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makingmusic476 on 29 November 2007

From Home Media Magazine:

(Note: apparently HMM rounded down for the BD numbers)

Week 11/25: BD 72, HD 28 YTD: BD 65, HD 35 SI: BD 62, HD 38
Week 11/18: BD 66, HD 34 YTD: BD 65, HD 35 SI: BD 61, HD 39
Week 11/11: BD 65, HD 35 YTD: BD 65, HD 35 SI: BD 61, HD 39
Week 11/04: BD 71, HD 29 YTD: BD 64, HD 36 SI: BD 61, HD 39

Since Inception numbers have gone up in favor of Blu-Ray this past week. 

From High Def Digest:

Black Friday? More like Blu Friday. According to Nielsen VideoScan, US sales of Blu-ray discs swelled to a nearly 3:1 lead over HD DVD in the first official week of the holiday shopping season.

According to the just-issued VideoScan numbers, 72.6% of all high-definition discs purchased last week were Blu-ray, versus just 27.4% for HD DVD.


Although one week's data does not necessarily indicate a trend, Blu-ray's stronger-than-ever disc sales lead for the week would seem to suggest that even record-low HD DVD player prices (and record-high HD DVD player sales) may not be enough to balance out the "PS3 Effect" on Blu-ray sales -- especially amidst a recent resurgence in sales for the game console.

Of course, there are other factors at work here as well. As HD DVD supporters have been quick to point out, last week saw a total of ten major studio Blu-ray releases (including 'Live Free or Die Hard' and 'Hairspray', versus only two on HD DVD (including 'Star Trek: The Original Series - Season One').

Others have questioned the reliability of VideoScan's numbers, pointing out that the research firm's point of purchase data does not include Wal-Mart, which generally accounts for 40% of all DVD sales.

Only time will tell whether Blu-ray's stronger-than-ever weekly lead is a trend in the making or simply an anomaly, but here's betting weekly disc sales numbers will be watched more closely than ever in the coming weeks. Stay tuned...

 

I expected HD DVD to do a lot better, since they were giving away three discs in-store with every HD DVD player sold (not including the two in box or five by mail), which would've counted towards HD DVD's total disc sales.

Had Wal-mart been included, the ratios would've leaned even farther in Blu-Ray's favor, as Wal-mart was giving away 10 free Blu-Ray movies instantly with every 80gb ps3 sold this past Saturday.



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dabaus513 on 29 November 2007

Waiting for the hd dvd supporters to say "both can coexhist peacefully" Maybe if they were video game consoles but these are movies, people want 1 format not multiple hi def players.

Also, blu ray accounts for 74% of hi def discs sold in europe.

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/11/29/blu-ray-holds-73-of-european-hd-market/

"Who cares, dvd is pwning the both of em" We are wll aware of this but someday, in a couple years probly, hi def will really take off and with blu ray leading like it is the choice will be obvious.



 

 

 

URNotE on 29 November 2007

i wish hd dvd would just roll over and die already you got paramount you got universal seem like you had warner too and came out with lower prices seemed like a firesale to me... die already die!!!! we dont need this format war.. sony shoulda just payed off toshiba from the start on an agreement or whatever



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makingmusic476 on 30 November 2007

Bump

Added more stuff to the OP.



kirby007 on 30 November 2007

so it is staying at 73:27?? strange



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MontanaHatchet on 30 November 2007

Can't wait for HD-DVD lovers to claim that it doesn't matter because the market in not important.

Sigh...



 

 

kirby007 on 30 November 2007

well this is only good news for HD-DVD



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leo-j on 30 November 2007

How much money is sony making of these blu-ray movies?



 

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Delusional on 30 November 2007

LOL. this has become a fanboy thread. There were actually more buy ps3 get 5-10 free movie deals outside of walmart than buy hd dvd player get 3 free during black friday.



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kirby007 on 30 November 2007

delusional u hope HD-DVD wins?:P



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