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BenKenobi88 on 27 July 2007
ssj12 said:
DVD sales according to Neilson Vision a few months ago is starting to flatline because of HD-DVD and Blu-ray sale.

 They can't prove that...I'm guessing DVD sales are decreasing lately because of rental services becoming cheaper and easier.

I mean...I've only bought 2 DVDs in the past 6 months...my friends and I have rented dozens upon dozens of DVDs from Netflix or our local stores though.



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PlagueOfLocust on 27 July 2007

@dallas -

"I just hope that sony doesn't try to get TOO creative, with their corporate knuckleheads deciding to sacrifice more dead goats or whatever for BD promotion"

Haha, well yanno maybe if they sacrifice enough goats, the God of War will descend and force the population to adopt Blu-Ray. Sony may need some divine intervention on their side these days.



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ssj12 on 27 July 2007
BenKenobi88 said:
ssj12 said:
DVD sales according to Neilson Vision a few months ago is starting to flatline because of HD-DVD and Blu-ray sale.

They can't prove that...I'm guessing DVD sales are decreasing lately because of rental services becoming cheaper and easier.

I mean...I've only bought 2 DVDs in the past 6 months...my friends and I have rented dozens upon dozens of DVDs from Netflix or our local stores though.


 umm Neilson Visions is 100% more reliable then the NDP when it comes to their numbers. The cited rentals picking up some but not effecting numbers at the same levels as the HD Formats. And remember rental retailers do have to buy the discs inorder for you to be able to rent them.



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NJ5 on 27 July 2007

They still sell Xbox 360's HD-DVD player, HD-DVD movies and in their website they sell Toshiba players, so...



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PlagueOfLocust on 27 July 2007

@BenKenobi88 - Very good point. Certainly could be the case. I don't rent many movies but many people I know do, now with Netflix and Blockbuster's Total Access having made it so convenient.



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Rath on 27 July 2007
ssj12 said:
BenKenobi88 said:
ssj12 said:
DVD sales according to Neilson Vision a few months ago is starting to flatline because of HD-DVD and Blu-ray sale.

They can't prove that...I'm guessing DVD sales are decreasing lately because of rental services becoming cheaper and easier.

I mean...I've only bought 2 DVDs in the past 6 months...my friends and I have rented dozens upon dozens of DVDs from Netflix or our local stores though.


umm Neilson Visions is 100% more reliable then the NDP when it comes to their numbers. The cited rentals picking up some but not effecting numbers at the same levels as the HD Formats. And remember rental retailers do have to buy the discs inorder for you to be able to rent them.


 Hes not questioning their numbers hes saying that the lurking variable of increasing rentals is increasing the apparent effect of HD sales on DVDs where the actual effect may be significantly lower.

I have to stop listening in stats.

Also rental retailers buy a dvd once and rent it out many times rather than that dvd being bought once so it does lower the amount of dvd sales significantly. 



naznatips on 27 July 2007
Rath said:
ssj12 said:
BenKenobi88 said:
ssj12 said:
DVD sales according to Neilson Vision a few months ago is starting to flatline because of HD-DVD and Blu-ray sale.

They can't prove that...I'm guessing DVD sales are decreasing lately because of rental services becoming cheaper and easier.

I mean...I've only bought 2 DVDs in the past 6 months...my friends and I have rented dozens upon dozens of DVDs from Netflix or our local stores though.


umm Neilson Visions is 100% more reliable then the NDP when it comes to their numbers. The cited rentals picking up some but not effecting numbers at the same levels as the HD Formats. And remember rental retailers do have to buy the discs inorder for you to be able to rent them.


Hes not questioning their numbers hes saying that the lurking variable of increasing rentals is increasing the apparent effect of HD sales on DVDs where the actual effect may be significantly lower.

I have to stop listening in stats.

Also rental retailers buy a dvd once and rent it out many times rather than that dvd being bought once so it does lower the amount of dvd sales significantly.


I haven't bought a DVD in a long time due to online rentals.  Doesn't mean I'm wasting my money on Blu-Ray or HD-DVD though.  I think Ben has a good point and it's more likely the cause of the drop in DVD sales.