http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce/ser...9n100299n47540 is the link for the computer specs.

So far, it's been PURR'in like a kitten. I definitely hope Blu-ray comes out on top!!

[dialog_gvf]

New numbers today:

Week: 34.47% (HD DVD) 65.53% (Blu-ray)

2x sales by as early as tomorrow!

Gary

[phloyd]

Heheh - looks like the 'missing sales' are kicking in already

It is weird though that the main page says for HD DVD:

Titles 163 Pre-Release 98 but if you go to 'Show All' it lists 161.

They also have 'Complete List' that says 194 titles.

Bluray:

Titles 159 Preorders 68 Show All 219.

'Complete List' is also 219.

BD doesn't add up either but it does seem to be somewhat closer...

[dobyblue]

Has anyone ever ordered a title from DVD Empire?
http://forums.highdefdigest.com/showthread.php?t=2618

[goodstuff]

Bought 90% of my discs there since 2003, when DVDplanet went into the shitcan during that buyout. Same day and Friday shipping of preorders are what I want and they deliver. They're pretty good with 30% off MSRP as well, in the pricing department.

[Nismobeach]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

Has anyone ever ordered a title from DVD Empire?
http://forums.highdefdigest.com/showthread.php?t=2618

I just bought X3 and Goodfellas from them via Google checkout and it was the first time I had ever ordered from them. Both BDs shipped fast and were packaged nicely. No complaints here.