According to the recent research performed by Home Media Magazine, the movies on Blu-ray disks were selling twice as good in the first half of this as the movies on optical HD DVD media, Reuters reports.
They claim that from January 1 through July 1, 2007 they sold about 1.6 million Blu-ray disks in the US only, using a Sony Corp-backed technology. HD DVD disks sales volumes over the same period of time reached only 795 thousand copies. HD-DVD was developed by Toshiba Corp and backed by Microsoft Corp and film studios such as Warner Bros.
Both formats were launched in spring of 2006. An estimated 3.7 million high-definition discs have been sold, including 2.2 million in Blu-ray and 1.5 million in HD-DVD through the end of July, according to Home Media.
At the same time the sales of Blu-ray disks are picking up outside the United States, too, namely in Singapore, Hong Kong and Eastern Europe. The demand for new-generation consumer DVD players is growing as well. However, HD DVD devices seem to be selling better. The thing is that the best value HD DVD player from Toshiba is currently available for about $300, while the most affordable Blu-ray solutions are offered for $500-$600.
The industry-wide standards war is reminiscent of the VHS and Betamax battle.
Blockbuster Inc, the largest U.S. provider of home movie entertainment, in June set out plans to line its shelves with Blu-ray DVDs, saying Blu-ray rentals were "significantly outpacing" HD-DVD rentals.
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Blu ray all the way!
[Posted by: Mars_999 | Date: 08/15/07 04:00:55 PM]
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BluRay is going to win the war. BD is decided for quality at 1st place, while cheapie HDDVD is just built for low quality cut down cost control and useless M$ picture-in-picture function!
[Posted by: HD planet | Date: 08/15/07 10:49:17 PM]
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@HD Planet-
Bluray is selling well now
But there are still no statistics about total no of blurau players without counting the PS3
people who bought the PS3 may well use it to play movies and others may not even give a damn
so things aren't as clear as they seem
and u wudn't be able to tell the difference between an HD-DVD movie and Bluray movie if u tried
ofcourse the HD-DVD movies will be more feature rich but considering just the quality of the movie,i'm certain u wont be able to tell the difference
[Posted by: radicalx | Date: 08/16/07 07:53:01 AM]
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>>>and u wudn't be able to tell the difference between an HD-DVD movie and Bluray movie if u tried
I adsolutely object to this. The only answer is that ur TV is to cheapie that is unable to tell you the difference only. All HiVi forum ppl had forgotten Toshiba HD-DVD for her blur performance already. Once u got a true 1080p Sony or JVC projector and u'll know how bad HD-DVD is! In practise even PS3 can kill off the best Toshiba HD-DVD player when hooked up with $5k projectors.
>>>But there are still no statistics about total no of blurau players without counting the PS3
Frankly speaking most ppl buy PS3 for BluRay but not for game. BTW, so far all BluRay player is reference grade aimed at high-end market. While HD-DVD is aimed for
[Posted by: HD planet | Date: 08/17/07 09:32:01 PM]
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I think the format that first reaches the current price points and volume of DVD (players and media) will definite win this format war...
as of now, most consumers worldwide are just satisfied with a working dvd setup
[Posted by: dudde | Date: 08/16/07 10:13:11 AM]
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You forgot the $200 XBox 360 HD-DVD drive. And Poland. That probably accounts for a large portion of HD-DVD drive sales.
[Posted by: HD-DVD device sales | Date: 08/16/07 03:36:06 PM]
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