I don't think that bd will have more unit per unit sales than DVD in 3 years. I wouldn't hesitate to think that it may account for 40% of sales on mayjor releases.
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.
"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."
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.
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I don't think that bd will have more unit per unit sales than DVD in 3 years. I wouldn't hesitate to think that it may account for 40% of sales on mayjor releases.
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.
"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."
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.