Blu-ray sales are pounding HD DVD

[johnnyd1]

Originally Posted by Iron Man

Disney is kicking ass.....

"Disney, you chose the perfect time for your campaign"



HD-DVD salesrank top 10: 359.6

BLU-RAY salesrank top 25: 172.96

Disney also has had a few new Blu Ray commercials on HDNET and HDNET Movies channels over the weekend !

[cawgijoe]

I'm buying today....Monday...so they count in the numbers. Was too busy watching my sad-sack Redskins lose yesterday...

[GregBlu5]

OK, Friday when a sale was announced on J&R, I bought:

Gone in 60 Seconds
Enemy of the State

Yesterday morning on amazon, I bought:

Day After Tomorrow

This morning on amazon, I bought:

*Both* Pirates of the Carribean movies
The Wild
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

BTW, none of the Friday or Sunday purchases have yet shown up as dings on my Debit account. And my DAT puchase yesterday doesn't even show it shipping from amazon until this coming Friday (because I always click off Free shipping, it takes a few extra days for amazon now to ship titles to me, but at least it will count as either last week's sale or this week's sale).

Also, I have preordered 2001 and ordered Swordfish along with it. Sometimes, these kinds of preorders show up as early as the previous Friday morning--as dings on my Debit account--and amazon sometimes lets me know that they've shipped a pre-order over the previous weekend (to the announce date of Oct 23, in this case), so might these purchases also show up as *this week's purchases* if amazon does that before next Sunday (Oct 21)?

-Greg

[buckshot]

I don't care what week it counts for. I just want my movies. I bought 2 friday, 5 sunday, and will probably go get 4 more today. some are for me, others are xmas presents. f**k hd dvd. they never stood a chance.

[Switched2BD]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

It is a VERY BIG deal!!

A win for the Blu camp against the marquee HDDVD title for which Toshiba spent 150 mil (it is not Shrek) will have a resounding effect in Hollywood. A win will also send to Paramount the loudest possible message you could imagine.

And you better believe that I am not talking science fiction here as I was part of the industry not too long ago.

Ciao,
Pro-B

Exactly!! Its a shame everyone isnt thinking about this.


Thank you for getting it.

[Amel]

I think they lost since last month, there is no chance for them to come back. Now when the holiday shopping occurs they will go down hard...there is no chance of survival for them

[Tee]

Originally Posted by Amel

I think they lost since last month, there is no chance for them to come back. Now when the holiday shopping occurs they will go down hard...there is no chance of survival for them

It is inevitable............the end is near!

[Razzy]

Originally Posted by Iron Man

Disney is kicking ass.....

"Disney, you chose the perfect time for your campaign"

I'll bet they planned this as soon as they knew the Transformers release date. No doubt the BDA also had a hand in this.

[bhampton]

Hi,

.Seems pretty clear to me that the BoGoF sales are a response to the Transformers.

.I waited till today to buy.

.I'm glad they made buying this week so much fun.

.I think the sale had to start early so they could get it in Sunday's papers.

.No one should be faulted for buying Blu Rays no matter what time or day. It's the funnest thing to do. If you bought early, congrats. Consider buying another if you like.

=brian

[Rike255]

An even better way to help is to make sure everyone and anyone knows about these deals. I've been posting them on forums all over the place lately, I recommend you do the same, and tell people. Spread the word, because that will make al lthe difference.

Link people to this page https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=19855 and show the post (it's about half way down) that lists all the deals going on. This is extremely important.

[Joe Cain]

Originally Posted by Rob71

I just checked FRYS.com and they are sold out! Everything but The Replacement Killers is gone. Damn, there's going to be a lot of Blu-Rays sold this week.

The $49.99 Planet Earth is still in stock.

[jdc115]

Originally Posted by cawgijoe

I'm buying today....Monday...so they count in the numbers. Was too busy watching my sad-sack Redskins lose yesterday...

it could be worst, you could be a miami fan

[Rike255]

Even if Frys.com is sold out you can still order it for the low price, it'll just take longer to arrive that's all. You still get the great savings which is what we want!

[Jonty]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Surely the one studio we all are concerned with, WB, is defying your logic. They have been spending quite a bit of time highlighting their 300 success amidst monitoring the rest of the market (come Q4).

Pro-B

Here's we I disagree. Warner has focused on the total number of sales of 300. Personally (and I could be wrong) I have never seen a mention of weekly Nielsen ratings...

No matter what we do, we are not going to affect the total number of sales of Transformers (even if Blu win the week).

However, we can increase total sales for other studios, which I think would be of much greater value to Warner than weekly sales figures...

My 2c

[Joe Cain]

Originally Posted by jdc115

it could be worst, you could be a miami fan

Or St. Louis.

[Joe Cain]

Originally Posted by Rike255

Even if Frys.com is sold out you can still order it for the low price, it'll just take longer to arrive that's all. You still get the great savings which is what we want!

Yeah, I'm definitely willing to wait on my out-of-stock choices at $9.99 a pop.

[PrinceLH]

Maintaining a 2 - 1 sales ratio, during HD DUD's big attraction sends the message loud and clear, to Warner, Universal and Paramount. It also is having an effect at demoralizing the HD DUD acolytes who seem pretty depressed, over at AVS today. If we could push our numbers up, over the 70% mark, for the rest of the buying season, things may change after Christmas. We could have an end to this format war and peace would reign in the HDM world.

[Smallville206]

Originally Posted by BStecke

I just think it's pretty shitty that people are being criticized and slapped on the wrist for buying discs at the "wrong time."

As do I. When I am out and I see a Blu ray movie I want, I'm picking it up. I don't stand there and think to myself "oh wait, it's the wrong day". I have 82 Blu ray movies so far and feel I am doing more than my part and will likely be around 100 by the end of this month.

[Brain Sturgeon]

Originally Posted by Joe Cain

Or St. Louis.

Oy ve! Don't friggin remind me. No. 1 pick, here we come.

Both my teams: Rams & Bears, lost yesterday. I wish I were a Pats fan-- they look ridiculous.

Just ordered Planet Earth on Amazon to fuel the fire. Will be hitting Best Buy later today. At least I can support ONE winning team this year.

Go Blu!

[airwedge1]

I am worried, since we don't have the promotions next week, and no titles releasing next week, hd dvd has a good chance to win next week. Everyone wallets will be dried out this week, and nothing left for next. If transformers only ships 65%, then 35% will probably ship next week. This gives huge opportunity for them to win next week. Heck the 35% holdout might be Paramount/Toshiba's doing on purpose, just for this purpose. It would probably be brilliant.