Home Video Sales Thread (HMM weekly/DEG quarterly/Nielsen Top 20/etc.)

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

[Lee A Stewart]

[Lemmy Lugosi]

That sucks. DVDs are the “worst case scenario” of formats.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Lemmy Lugosi

That sucks. DVDs are the “worst case scenario” of formats.

You will only see bigger Blu-ray and 4K sales when there are more clusters of blockbusters (like is happening in the last two months). For example, Avatar 2, John Wick 4, Creed 3, The Flash, Barbie, Fast X, MI etc.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

I haven't been following this thread. But it absolutely blows my mind DVDs make up around 2/3 of disc sales. These buyers just don't see or care about the difference on their 4K displays? Is it strictly about price for them? Or do they think they are watching 4K? I only mentioned 4K displays as they would have surely stuck with 1080p (or even SD displays) but 4K sets have been exclusively sold for a long time now. I realize some content (sports, older TV shows, etc.) is only available on DVD, but I would be surprised if this was the driving factor.

The driving factor is the lack of blockbusters. That’s been rectified now and since January. Blu-Ray and 4K are both formats that rely on blockbusters, it’s that simple. For example, when Avatar 2 hits Blu-Ray and 4K, it will comfortably overshadow DVD.

Another factor is that streaming services offer 4K now so some are going the subscription route and just waiting for titles.

The hype for digital sell through has died down as that market isn’t showing very strong growth. People bought into it and drank the Koolaid but its growth is in single digits YOY. However, that also takes some of the overall pie.

But the masses have never been bothered about quality, that’s also a truth.

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by Lemmy Lugosi

That sucks. DVDs are the “worst case scenario” of formats.

The facts of the matter are these:

1. DVD is the most successful consumer electronics product ever. Over 95% of households have a DVD player. If it breaks you can get a new one for about $25.

2. Joe Average covets first price then selection. Much content doesn't make it to BD - like TV shows.

3. DVD is a revolutionary product. BD and UHD-BD are evolutionary products so they would never achieve what DVD has done.

4. UHD-TVs have a penetration rate of about 44%. That means the majority will be HDTVs. Yes - if you want a 50+ inch TV - you have no choice but to get a 4K TV. But many buy 43" TVs and DVD looks fine, especially those with anamorphic transfers.

5. Money is tight right now as you know. So if you want to own your content you still can - buy a DVD. Once your collection gets to a certain size you may watch that movie maybe 2X more (If that with a large collection). So your investment is smaller.

[Steedeel]

4K households will almost certainly be close to or over 50% now. Those last figures were from 2021.

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

4K households will almost certainly be close to or over 50% now. Those last figures were from 2021.

But TV sales are down due to high inflation.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

But TV sales are down due to high inflation.

Even so.

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Even so.

Global LCD TV sales expected to fall in 2022, OLED TV sales to rise

Market research firm Omdia expects global TV shipments to reach 211.6 million in 2022, which would be the lowest since 2010.

- "This year, the global OLED TV shipments are expected to increase 23 percent to eight million units," Omdia told BusinessKorea. "The market share of the product in terms of shipments is estimated at 4 percent this year, much lower than 96 percent of LCD TVs, and yet the share in terms of sales is expected to rise to 12.8 percent after having topped 10 percent for the first time last year."

https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.ph...&id=1653035612

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Even so.

Global LCD TV sales expected to fall in 2022, OLED TV sales to rise

Market research firm Omdia expects global TV shipments to reach 211.6 million in 2022, which would be the lowest since 2010.

https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.ph...&id=1653035612

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