http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/ Engadget HD Comments for Blu-ray backers plan to pass DVD in 3 years http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/Mar 16th 2007 4:53PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/Mar 16th 2007 6:20PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/Mar 16th 2007 6:23PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/
3 years my ass, that is rediculous there are A LOT of low income families who have old tv's and buy those cheap $50 DVD players, there is no way in hell they wil spend $500-1000 for a new player just because it's blu-ray. i M a happy support of HD-DVD and think they have a better selection of titles. HD-DVD have the small independant ones like chronos and other similar ones where it's not a movie ot documentary but just footage of nature and the world with nice relaxing music and shows off the power of how clear HD-DVDs are. Plus blu-ray may have more titles but most of them suck i like the selection of HD-DVD better and at best buy some people have also said the same thing (customers not employees they seem to favor blu-ray more for some damn reason).

THE ONLY thing saving blu-ray is the PS3 without it blu-ray would have died already. Plus the PS3 isn't even selling all that way either, i just read the NPD numbers and the PS3 has sold less then 2 million units.

go to gamesarefun.com to see them:

USA PS3 = 1,064,000
Japan PS3 = 752,398

not quite what they had forecasted.

(as of the end of Feb accordng to the NPD and media create for the japanese numbers)


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3 years my ass, that is rediculous there are A LOT of low income families who have old tv's and buy those cheap $50 DVD players, there is no way in hell they wil spend $500-1000 for a new player just because it's blu-ray. i M a happy support of HD-DVD and think they have a better selection of titles. HD-DVD have the small independant ones like chronos and other similar ones where it's not a movie ot documentary but just footage of nature and the world with nice relaxing music and shows off the power of how clear HD-DVDs are. Plus blu-ray may have more titles but most of them suck i like the selection of HD-DVD better and at best buy some people have also said the same thing (customers not employees they seem to favor blu-ray more for some damn reason).

THE ONLY thing saving blu-ray is the PS3 without it blu-ray would have died already. Plus the PS3 isn't even selling all that way either, i just read the NPD numbers and the PS3 has sold less then 2 million units.

go to gamesarefun.com to see them:

USA PS3 = 1,064,000
Japan PS3 = 752,398

not quite what they had forecasted.

(as of the end of Feb accordng to the NPD and media create for the japanese numbers)
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When wallmart is moving $1 2 dvd sets of obscure westerns no hd format can win the pure number game. Comparing just new releases of movies I'm not so sure that Blu ray is off the mark.

Also people need to get off the game system thing. Either the PS3 is selling well and contributing to the adoption of bluray or it is selling poorly and having no effect. It can't really be doing both.

No one company can push a format. It seems even 3 big companies can do it either. Toshiba, Microsoft and Universal are having a very hard uphill battle againt the bevy of bluray supporters.

Right now blueray is doing a better job of getting popular titles made for it's format. If HD-DVD starts producing content that the mass market wants to see in Highdef the scales will tip.

HD-DVD had the lead on installed units and disc sales and quickly surrendered it. Nothing says that by slashing it's lisence fees studios and hardware makers wouldn't embrace higher profit margins.]]>Mar 16th 2007 7:23PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/
Why cant it be both? It's sold more than any other HD player, which indicates clearly why _both_ HD disc formats are in trouble. Its sales spurred a lot of BD sales vs hddvd, and yet when you look at the #s, the attach rate is horrible (1.7 million consoles sold but 600k discs?).

The market is not really ready for HD discs. Its expected that in 3 years, 1/2 of US households will have HDTVs. Given that the bulk of these purchases will be recent, and they will be spending $700+ on a new TV, its unlikely they will have the money handy to then spend another $400 or so on a different disc player, particularly when that $400 would better serve consumers to spend it instead on a better tv, or on a home theater so they don't listen to HDTV broadcasts through the crappy tv speakers. ]]>Mar 18th 2007 2:18PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/Mar 16th 2007 10:19PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/
I should have this fool doing the talking for me at the single bar.]]>Mar 17th 2007 5:25AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/
For one, I think it'll be years before DVD disappears, UNLESS they simply stop making them and force you to convert to a HD format. But that's a tricky situation, since a lot of people still don't have HDTVs. And considering most people buy a TV every 10 years, it'll be a while before most people have them.

The early Blu-Ray numbers may be a curiousity factor and partly due to the PS3, which is currently the best sellig Blu-Ray player. But reaction to the PS3, beyond the early adopters has been indifference. So I'd wait at least a year or two to see if Blu-Ray movies are still selling well before jumping to any conclusions.

I seem to recall UMD movies sell better than expected (but never rivaling DVD) during the first several months of the PSP release, and now 2 years later, they're pretty impossible to find, and selling poorly.

I think what's likely to happen is well see hybrid discs with both Blu-Ray and HD DVD become the dominating HD format, and hybrid players become the standard. It's an unfortunate situation, and I blame the competing formats.

Digital distribution and streaming content is still a contender and will likely overtake discs at some point, so long term the whole point is moot.]]>Mar 18th 2007 1:08PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/
Then there's Online Distribution all the formats will also have to compete against. WOW so Blu-Ray has top sales now for a whole 2 months over HD-DVD, sure the war is over,...... N O T ! ! ! The B.S. that comes from the Blu-Ray camp just like the Sony camp, make me NOT want anything to do with either of them. ]]>Mar 18th 2007 6:01PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/
Im owner of both a blu-ray player and a HD-DVD player. The thing is HD-DVDs picture quality is better. Blu-ray is good also, but the background looks more pixlated than HD-DVD (hd-dvd is more smooth).]]>Mar 20th 2007 3:54AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/16/blu-ray-backers-plan-to-pass-dvd-in-3-years/
Has anyone understood what this means??? This means that (in)compatibility with DVD is a means of forcing the consumer to buy (on blu-ray) a title he already has on DVD.

Compatibility with DVD or CD is not mandatory on Blu-ray players. So in 5 years or so, we may find ourselves looking for a Blu-ray player that plays our DVD collection find a model that we like.

The compatibility may be pushed to the more expensive blu-ray models... or the cheapest ones... or erased completely. I do NOT want to buy again all the movies I already have. There are lots of titles that I prefer to keep on DVD.

The elimination of DVD by Blu-ray makes perfect sense, since they have to pay royalties and licenses in order to make it compatible. They have to adapt hardware to make it compatible. Even the name "DVD" is something blu-ray cannot stand - since DVD is the name we give to all those discs. Blu-ray hates DVD (also) probably because lots of people will be calling it that name. LOLOL

HD DVD has no such issues. It is compatible.]]>Apr 9th 2007 4:28AM