SvennoJ said:
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.
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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 :/
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