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naznatips on 04 December 2007

Seriously I hate Michael Bay. Someone please kick him off of the Transformers 2 project. Give it to a director who knows how to make people ACT. Please, I'm begging you!

And actually iclim he's right.  After almost  2 years on the market Blu-Ray and HD-DVD combined still represent under 3% of movie sales.  This format war is absolutely meaningless. 



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ProfDallas on 04 December 2007

It's 5% in america now....in japan 17% so the HD thing is getting bigger



Thanks to kenobi after I got him to ban my old account (dallas) after someone hacked into it and being ok with me coming back under a slightly different username.  I appreciate our communication in the PMs.  Also I want to give a big thank you to vgchartz for being one of the cooler websites around. 

Oh, and I'm still the next Michael Pachter

naznatips on 04 December 2007
ProfDallas said:
It's 5% in america now....in japan 17% so the HD thing is getting bigger

Ah sorry you're right.  Blu-ray is 3% and HD-DVD is 2%. Still a very small market percentage.  Especially considering DVD sales are actually rising.



iclim4 on 04 December 2007
naznatips said:
ProfDallas said:
It's 5% in america now....in japan 17% so the HD thing is getting bigger

Ah sorry you're right.  Blu-ray is 3% and HD-DVD is 2%. Still a very small market percentage.  Especially considering DVD sales are actually rising.


well if DVD sales are rising, that means HD is matching DVD's rise and gaining ground at the same time.

 




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BrainBoxLtd on 04 December 2007
naznatips said:
ProfDallas said:
It's 5% in america now....in japan 17% so the HD thing is getting bigger

Ah sorry you're right.  Blu-ray is 3% and HD-DVD is 2%. Still a very small market percentage.  Especially considering DVD sales are actually rising.


 I'm stickin with Upscale players, espeicaly since the 360 itself is already the best upscaler player I've owned. Cheap dime by the dozen DVD's for years to come for me. =P



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rocketpig on 04 December 2007
naznatips said:
Wait, didn't Universal tell Michael Bay if he spouted crap against HD-DVD again they would pull him from Transformers 2? Oh please god tell me this means he won't be allowed to fuck up the sequel like he did the first one!

Oh please, let this be true.




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naznatips on 04 December 2007
iclim4 said:
naznatips said:
ProfDallas said:
It's 5% in america now....in japan 17% so the HD thing is getting bigger

Ah sorry you're right.  Blu-ray is 3% and HD-DVD is 2%. Still a very small market percentage.  Especially considering DVD sales are actually rising.


well if DVD sales are rising, that means HD is matching DVD's rise and gaining ground at the same time.


What it means is the market is expanding, which is good, but it's still not looking incredibly positive for either HD format.  



ckmlb on 04 December 2007

I've believed the format war is being artificially lengthened for a while now...



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iclim4 on 04 December 2007
naznatips said:
iclim4 said:
naznatips said:
ProfDallas said:
It's 5% in america now....in japan 17% so the HD thing is getting bigger

Ah sorry you're right.  Blu-ray is 3% and HD-DVD is 2%. Still a very small market percentage.  Especially considering DVD sales are actually rising.


well if DVD sales are rising, that means HD is matching DVD's rise and gaining ground at the same time.


What it means is the market is expanding, which is good, but it's still not looking incredibly positive for either HD format.  

of course not incredibly positive, but you gotta start somewhere.
and from where im stading theyre doing pretty well, just not " well kill DVD in 2 years" well...
but they are gaining ground.

 




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naznatips on 04 December 2007
iclim4 said:
naznatips said:
iclim4 said:
naznatips said:
ProfDallas said:
It's 5% in america now....in japan 17% so the HD thing is getting bigger

Ah sorry you're right.  Blu-ray is 3% and HD-DVD is 2%. Still a very small market percentage.  Especially considering DVD sales are actually rising.


well if DVD sales are rising, that means HD is matching DVD's rise and gaining ground at the same time.


What it means is the market is expanding, which is good, but it's still not looking incredibly positive for either HD format.  

of course not incredibly positive, but you gotta start somewhere.
and from where im stading theyre doing pretty well, just not " well kill DVD in 2 years" well...
but they are gaining ground.

 


I suppose that's true.  It seems likely that we'll have 3 successful media formats for many years to come though.