HD-DVD missing the boat in Australia - Blu-ray Forum

zany6669 · 12-04-2007, 10:57 AM

The following link features an interesting article from the Sydney Morning Herald, one of Australia's largest newspapers, about how HD-DVD is missing its chance at gaining any foot hold in Australia:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/technolog...530626138.html

Bullseye · 12-04-2007, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by zany6669

The following link features an interesting article from the Sydney Morning Herald, one of Australia's largest newspapers, about how HD-DVD is missing its chance at gaining any foot hold in Australia:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/technolog...530626138.html

With all of these stories from around the world it really amazes me that some studios still support HD-DVD when they are almost non existant in most countries outside the USA.

dobyblue · 12-04-2007, 12:21 PM

Awesome - software sales are 5.6:1

HD DVD is getting its ass whooped everywhere, even in the US for that matter.

It's going to just get uglier and uglier for HD DVD throughout 2008.

E-Dogg · 12-04-2007, 12:24 PM

Great read! It's always a good thing to see Blu-Ray dominating all over the world.

Leopold BUTTERS · 12-04-2007, 12:26 PM

Australia has hardly even sold any players at all from both formats, Kinda wierd that they jumped to BD already.

Zyclone · 12-04-2007, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Leopold BUTTERS

Australia has hardly even sold any players at all from both formats, Kinda wierd that they jumped to BD already.

the main reason blu is leading is because of the playstation 3.

there is little to no ads for HD DVD here and the title range is very poor we are only just getting movies now that have been out since early last year.

that and not many retailers stock HD DVD films.

lateralus85 · 12-04-2007, 01:11 PM

Yeh no ads at all over here. PS3 price drop was a bigger though. Heck I jumped onto as soon as I could.

12-04-2007, 10:57 AM	#1
zany6669 Member Member since:May 2007 Location:Sydney, Australia Blu-ray collection:64	HD-DVD missing the boat in Australia The following link features an interesting article from the Sydney Morning Herald, one of Australia's largest newspapers, about how HD-DVD is missing its chance at gaining any foot hold in Australia: http://www.smh.com.au/news/technolog...530626138.html

12-04-2007, 12:24 PM	#4
E-Dogg Expert Member Member since:Jun 2007 Blu-ray collection:159	Australia Great read! It's always a good thing to see Blu-Ray dominating all over the world.

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12-04-2007, 12:21 PM	#3
dobyblue Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jul 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Home Theater Gallery:71 4K collection:55 Blu-ray collection:655 Blu-ray reviews: 15	Awesome - software sales are 5.6:1 HD DVD is getting its ass whooped everywhere, even in the US for that matter. It's going to just get uglier and uglier for HD DVD throughout 2008.

12-04-2007, 12:26 PM	#5
Leopold BUTTERS Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jun 2007 Location:AB,Canada Blu-ray collection:93 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:1	Australia has hardly even sold any players at all from both formats, Kinda wierd that they jumped to BD already.

12-04-2007, 01:11 PM	#7
lateralus85 Active Member Member since:Nov 2007	Yeh no ads at all over here. PS3 price drop was a bigger though. Heck I jumped onto as soon as I could.

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