81:19 Nielsen/VideoScan Weekly Sales Numbers

[Sonny]

I'm a ''gamer'' & have 217 BD's , I hope i'm not the exception

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by marzetta7

Here are the releases for this week's numbers...

September 25, 2007
Black Book (Sony)
Gods and Generals (Warner)
Gothika (Warner)
Memoirs of a Geisha (Sony)
Tekkonkinkreet (Sony)
Underworld (Sony)
The Wild Bunch (Warner)
Wyatt Earp (Warner)

Hmm, I thought FF4 was in this week's numbers, so let me revise. It'll probably be 69:31....hahaha 69 dude!

didn't pick up any of these. sorry.

[marzetta7]

Originally Posted by Lee Christie

i'm fealing a little pessimistic, 65%

This is what HD DVD has going up against Blu-ray...

Evening (Universal)
Freedom: 2 (Bandai Visual)
The Getaway (1994) (Universal)
Gods and Generals (Warner)
Gothika (Warner)
Knocked Up (Universal)
Next (Paramount)
Patch Adams (Universal)
The Wild Bunch (Warner)
Wyatt Earp (Warner)

[marzetta7]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

didn't pick up any of these. sorry.

No Underworld? I can see this one handily winning this week, if 300 doesn't remain top dog.

[Vonscoot]

Originally Posted by Sir Terrence

Frank,
You are one the biggest doubters and defeatist I have seen on this website. You are so busy trumping up what the HD DVD PG group is doing, that you cannot see the forrest for the trees at what the BDA is doing.

If you are so fearful at your bluray investment, so quick to point out what the BDA has not done, and so quick to champion what the HD DVD PG HAS done, go out buy you a HD DVD player, support HD DVD, and move on from this website. Your defeatist attitude is not helpful, can spread to others, and is nothing more than HD DVD PG talking points. If you are confident in your investment in bluray, stop talking about what the other side is doing, go buy your favorite bluray movies, but by all means give us a break on the defeatiest attitude, it is making me sick

Thank you, Sir, someone had to say it.

[mycroft]

Originally Posted by Sonny

65'' Panny plazzy 1080p
58'' Panny plazzy 1080p
50'' Panny plazzy 1080P
32'' Panny LCD 720/1080i
3 Onkyo 805's
1 Onkyo 605
4 switchers 5x1 HDMI
3 PS3's 1 250gig 2 60gig
1 Philips BDP9000 Blu-Ray player
4 S.A. 8300 HD DVR DIGI BOXES
217 BLU-RAY DISC'S

Wow, dude...
Where do you find all the space to put that equipment? That's pretty impressive.
-- The proud owner of 1 42" Plasma TV and 1 Denon AVR.

I'm going to predict 61:39 for this week, a slight backslide from last week, because I think that the day and date titles will have a positive impact for them, but not enough to completely offset a popular title like Underworld.

[Lee Christie]

Originally Posted by Sonny

I'm a ''gamer'' & have 217 BD's , I hope i'm not the exception

And you have.. 4 HD TVs?? If you're normal, then I'm not. *cries* I have one 720p TV and one full HD monitor that I use to watch blu-ray on through my PC. And I'm streching my budget at 11 blu-ray discs.

[Anthony P]

my guess 65/35

[MatrixS2000]

My guess for this week 67/33.

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by MatrixS2000

My guess for this week 67/33.

I hope you are right. This week HD DVD had Knocked Up and Next. If we get 65% or more we are set!

[whippersnapper]

Originally Posted by frank_t

...and VHS (lesser tech) beat Beta.

...and Atari (lesser tech) beat Intellivision

...and Commodore 64 (lesser tech) beat Atari 800XL

SACD and DVD-A died because no one cared outside of us geeks. CD was deemed good enough; iTunes was deemed good enough. Afterall, how many of us need to sit in one place to listen to music.

BD and HD-DVD face the main same issue as SACD and DVD-A: no one cares.

Seriously - I've had people over to watch BDs on my PS3. Sure - they all agree it looks better. But they are not about to spend for a new player nor for the additional cost for the movies as they deem DVD to be good enough.

If there were only one format, then we'd have 2 years or so before the players became cheap enough for mainstream.

Instead we have competing formats causing confusion; one camp is willing to go the distance on price now to win later. The other are a bunch of tech-heads who think the masses will understand, let alone care, about storage space, bit rates, 1080i vs 1080 24/p. They don't. people are ignorant on these things.

My gut tells me that if Tosh and co. succeed in bringing a $199 player to market, we'll see a surge in HD-DVD. It'll possibly convince those dual-format studios to become exclusives and it'll drag the war on for another 12-18 months while BD slowly dies and the inevitable happens: sony, fox, and disney will no longer leave the money on the table. and guess what? they won't care! cause in the end, they still end up selling you movies.

i hope i'm wrong as i've invested in blu.

i hope i'm wrong as i've invested in blu

Are little statements such as this supposed to establish your Blu-ray bona fides? It doesn't work with me. Your posting history is too transparent to fool any but the lowest intellects.

[frank_t]

Originally Posted by whippersnapper

Are little statements such as this supposed to establish your Blu-ray bona fides? It doesn't work with me. Your posting history is too transparent to fool any but the lowest intellects.

nope. don't care to establish anything really.

you guys sure are wound up tight over this stuff.

enjoy your movies -- i will too

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by whippersnapper

Are little statements such as this supposed to establish your Blu-ray bona fides? It doesn't work with me. Your posting history is too transparent to fool any but the lowest intellects.

Thankfully somebody else is catching on

[SDG]

I think tosh will bleed all of its money by selling their product at a loss since its conception. Thats fine that they are selling it cheap and at a loss. Thats why others dont make hd dvd. They dont want to sell a product at a loss, it they sell it for what it is worth, no one will buy it compared to the tosh price. Ya, i know i cant spell. im from arkansas.

[kwhiplash]

Which week's numbers reflect the buy-off?!

[What'sHD]

Originally Posted by whippersnapper

Are little statements such as this supposed to establish your Blu-ray bona fides? It doesn't work with me. Your posting history is too transparent to fool any but the lowest intellects.

I wonder if his (frank, is it?) "gut" also tells him what the business model is with selling subsidized 199 buck players in mass market quantities.

Also, how will the format ever catch on if no CE wants to make a player?

If its just a matter of seeing who can bleed the most and longest, I will happily take Sony, Panasonic and Philips against Toshiba

If it comes to that, that is...

[gand41f]

Originally Posted by kwhiplash

Which week's numbers reflect the buy-off?!

Blu-fairy, you mean the buy-a-thon? That was the 18th, included in last week's numbers.

enjoy
gandalf

[Iron Man]

These are the numbers we need to win this



82%
83%
and so on....

http://www.dvdempire.com/Content/Fea...hidef_wars.asp

[MarekM]

Originally Posted by Iron Man

These are numbers we need to win this



82%
83%
and so on....

http://www.dvdempire.com/Content/Fea...hidef_wars.asp

great I like them very much it's pitty it's just for first two days but I will love such numbers at the end of the week
Marek

[Merlins]

Originally Posted by MarekM

great I like them very much it's pitty it's just for first two days but I will love such numbers at the end of the week
Marek

They are not even for the first two days... The same numbers was posted on Oct. 2, the day before the actual week for the numbers.