81:19 Nielsen/VideoScan Weekly Sales Numbers

[JAGUAR1977]

LOL, first time I've ever discovered the figures from the magazine link, rather than another poster.

Amazing figures, I truely believed HD-DVD may have clawed back 10 points through panic buying!

[tru2blu707]

i think a lot of ppl who were red are going blu now.....or they just stop buying anything hd dvd all together...hopefully in another 6 months or so we will be in the 90s ratio

[Spankey]

Originally Posted by JAGUAR1977

LOL, first time I've ever discovered the figures from the magazine link, rather than another poster.

Amazing figures, I truely believed HD-DVD may have clawed back 10 points through panic buying!

That will end. I believe what we are seeing now is the dual format owners just about abadoning HD-DVD all together and the die-hards and new HD-DVD owners buying what they can. Pretty soon, they will have everything they want. Once Warner dries up, it is all over. I think we will see a number in the 90's come Feb and March. Michael Clayton will be interesting.

[Steverhcp02]

Originally Posted by tru2blu707

i think a lot of ppl who were red are going blu now.....or they just stop buying anything hd dvd all together...hopefully in another 6 months or so we will be in the 90s ratio

we often forget that the people on forums like HDD are fanatical for their format. The general person just wont pool money into a bottomless pit. So it may seem through amazon things havent changed MUCH, but out in the real world, HD DVD is a joke.

[RUR]

Originally Posted by bluskies

There is also a new article by the editor in the magazine that HD DVD should call it a day.

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by JAGUAR1977

LOL, first time I've ever discovered the figures from the magazine link, rather than another poster.

Amazing figures, I truely believed HD-DVD may have clawed back 10 points through panic buying!

Looks like too many HD-DVD fans spent their time signing petitions instead of out buying disks.

Logan

[talbers23]

Originally Posted by Whytewash

Blu Ray wins again! It must be hard for HD DVD... seriously. I almost feel bad...


'cept not really! haha way to go Blu!!!

agreed. everyone had the exact same information available to them to make a decision. I was a hardcore hd dvd supporter until I got my ps3. I heard the difference, saw the difference, and did some research on studio support and sold my hd dvd player weeks after getting my ps3. Therefore, I do not feel bad.

[Jimbo976]

Originally Posted by Fozziwig

Volume could be very big. If a generous assumption is made that 'Good Luck Chuck' sold 25,000 units then the top 10 would account for 131,930 units. Then there's everything outside the top 10! The Blu-ray catalogue tends to be strong and I estimate that it will perform at 75% of the top 10. That would take total Blu-ray volume to approx. 230,000 for the week. Considerably higher than last week.

Just guesswork. But I have a feeling there is some major momentum behind Blu-ray at the moment and growth is starting to accelerate.

BTW If that's close then it means that HD DVD volume also went up. But I suppose Toshiba were bound to shift a few players and disposed of a few red movies along the way. Whatever they did it clearly wasn't enough to prevent a second week of total humiliation!

From my math I think volume is actually down from last week. This is based on the YTD number. If volume was up then the YTD number would be higher that it is. From my best guess the volume this week is about 70-75% of what it was last week. The volume of last week was also a little below the week before it.

[Balian]

Someone over at HMM has a wicked sense of humor. Notice PE HD DVD has a ratio of 0.00 for the week!! Must be a lot of returns from uninformed Christmas shoppings.

[Amel]

*slow clap*

[badboi]

Has anyone noticed this over at Amazon: (Click on any Warner HD DVD title and you get this little warning).

Warner Bros. has announced plans to discontinue its support of the HD DVD format after May 31, 2008. See a list of Warner HD DVD titles.

[stockstar1138]

wow! awesome disney add. bee movie doesn't even advertise hd dvd. great numbers. who cares if they are running a super bowl ad, thats a waste of money for them.

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by Balian

Someone over at HMM has a wicked sense of humor. Notice PE HD DVD has a ratio of 0.00 for the week!! Must be a lot of returns from uninformed Christmas shoppings.

i seriously wouldn't be suprised. return rates are high on this title and sales are low.

[badboi]

Originally Posted by Balian

Someone over at HMM has a wicked sense of humor. Notice PE HD DVD has a ratio of 0.00 for the week!! Must be a lot of returns from uninformed Christmas shoppings.

What's even funnier is look at the picture to the left where it says "Daddy Day Camp."

[MarekM]

Originally Posted by Grubert

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ques...hp?startpage=4

There's something missing in that Bee Movie full-page ad

do you think they forgot to mention HD DVD ?

[TheRealBob]

Originally Posted by badboi

Lots of new math equations (so study, as you will be tested), and lots of "but Walmart wasn't counted, and if they were, the numbers would be in favor of HD DVD" and a lot of "Sony bought Neilsens off" that we hear every week.

Let's see: ((17-15)/15)*100 = 13.3%

HD DVD up 13.3% in ONE WEEK!

Meanwhile, BD sales are flat, with a 2% decline.

How long can the BDA survive?

[RUR]

Originally Posted by badboi

Has anyone noticed this over at Amazon: (Click on any Warner HD DVD title and you get this little warning).

That's brilliant! Another message path telling J6P HD DVD is dying fast.

[Balian]

Originally Posted by badboi

What's even funnier is look at the picture to the left where it says "Daddy Day Camp."

Umm I was trying to point that out, notice the red box?

[MacHaggis]

I'm still waiting for the 95% to -5% week

- Bogdan

[ranma]

Originally Posted by Jimbo976

From my math I think volume is actually down from last week. This is based on the YTD number. If volume was up then the YTD number would be higher that it is. From my best guess the volume this week is about 70-75% of what it was last week. The volume of last week was also a little below the week before it.

Your math is wrong, hehe