Blu-ray Surpasses One Million Sold [blu-ray.com]

[Josh]

Reaching this impressive milestone after being on the market for less than a year, the Blu-ray Disc Association has today announced that since inception, Blu-ray has sold more than one million movies.

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[calgarymarc]

Originally Posted by Josh

Reaching this impressive milestone after being on the market for less than a year, the Blu-ray Disc Association has today announced that since inception, Blu-ray has sold more than one million movies.

Read more...

Excellent, can't wait to see the blockbusters comin' to Blu-ray between now and the end of the year!!!

[JTK]

Anyone know what MS-DVD's numbers are vs. that?

[nhaase]

I think HD-DVD has sold a little over 900k.

[MatrixS2000]

Key words "1 million movies".

Add games/software and BR is the obvious choice....

[calgarymarc]

Originally Posted by JTK

Anyone know what MS-DVD's numbers are vs. that?

By Thomas K. Arnold

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Of the high-definition discs bought by consumers in the first quarter, 70% were in the Blu-ray Disc format and 30% were HD DVD, according to sales figures provided by trade publication Home Media Magazine.

Blu-ray took the lead in February, and its percentage of total sales accelerated to the point where it accounted for nearly three out of every four high-definition discs sold in March.

What's more, when given the choice, consumers are going with Blu-ray. Warner Home Video released "The Departed" the same day, February 13, in both formats. Between then and March 31, consumers bought 53,640 copies of the film on Blu-ray Disc and 31,590 on HD DVD, according to Home Media's market research, based on studio estimates and Nielsen VideoScan point-of-sale data.

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Research also shows that eight of the 10 top-selling high-definition titles in the first quarter were on Blu-ray Disc. At the top of the list was "Casino Royale," which sold through to consumers an estimated 59,680 units in the period. The Blu-ray Disc edition of "Departed" finished second, while the HD DVD version of that Oscar-winning film placed third.

From January 1-March 31, consumers bought almost 1.2 million high-definition discs -- 832,530 Blu-ray units and 359,300 HD DVDs -- according to Home Media Magazine. In March, consumers bought 335,980 Blu-ray Discs and 119,570 HD DVDs.

Since the high-def format's inception -- HD DVD launched in April 2006, while Blu-ray got rolling two months later -- more than 2.14 million discs have been purchased by consumers: 1.2 million Blu-ray Discs and about 937,500 HD DVDs.

Observers aren't surprised by the disparity, noting that Blu-ray Disc enjoys the support of five of the six major studios, while HD DVD is supported by three of them. Three studios -- Sony, Disney and Fox -- are exclusively in the Blu-ray camp, as is mini-major Lionsgate. Paramount and Warner support both formats. Universal is the only major studio to release titles only in the HD DVD format, which backers claim is easier and cheaper to produce.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
http://www.reuters.com/article/filmN...20834920070423

[marzetta7]

[insert Karate Kid mindset here]Put 'em in a body bag Johnny!!! Hahahahahahhehehehehehehe!

[Zinn]

here's the link to the reuters.com article.

[GaS]

Man those Jan through March numbers just kick ars.

[Blubaru]

Did someone post this on AVS yet?

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Zinn

here's the link to the reuters.com article.

I just loved that article!

[Chris Gerhard]

I saw that the Videoscan numbers indicated roughly 58% Blu-ray to 42% HD DVD inception to date, which means when total for both hits 2,000,000 soon, the breakdown should be approximately 1,160,000 Blu-ray and 840,000 HD DVD if it is all accurate. The 2,000,000 total should be a few weeks away roughly.

Chris