Rock the vote: CNBC Poll

[spicynacho]

CNBC's meatpuppet, Jim Goldman, has posted another article. Here are some choice quotes

The latest numbers I saw: 2.7 million Blu-ray players versus the estimated 700,000 HD DVD players, despite HD DVD being so much more inexpensive. Another factoid I saw: 74 percent of all Blu-ray players were sold inside Sony's PlayStation 3, or about 2 million units. Of course, the Blu-ray people will chime in that a healthy chunk of the HD DVD sales success comes from the add-on players people bought for their Xbox 360s.

Still, when you compare standalone player purchases, it seems that the race is essentially neck-and-neck.

Which leads to the obvious conclusion:

Take PS3 out of the mix and there isn't even a competition here.

Anyway, there is a poll. So far with 1253 votes, HD DVD 27%, BR 60%, and undecided 13%.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/22184987

[theknub]

tipped the boat... or vote

[darkpoet25]

I just placed my vote. Sony shareholders must be grinning ear to ear with those numbers.

[zombie]

From the article:

if disc sales are any indication, Blu-ray is still enjoying a commanding lead

And Warner knows this too.

[cakefoo]

Take Disney, Fox, and Sony movies out of the mix and there isn't even competition.

Shhhhh...

[cartman781]

rocked that vote hard

[atomik kinder]

Gee, another article by NBC about how people who own PS3s buy them to play games and not watch movies. And Bourne Ultimatum. From what I saw at the retailers, even they were not expecting it to be a huge seller,with DVDs and BDs and HD DVDs of Harry Potter with 4 times or more shelf space dedicated to it than Bourne. Looks like Potter will be selling more. Target had at least two times the number of BD shelf space for Potter than HD DVD had, Best Buy looked about the same, but I don't know if they re-arranged their shelf space this morning and replenished their supplies as it looked like they had only sold one BD and no HD DVDs.

[Whytewash]

If you take the PS3 off the market there is no competition? you are full of bullshit my friend (directed toward the guy that wrote the article).

You CANT take the PS3 out of consideration. We here at blu ray (dot) com have had NUMEROUS polls about the usage of the PS3 and we only represent a small portion of the market. There is no way that you could factor that out.

[Rob Tomlin]

"Yet, if disc sales are any indication, Blu-ray is still enjoying a commanding lead: Nielsen/VideoScan says during Black Friday, Blu-ray disc titles made up 72.6 percent of all high-def disc purchases. About 27.4 percent for HD DVD titles."

[spicynacho]

I say neck-and-neck because I haven't seen any hard evidence that consumers are buying PS3's BECAUSE there's also a Blu-ray player inside.

He must be one of those head in the sand AVS members. Hear no evil, see no evil.

[cakefoo]

I just watched it go from 60% Blu to 61%.

[kiskiboy97]

"Come tomorrow, we get the next salvo fired in the HD DVD vs. Blu-ray saga when Universal Studios Home Entertainment lets loose the last leg of the Jason Bourne trilogy, "The Bourne Ultimatum" on HD DVD."

"Now, before you unleash your wrath on me, yes, Universal Studios is the other half of NBCUniversal [GE 37.25 0.22 (+0.59%) ] , so full disclosure here. But the fact that NBC and Universal and are partners doesn't color my handicapping of the ongoing format war that has consumers caught in the middle."

SURE Jim, no bias there!

"Blu-ray is seeing sales surge thanks to Sony's late-in-the-game PlaySstation 3 price cuts. "

"Take PS3 out of the mix and there isn't even a competition here."

SURE Jim, take out Toshiba and there isn't even a competition here.

What a tool.

[Sorbert]

Well i voted and if i wanted t vote more i could since i got about 300 coputers within 20-30 yards of me

[Thegide]

The numbers are soaring in favor of blu... now at 63%

[Bombthroat]

Put me down for a vote.

[cawgijoe]

The guy's a complete biased moron.....I can't believe he has a job reporting anything!

Just added to the Blu vote.

[cawgijoe]

Originally Posted by Sorbert

Well i voted and if i wanted t vote more i could since i got about 300 coputers within 20-30 yards of me

Do it man!

[Sigmar_X]

I'm so sick of hearing the take PS3 out of the mix and there is no comp.

IT DOESN'T MATTER!!!!

The title sales are so much higher, it doesn't matter how many players are out there. I can't wait till Warner does it's thing. So people can shut up about PS3 players.

[davidPS3]

I already voted on this poll and glad to see the numbers being true blu.

I am so tired of various people in the industry on the red side saying that PS3 owners do not buy and watch movies. I have two PS3's and do not have a stand alone player. I have almost 100 movies. I know that I am not the only one, especially from various people on this site that have my same set up.

I was suprised though today going into my BB and see that they have yet again changed the Blu Set back down to 3 sections, so back at the same 50/50 split with the Red Team. Though they did have two pallets of 80 and 40 gig PS3's on the floor when you walk into the store.

Also, hate to say it, but the Red HP movies were picked over and the Blu was stocked (though the clerk could have just refilled it) and the Borne Movie was packed tight. Yes, this is just one store, but it is a high volume store here on the Eastside of Seattle.

[mystiksuicide]

Voted it's up to 63 % that's good but not good enough. Make sure you all vote