$10 say that fishyJoe and knight are going to start buying Blu-ray in a few weeks. Stay tuned.

Seriously, Europe is not even a true concern in terms of format war IMO. No market can beat the size in terms of consumer electronics in America. Well, maybe except China if they are into the electronics buying thing.

China? Well, one of the Chinese regulatory groups has given the nod to BD as the preferred format for China.

From High Def Digest:



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
Week 10/28: BD 55, HD 45 YTD: BD 64, HD 36 SI: BD 60, HD 40

Also, total sales of Blu-Ray movies have surpassed the 1 mil. mark in Europe, not including movies bundled with ps3s.

makingmusic476 said: From High Def Digest: 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 Week 10/28: BD 55, HD 45 YTD: BD 64, HD 36 SI: BD 60, HD 40 Also, total sales of Blu-Ray movies have surpassed the 1 mil. mark in Europe, not including movies bundled with ps3s.

 just a few more weeks and Sony has officially beat Toshiba for HD market dominance for a full year. 

ssj12 said: makingmusic476 said: From High Def Digest: 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 Week 10/28: BD 55, HD 45 YTD: BD 64, HD 36 SI: BD 60, HD 40 Also, total sales of Blu-Ray movies have surpassed the 1 mil. mark in Europe, not including movies bundled with ps3s. just a few more weeks and Sony has officially beat Toshiba for HD market dominance for a full year.

Which, as Stringer stated, means nothing but prestige. If either format makes inroads into the mainstream by then, THAT will be impressive.  

ssj12 said: makingmusic476 said: From High Def Digest: 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 Week 10/28: BD 55, HD 45 YTD: BD 64, HD 36 SI: BD 60, HD 40 Also, total sales of Blu-Ray movies have surpassed the 1 mil. mark in Europe, not including movies bundled with ps3s. just a few more weeks and Sony has officially beat Toshiba for HD market dominance for a full year.

Yeah, at the cost of being the distant third in the console sector.

Blu-Ray's extra storage capacity is really beginning to come into play. Many big Blu-Ray releases, like Spiderman 3, come with all of their extra features in 1080p. Most HD DVD releases, however, come with 480p (SD) extras.

The latest example is Warner's Harry Potter and he Order of the Phoenix. Not only does the Blu-Ray version come with an extra 40 min. special from A&E on the making of the movie, and it and many of the other special features on the disc are in 1080p. All the extras on the HD DVD version, however, are in 480p. The additional scenes and other featurettes are all in HD on Blu-Ray, but only SD on HD DVD. Sure HD DVD gets PiP and that community chat thing, but I'd much prefer getting HD extras on my HD format.

Check out the backs of the OotP cases (top right, under "Special Features", and more info in the "Special Features" box in the middle of the case):

blu ray will win...

Guys blu-ray won

WALMART is barely selling HD DVD'S.