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HD DVD Bourne and Harry Potter outpacing Blu-ray counterparts
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article published on 22 December, 2007
According to Universal Studios Home Entertainment, the fourth quarter HD DVD releases of the "The Bourne Ultimatum" and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" are outpacing their Blu-ray counterparts.
In its first week of sales, beginning December 11th, the Bourne HD DVD sold 60,000 units, double what Blu-ray's "Spider-Man 3" sold during its first week last month.
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23. December 2007 @ 14:07 |
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Originally posted by hughjars:
HD DVD v DVD wil be stimulous enough for lower pricing.
That's the real battle.
We simply don't need blu-ray, the game console format - which if consumer interests are really your primary concern is by far the more anti-consumer of the 3.
just think of what BR will have t do to match DVD, all in all for a sign of the end you need at least 2 years worth of poor sales and frankly neither side is fading they have good days and bad the only way the end will come is when one has 500+ bad days in a row.
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kerouac06
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23. December 2007 @ 16:26 |
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gdabi - 30% of PS3 owners with an SD TV (I included the 'other' & 'don't know') isn't a 'large' percentage? I do know what I am talking about as I had read that study... Plus, how many of those 70% with HD sets are just 720p/1080i and users are totally fine with standard DVD upscaling on those sets - again not feeling the need to buy pricier blu-ray discs, which in some cases can be found for $10 on DVD vs. $25-$30 on blu...
Again, I am not endorsing either camp, I am just fine with dual formats & am trying to cut through alot of the misleading numbers out there... After Christmas gifts are opened and people start playing with their new toys things should get a lot clearer on both sides.
Like I said in my previous post, the most meaningful data is going to come from NEWLY released movies on dual-formats...
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23. December 2007 @ 17:52 |
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Originally posted by hughjars:
HD DVD v DVD wil be stimulous enough for lower pricing.
That's the real battle.
or BD vs DVD
I don't really care which format "wins," although I'm beginning to doubt either will ever go away. It seems to me both HD discs would have far more to to worry about competing with the current standard.
It was time for the digital (DVD) to take over from the mechanical (VHS.)
DVD offered easier access to specific scenes without waiting on rewinding. Special features and deleted scenes became watchable and new audio options available through DVD menus. Neither HD format offers truly new functionality.
VHS couldn't compare with the picture clarity of DVD, and that's on the TVs everyone already had. You could see the difference on a tiny set that cost $50 US. Without a huge screen, the difference between plain DVD and either HD format is minimal if not negligible. I don't know the hard numbers, just that no one I know has a 1080p-capable set. Upscaling DVD players max out resolutions on the most affordable (probably best-selling) HDTV's.
It's not time for HD discs to eclipse DVD.
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23. December 2007 @ 18:10 |
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Originally posted by hughjars:
HD DVD v DVD wil be stimulous enough for lower pricing.
That's the real battle.
or BD vs DVD
I don't really care which format "wins," although I'm beginning to doubt either will ever go away. It seems to me both HD discs would have far more to to worry about competing with the current standard.
It was time for the digital (DVD) to take over from the mechanical (VHS.)
DVD offered easier access to specific scenes without waiting on rewinding. Special features and deleted scenes became watchable and new audio options available through DVD menus. Neither HD format offers truly new functionality.
VHS couldn't compare with the picture clarity of DVD, and that's on the TVs everyone already had. You could see the difference on a tiny set that cost $50 US. Without a huge screen, the difference between plain DVD and either HD format is minimal if not negligible. I don't know the hard numbers, just that no one I know has a 1080p-capable set. Upscaling DVD players max out resolutions on the most affordable (probably best-selling) HDTV's.
It's not time for HD discs to eclipse DVD.
and were as with VHS you could fast forward past all the crap on DVD you are forced to watch whatever they think you should watch, when they dial back the protections and let me skip all that unnessery crap I'll care who wins, sadly both have their own set of protections to ensure you can't watch the movie in timely manner you can not skip certain ads or protection screens.
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bobsatguy
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23. December 2007 @ 18:59 |
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Gee let's review the past wars
CD VS. Mini disc
VHS VS. BETA
SD Cards VS. Memory stick
and now HD DVD VS. Blu-Ray
boy I wonder who will win this one?
Toshiba/ Microsoft or Sony ?
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wetsparks
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24. December 2007 @ 00:18 |
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Instead of reading through an entire page of mostly fan boy comments, I will just post my comment. I think this says more about who has BD and who has HDDVD. What that says I am not to sure since Disney is I believe behind BD and harry potter is more kid oriented, but as to which is winning, sales like this really show nothing.
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28. December 2007 @ 18:58 |
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This maybe due to the fact that fans want the movie and find that the HD DVD format is the cheaper of the two and they just want to watch the movie. Remember for the consumer the end of all things it comes down to cost. :)
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hughjars
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28. December 2007 @ 19:05 |
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It's also nice that the UK/Euro HD DVD version is a 2 disc release with all the extras in HD on the 2nd disc.
(some Blu-ray fans had complained - obviously on behalf of the US HD DVD owners, how considerate of them - that on the 1 disc US release some extras were in SD).
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juankerr
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28. December 2007 @ 19:16 |
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Universal must have different sources. The Nielsen numbers from the week ending December 16th shows Harry Potter BluRay outselling HD DVD - same as the week ending 12/23:
http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/VideoScan/
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It's also nice that the UK/Euro HD DVD version is a 2 disc release with all the extras in HD on the 2nd disc.
The amazon.uk listing of HP Order of the Phoenix shows it to be a single disc release:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harry-Potter-Ord...98887524&sr=1-4
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Product details
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes
Language English
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
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ronnybuck
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30. December 2007 @ 18:22 |
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I have seen both BlueRay and HDD in stores. But when you add up what it costs to have it in the home it's still not worth it. I will just use my old standard DVD player and analog TV until the prices get about half of what they are now. They need to get rid of anything with moving parts and laser lites anyway. Let's really go solid state. I saw just today a 10 GIG USB stick at Staples for $69. It will hold at least 2 movies. If they are DIVX it will hold 7 to 8 movies easy. That should help time go by on a long trip.
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30. December 2007 @ 21:59 |
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Originally posted by ronnybuck:
I have seen both BlueRay and HDD in stores. But when you add up what it costs to have it in the home it's still not worth it. I will just use my old standard DVD player and analog TV until the prices get about half of what they are now. They need to get rid of anything with moving parts and laser lites anyway. Let's really go solid state. I saw just today a 10 GIG USB stick at Staples for $69. It will hold at least 2 movies. If they are DIVX it will hold 7 to 8 movies easy. That should help time go by on a long trip.
you forget HDef, a HDef compression of a 1.5 hour movie can easily be 3-5 GB and for the most part the mini 10GB USB drives are 70-100$ the larger HD sized ones are 30-50$ so movies would jump from 10-30 to 60-90$.
the trouble with going solid state for films is that there would be a high demand on USB drives and they would double in price after acouple years, sure they might be forced to inovate a new setup based off USB/FLASH but frankly its as bad or worse than the current Hdef format war.
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