| Teeqoz said: Convenience and price trumps quality for the vast majority of consumers (up to a certain point anyway). Blu-rays are still more expensive than DVDs, and in western countries don't even get me started on streaming which is superior in those two regards to both. |
I was just checking if prices were getting more reasonable yet, guess not.
Star Trek Beyond on Amazon.ca DVD 9.97, Blu-Ray 12.99, Blu-ray 3D 29.99, 4K UHD 34.99 A few older ones are on sale, Hunger games 4K UHD for 19.99 is the best deal, still twice as much as the blu-ray, dvd sells for 5.00. Most are 34.99 though, old or new.
4 formats next to each other is kind of a mess too. No 3D option for 4K yet to complete the set. Most 4K releases don't come with blu-rays either, while most blu-rays still come with DVDs. It doesn't make sense, not helping the transition. I know I'll eventually end up with 4k. It would be sooner if I already had some 4K discs. Yet the high prices and no blu-ray to watch until then is not helping.
Actually the only movie that's on my list with 4K + blu-ray release is Secret life of pets. Not that I want to see that in 4K (My kids want it, which means it will be watched over and over if it's a hit) plus it's not even rendered in 4K (2K digital intermediate). And it's still $32.96 for an upscaled movie without HDR. I'll pass.
Snowden is another movie I want. That one was shot at 6K and was mastered in 4K, yet doesn't get a 4K UHD release. At least it should look great downsampled to blu-ray.
The only effect that 4K UHD has had so far is that Amazon.ca has upped their minimum amount for free shipping to CAD 35, 1 cent more than 4K UHD discs cost.
Some numbers for the OP
http://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/bluray-sales/2016
| 1 |
Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | 5,210,534 | $130,996,252 | Buy |
| 2 | Deadpool | 2,944,193 | $57,464,397 | Buy |
| 3 | Zootopia | 2,188,278 | $46,362,770 | Buy |
| 4 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | 2,047,408 | $48,526,616 | Buy |
| 5 | Captain America: Civil War | 2,010,194 | $40,123,472 | Buy |
| 6 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | 1,362,275 | $26,822,998 | Buy |
| 7 | The Good Dinosaur | 1,288,162 | $28,560,829 | Buy |
| 8 | Spectre | 1,275,629 | $23,811,309 | Buy |
| 9 | The Martian | 1,029,082 | $23,491,372 | Buy |
| 10 | The Revenant | 963,776 | $17,158,419 | Buy |
http://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/dvd-sales/2016
| 1 |
Zootopia | 2,093,668 | $41,279,896 | Buy |
| 2 | Deadpool | 1,680,209 | $24,439,914 | Buy |
| 3 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | 1,664,709 | $29,050,424 | Buy |
| 4 | The Good Dinosaur | 1,574,857 | $26,020,511 | Buy |
| 5 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | 1,214,769 | $18,626,263 | Buy |
| 6 | The Martian | 1,114,649 | $16,365,207 | Buy |
| 7 | Hotel Transylvania 2 | 1,084,702 | $16,823,134 | Buy |
| 8 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | 997,642 | $17,045,824 | Buy |
| 9 | The Revenant | 941,640 | $14,311,875 | Buy |
| 10 | The Peanuts Movie | 890,318 | $11,736,793 | Buy |
It does look like blu-ray is finally outperforming DVD in new movies.
Yet compared to a top 10 from 2007
http://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/dvd-sales/2007
| 1 | Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End | 13,699,490 | $279,046,391 | Buy |
| 2 | Transformers | 13,251,378 | $251,422,293 | Buy |
| 3 | Happy Feet | 12,225,634 | $196,875,349 | Buy |
| 4 | 300 | 12,110,490 | $243,204,618 | Buy |
| 5 | Ratatouille | 11,233,232 | $169,016,024 | Buy |
| 6 | Shrek the Third | 10,889,584 | $162,691,569 | Buy |
| 7 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 9,905,305 | $200,157,478 | Buy |
| 8 | Night at the Museum | 8,585,495 | $145,161,282 | Buy |
| 9 | Departed, The | 7,458,254 | $138,809,474 | Buy |
| 10 | Spider-Man 3 | 6,845,349 | $114,754,483 | Buy |
This year isn't complete, yet looking at sales data for 2015 the picture is pretty much the same.
No 4K UHD sales anywhere :/
