Rumor. Disney to drop BR.

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TheBigFatJ said:

makingmusic476 said:

This is highly unlikely. Why wait until the format war is finally beginning to end to do this?

And yes, the studios are making money on these formats, even if only a little. To quote an article from TigerWeekly concerning Warner's move to Blu:

Warner Bros., which will still produce HD-DVDs until the end of May, cited consumers’ preference as reason for the change. According to the Associated Press, Blu-rays made Warner Bros. $63 million more than HD-DVDs last year.

So off of Blu-Ray alone Warner made $63 mil. + the same amount they made off of HD DVD.

DVDs account for approximately 50% of the profits made by hollywood. $63 million in revenues is truly a tiny drop in the bucket.  That's much less money than I anticipated for a format that approached 1% of the home video market last year, and commands a significant premium in cost over its predecessor.

 you know, every says that but no one ever gives numbers.  well color me lazy but here is the first link i could find.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb335/is_200408/ai_n6408163

which says "Total video spending increased by 13.8 percent to reach $33.1 billion last year(2003)" and "to reach $105 billion by 2008 (projection)"

do a bit of math....Warner's 63 million dollars in blu ray revenues account for 0.2% of dvd revenues in 2003.  flawed analysis? oh for sure but this was only meant to give some perspective on what "a drop in the bucket" is supposed to mean.