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From Home Media Magazine:
Software units sales ratios as of 03/23/08:
Week ending:.........Blu-ray 88.......HD-DVD 12
Since inception:......Blu-ray 67.......HD-DVD 33
Top 20 Blu-ray vs Top 20 DVD unit sales: 6% to 94%
Hopefully, HMM will continue to publish sales figures comparing BD to DVD. No doubt outside of the top 20, the BD percentage is much lower.
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Software units sales ratios as of 03/23/08:
Week ending:.........Blu-ray 88.......HD-DVD 12
Since inception:......Blu-ray 67.......HD-DVD 33
Top 20 Blu-ray vs Top 20 DVD unit sales: 6% to 94%
Hopefully, HMM will continue to publish sales figures comparing BD to DVD. No doubt outside of the top 20, the BD percentage is much lower.
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From Home Media Magazine:
Software units sales ratios as of 03/30/08:
Week ending:.........Blu-ray 84.......HD-DVD 16
Since inception:......Blu-ray 67.......HD-DVD 33
Top 20 Blu-ray vs Top 20 DVD unit sales: 8% to 92%
All the titles in the top ten are Blu-ray. But it looks like after I Am Legend, sales drop off. Seems odd, as elsewhere (Swann) there are reports of strong Blu-ray sales.
The article goes on to say there are 10.3 million households with an HD player, and 44.4 million households with HDTVs. Elsewhere in the issue it is noted that the HD DVD Promotional Group has officially dissolved, and that the web site will be shut down.
And now, the title we all haven't been waiting for, out in Blu-ray on 4/8, it's "Girls Gone Wild: Sex Race." Isn't that guy in prison? But, a milestone of sorts, I presume, when a "C" or "D" list title like that comes out as a BD.
Sorry to be late posting, I've been out of town.
Software units sales ratios as of 03/30/08:
Week ending:.........Blu-ray 84.......HD-DVD 16
Since inception:......Blu-ray 67.......HD-DVD 33
Top 20 Blu-ray vs Top 20 DVD unit sales: 8% to 92%
All the titles in the top ten are Blu-ray. But it looks like after I Am Legend, sales drop off. Seems odd, as elsewhere (Swann) there are reports of strong Blu-ray sales.
The article goes on to say there are 10.3 million households with an HD player, and 44.4 million households with HDTVs. Elsewhere in the issue it is noted that the HD DVD Promotional Group has officially dissolved, and that the web site will be shut down.
And now, the title we all haven't been waiting for, out in Blu-ray on 4/8, it's "Girls Gone Wild: Sex Race." Isn't that guy in prison? But, a milestone of sorts, I presume, when a "C" or "D" list title like that comes out as a BD.
Sorry to be late posting, I've been out of town.
I wonder how many of the 10.3 ever played a BD movie. I'm guessing barely 25% of them have.
I am guessing the opposite. 80% or more. Not saying they are all buying them, but remember all those free Discs including some that were included with the PS3. Non-PS3 owner's are of course playing BD.
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From Home Media Magazine:
Software units sales ratios as of 04/06/08:
Week ending:.........Blu-ray 64.......HD-DVD 36
Since inception:......Blu-ray 67.......HD-DVD 33
Top 20 Blu-ray vs Top 20 DVD unit sales: 4% to 96%
All the titles in the top ten are Blu-ray.
Pretty big swing back toward HD DVD.
Software units sales ratios as of 04/06/08:
Week ending:.........Blu-ray 64.......HD-DVD 36
Since inception:......Blu-ray 67.......HD-DVD 33
Top 20 Blu-ray vs Top 20 DVD unit sales: 4% to 96%
All the titles in the top ten are Blu-ray.
Pretty big swing back toward HD DVD.
More likely based on 4% that sales volume was extremely low not that HD DVD swung back.
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Yes, I suppose so. Gotta wonder when HD DVD releases peter out, and when Blu-ray starts heavy promotion. No need to, if they are selling all they can make. Surely (Shirley? 
) things will be going strong by Turkey Day.
) things will be going strong by Turkey Day.
Sounds like the April 1 issue rather than the April 6 issue. Makes very little sense that the top 10 are Blu-Ray and yet HD-DVD had a very good week.
Sounds like the April 1 issue rather than the April 6 issue. Makes very little sense that the top 10 are Blu-Ray and yet HD-DVD had a very good week.
Because the volume of sales were crap. Only speculation, but the dwindling HDDVD sales likely continued to dwindle, or maintain their poor sales (as intended) but people just didn't have a reason to buy BD products so the % swing is as shown. BD sales decreased over last week, so share of HDDVD sales for the week increased.
And i think Sony said they're making discs as fast as they can? Due to demand prices will not be coming down? Hah!
There really hasn't been any extraordinary sales out there, if anything there are fewer, with most Best Buys having shipped all of theirs back.
Much more likely just a bad week for BD, and the poor volume of sales overall gives us the ratio.
I think it is just a brief spike as HD DVD owners snap up heavily discounted copies of movies..... I've bought a dozen movies in the last month alone..... Planet Earth for $30, Matrix Trilogy for $40, and a bunch of titles for less than $10.
And seeing how all the retail store discounts on BluRay have dried up, it makes sense to do so right now for all us combo player owners....
And seeing how all the retail store discounts on BluRay have dried up, it makes sense to do so right now for all us combo player owners....
It maybe a brief spike but combined HDM is still less then 2% of DVD. But I’m not sure its a spike considering most firesales have been on going for a while and some have expired. No competition equals few to no sales which equals tough sledding for HDM. If HD DVD is 36% of HDM sales and all of the top 10 are BD, then BD sales must really suck. Whats the excuse now? BB has only BD now, and CC only has a few HD DVD’s in the clearance bin
If you look at the numbers coming out, for hidef titles that do exist there is a lot higher percentate than 2% being sold as BD/HD-DVD. Still are much more titles coming out on DVD only, which apparently why the percentage is lower.
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