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Dave · 03-18-2007, 08:38 AM

Blu-ray Clearly Leading in Next-Gen DVD Sales

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2104850,00.asp

Blackraven · 03-18-2007, 10:09 AM

The combined forces of the PS3 and added content are doing the job really well for Blu-ray.

HD-DUD is indeed staying at the bottom (until it becomes extinct).

Nismobeach · 03-18-2007, 10:18 AM

I think the article means rebates and not gift certificates. While they did help I feel that the bump in BD supremacy is more due to the release of the PS3 and superior content due to greater studio support.

powerSURG · 03-18-2007, 03:49 PM

This is great news for HD-DVD!

Jonalan34 · 03-18-2007, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by powerSURG

This is great news for HD-DVD!

This is not great news for HD DVD.
It is great news for Blu-ray people!

DTMoney84 · 03-18-2007, 05:32 PM

lol, im pretty sure there may have been some sarcasm involved there.

whippersnapper · 03-18-2007, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonalan34

This is not great news for HD DVD.
It is great news for Blu-ray people!

Wow, the fact that it is great news for Blu-ray people means it must be fabulous news for HD-DVD. Just ask the HD-DVD fanboys if you don't believe this.

goodstuff · 03-18-2007, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonalan34

This is not great news for HD DVD.
It is great news for Blu-ray people!

The "great news" posts are kind of an inside joke on message boards now. It pretty much means the opposite for the format mentioned

kamraten · 03-18-2007, 09:09 PM

good for Bluray

Jonalan34 · 03-18-2007, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goodstuff

The "great news" posts are kind of an inside joke on message boards now. It pretty much means the opposite for the format mentioned

I know that. I just post it because I prefer to be honest and post "Bad news" toward HD DVD and "good news" toward Blu-ray instead of opposite statement as an inside joke.

It is really not great news for HD DVD people.

Look at picture of graph that show who is lead in this format war, this is very good news for Blu-ray because they are ahead of HD DVD on the graph. This is a honest statement.

The Big Blue · 03-19-2007, 04:41 PM

I think maybe we need a Good news for HD DVD sticky thread that explains this.

Spankey · 03-19-2007, 04:45 PM

I think Midnight Watcher on AVS would have dissected this as good news for HD-DVD. You know, HD-DVD is winning by losing!

Gremal · 03-19-2007, 05:07 PM

Just wait for a graph that shows the data for the weeks covering Casino Royale and Rocky Balboa.

Buh-bye HD-DVD.

powerSURG · 03-19-2007, 05:19 PM

Exciting isn't it???

Stormyhog · 03-19-2007, 05:23 PM

Plus it will only get worse for HD-DVD when the PS3 launches in europe.

JTK · 03-19-2007, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sltmag

I think Midnight Watcher on AVS would have dissected this as good news for HD-DVD. You know, HD-DVD is winning by losing!

Him and some others. Man, that's the worst kind of desperation.

GoldenRedux · 03-19-2007, 06:20 PM

The really interesting thing there are the numbers that show that even with a big title like The Departed, available on both formats, the Blu-ray version apparently outsold the HD DVD by a wide margin. This puts to rest all claims that the sales gap is only present because of the lack of titles being released by the HD DVD studios (i.e. Universal). In a head to head, only Mission Impossible, apparently, was able to ever so slightly edge out its Blu-ray counterpart.

Filterlab · 03-19-2007, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stormyhog

Plus it will only get worse for HD-DVD when the PS3 launches in europe.

This Friday in the UK! Should be a huge seller as is usual for the Playstation in any guise.

I'll get mine in the January 08 sales though.

BluRay2344 · 03-19-2007, 07:13 PM

why doesn'y universal just give it up already!

kuklitis · 03-19-2007, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BluRay2344

why doesn'y universal just give it up already!

Because MICROSOFT still is sponsoring Universal and taking on it own all bad hits and kicks of Hd-DVD in many ways and Universal can go on without any real damage !

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03-18-2007, 10:09 AM	#2
Blackraven Expert Member Member since:Jan 2005 Location:Makati, Philippines	The combined forces of the PS3 and added content are doing the job really well for Blu-ray. HD-DUD is indeed staying at the bottom (until it becomes extinct).

03-18-2007, 10:18 AM	#3
Nismobeach Senior Member Member since:Dec 2006	I think the article means rebates and not gift certificates. While they did help I feel that the bump in BD supremacy is more due to the release of the PS3 and superior content due to greater studio support.

03-18-2007, 03:49 PM	#4
powerSURG Active Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Shaw AFB, SC Blu-ray collection:42	This is great news for HD-DVD!

03-18-2007, 05:32 PM	#6
DTMoney84 Active Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Philadelphia, PA	lol, im pretty sure there may have been some sarcasm involved there.

03-18-2007, 09:09 PM	#9
kamraten New Member Member since:Oct 2005	good for Bluray

03-19-2007, 04:41 PM	#11
The Big Blue Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:98 Blu-ray reviews:1	I think maybe we need a Good news for HD DVD sticky thread that explains this.

03-19-2007, 04:45 PM	#12
Spankey Power Member Member since:Oct 2006	I think Midnight Watcher on AVS would have dissected this as good news for HD-DVD. You know, HD-DVD is winning by losing!

03-19-2007, 05:07 PM	#13
Gremal Blu-ray Samurai Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Daddyland Home Theater Gallery:49 Blu-ray collection:184	Just wait for a graph that shows the data for the weeks covering Casino Royale and Rocky Balboa. Buh-bye HD-DVD.

03-19-2007, 05:19 PM	#14
powerSURG Active Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Shaw AFB, SC Blu-ray collection:42	Exciting isn't it???

03-19-2007, 05:23 PM	#15
Stormyhog Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Canada	Plus it will only get worse for HD-DVD when the PS3 launches in europe.

03-19-2007, 06:20 PM	#17
GoldenRedux Power Member Member since:Sep 2006 Blu-ray reviews:1	The really interesting thing there are the numbers that show that even with a big title like The Departed, available on both formats, the Blu-ray version apparently outsold the HD DVD by a wide margin. This puts to rest all claims that the sales gap is only present because of the lack of titles being released by the HD DVD studios (i.e. Universal). In a head to head, only Mission Impossible, apparently, was able to ever so slightly edge out its Blu-ray counterpart.

03-19-2007, 07:13 PM	#19
BluRay2344 Expert Member Member since:Jul 2006 Location:West Hartford, CT 4K collection:80 Blu-ray collection:396 DVD collection:33 Blu-ray reviews:9	why doesn'y universal just give it up already!

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