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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[got a link to the AVS source? Or care to post all the available data on engadget for ease-of-finding?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[EQC]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 6:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[There are a few sites that run the Amazon stats.<br><br>I only know of one off hand, which is at <a href="http://www.eproductwars.com/dvd/" rel="nofollow">http://www.eproductwars.com/dvd/</a><br><br>There are more and a quick search on google would most likely turn up some results.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[zargon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 6:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[It would be funny if the HD-DVD numbers matched if not passed Blu Rays numbers, and Nielsen didnt publish numbers, but will publish numbers after blu passes HD-DVD again in software sales.  Would figure.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 6:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Aww...I wish all 5 movies were part of the sale, I don't even want to bother with the first 2 movies.<br><br>Did any BD titles make it to #1 anytime amazon did a BOGO for BD?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 6:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't think there was a BD movie going on #1 because in every BOGO there was on Amazon, there was never new titles, only old catalog titles...  I think they are playing their last jokers by pushing very new popular titles in a BOGO...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kiko]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 6:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yes, indeed blu outsold red by 55-45 on HPOotP.<br><br>But that was less than the overall blu vs red score, 61-39, which is pretty much in line with player splits, once you adjust the PS3 numbers. Which means the HP film was slightly more popular among HD DVD owners in its first week than the average film.<br><br>Whatever that means.  Too many variables.<br><br>But considering all the folks who were claiming that it would be 2-1 or 3-1 Blu for the Harry Potter films, it's a moral victory.<br><br>What is more interesting is all those newly unboxed HD DVD players getting cheap discs.  The 25th most popular HD DVD film (Backdraft) is #88 on the all-DVD list, and Blu only has 3 or 4 above that.<br><br>Perhapes even more interesting is that HDM films have a third of the top 100 DVDs.  When has THAT happened?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kcmurphy88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 6:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't know where your information but the only piece of information about Harry Potter sales that we can rely on so far is the Video Business article that stated that HD DVD outsold Blu-Ray. Would you mind posting your sources.<br><br>This is just the beginning. Best Buy has an insane offer coming up this weekend. Cheap A30 + 7 free movies + Buy 3 HD DVDs get 2 FREE + several 3-packs of HD DVDs for $40.<br><br>The shift is happening as expected. HD DVD is doing exactly the same thing Blu-Ray has been doing for weeks, only when HD DVD does it, hi-def titles take ALL 4 top spots in OVERALL DVD bestsellers.<br><br>Can you smell Warner waving red flags on CES 2008? I can.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nfinity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 6:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA["that we can rely on so far is the Video Business article that stated that HD DVD outsold Blu-Ray."<br><br>LOL<br><br>Nfinity, now I know you're a complete fanboy, the article you reference was based on Amazon sales ranks and at the time of it's publishing, blu-ray had already regained the lead and HDDVD had dropped off the chart leaving blu-ray stabilizing ahead of it. It is real easy to look just go to the <a href="http://charts.highdefdigest.com/history.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://charts.highdefdigest.com/history.aspx</a><br><br>Select the appropriate movie comparison and look at the charts....HDDVD was ahead for HPOOP but then blu-ray overtook it and stayed there until the BOGO which no doubt generated more sales (even though it was not part of the BOGO). It is easy to see, but hardly indicative of the overall sales trends. The article you refer to only cites Amazon sales rankings and by the time the article was published, blu-ray over took HDDVD. However, if you look at the Gift set, bluray lead HDDVD and stayed there....and not surprising, HDDVD sales of the gift set drop off even more when the BOGO started... <br><br>So until real hard data is presented, the article you ref'd was just teasing you...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JimC]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 7:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Nfinity<br><br>If the Blu-ray BOGOs included the first 4 HP, or even just Pirates, Live free, Ratatouille or whatever other new big hit on Blu, I'm sure the TOP 10 DVDs on Amazon would have had Blu-rays in the first 8 positions...  Take off Harry Potter, what there's nothing else in top 10...<br><br>Plus, it's one of the rare occasion there is BOGO on HD DVDs...  There has been so many BOGOs on Blu-ray that people probably bought everything they needed in the old titles they already needed...  So unless the next Blu-ray BOGO includ brand new and popular titles, there's little chance you'll see Blu-ray titles going on first place on this chart !]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kiko]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 7:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Let me call whaaaaaaaaambulence! If we had this and that.. hey loser! YOU HAD BOGOS on Blu-Ray for a month and a half now. Are you a freakin' idiot. This is the second BOGO HD DVD has and it absolutely ANNIHILATES ANY PREVIOUS BOGO SALES EVER!!<br><br>Let me repeat that for you.. FIRST TOP 4 SPOTS IN OVERALL SALES FOR DVDS, not high-def, DVDS. Not ONE hi-def title came even close to this. 300 was #2 for a short while and that was it. <br><br>Cry all you want, but Blu's time is up. I can't even imagine what will happen with the sale that is coming up at Best Buy with buy 3 get 2 free and 3-pack for $45 and a player that is actually FULL SPEC-ed, from finished format for $299 + 7 free movies. <br><br>You Blu losers have had a YEAR of massive lead in hardware, yet you failed to increase numbers 1 INCH! Now MOVE OVER and let us HD DVD supporters show you how it's done with only 800k players.<br><br>It's game over baby. Very soon. <br><br>You getting a hint why WB is talking for HD DVD on CES 2008? It's because of annihilation in sales like we have witnessed today. Can you say, no Dark Knight for you :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nfinity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 7:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nfinity--<br><br>The same AVS source that Ben used is one.  The Video business article was corrected -- the author posted that she had got the numbers backwards by accident.  She also complained about the email manners of blu-ray fanfolk.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kcmurphy88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 7:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Nfinity<br><br>The A30 deal is crap at Best buy.  Actually, its no deal at all.  Amazon has the a30 for $250 with 10 movies.<br><br>Best buy is also running a deal with any blu-ray player (not ps3 though) where you also get to pick out any 5 movies in store in addition to the 5 by mail.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spiza]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 7:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Nfinity<br><br>lol...  you've got #1-2-3-4 only because of HP !  Do the HP BOGO on Blu in same time as HD DVD, you'll have Blu HP on top 4 and HD HP on top 5 to 8...  You can't proclame yourself winner of a media format only with one bogo that includes huge titles, when all the previous Blu bogos only had old titles...<br><br>you just look pethetical there...  but you seem to feel good with this....]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kiko]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 7:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Kiko<br><br>"You can't proclame yourself winner of a media format only with one bogo that includes huge titles, when all the previous Blu bogos only had old titles..."<br><br>But its ok for Sony to proclaim themselves winner of this war...how many times? And for what reasons before?<br><br>Uh huh]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 8:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Two wrongs make a right.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spiza]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 8:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm a Blu-Ray supporter and this info only goes to show that HD-DVD is gaining ground.  Now, the Blu side needs to come up with a $100-150 player that can compete with Toshiba's.  Sure, Toshiba's aren't full 1080p like most, if not all, Blu-Ray players are.  But, for the most part, people are buying the 720p tv sets because the 1080p cost 3x more sometimes.  And, so far, HD-DVD offers a cheaper manufacturing process, for the media, and cheaper players, for the consumers.  I know that Blu-Ray offers higher bandwidth and storage than HD-DVD.  But, Betamax was a great format too that didn't catch up with the consumer market due to its high cost as well.  Is Blu-Ray due to follow the path of Betamax, and to a lesser degree UMD? I hope not.  But, unless Sony, and BDA, come up with some way to lower their prices, I'm afraid Blu-Ray may go the Betamax route.  It may not be the death of Blu, because VHS didn't kill Beta either.  Beta and all its incarnations became the chosen format for video professionals.  But, that's peanuts in comparison to the consumer market.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mr Bobby]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 6:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[The one thing about the "no 1080p on the HD-A3", HD-DVD sux" argument is that unless you're running 1080p/24, which a large number of sets don't support, there is *no* difference between 1080p and 1080i if your TV does proper deinterlacing (which 90% of the LCDs currently on the market do). I concluded that it simply wasn't worth another $100 to get 1080p/24 (the price delta between the A3 and the A30) at the time) and I suspect many more made the same decision. Blade Runnier on an HD-A3 looks frickin' GREAT.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rekoil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 28th 2007 11:28AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thanks for a rational comment, MB. Believe it or not, it's rare to see a Blu supporter make sense! In the same way, this could just be a fluke for HD. The boon of HD could also be its bane- people who waited until the players became cheap may not be willing to drop big dollars on HD movies they may be OK with buying on DVD. Only time will tell, but Blu really needs to drop their prices, maybe not to 150, but they need to show that they're trying to help the mass consumer market and not just the elite high-enders who know no budgets to get the latest and greatest.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 28th 2007 12:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[It is refreshing to finally see more HD-DVD BOGOs to help skew the numbers back, well that and loading up on HD-DVDs.<br><br>I took part in Best Buy's B2G1 getting 3 total and today in Amazon's B1G1 for a total of 6 and plan on participating in Best Buy's B3G2 next week.<br><br>Wow... my wife is going to kill me. :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[zargon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 6:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[What is Phoenix?  I've never heard of that movie.  1.2:1 is suppose to mean something?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[T-bone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 6:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow a whole 1.2:1! What a "terrible" beating.<br><br>And the writer went out of his way to point that out in order to keep..how did he put it? "red boys" from "proclaiming victory".<br><br>The silliness in this "war" is everywhere.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 7:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[So engadget will talk about "leaked" numbers found on a web forum...but ignore the video bussiness story that has been posted in comments area by a number of readers which says when harry p came out it sold better on HD DVD.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 7:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6515097.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6515097.html</a><br><br>By Susanne Ault -- Video Business, 12/21/2007<br>DEC. 21 | Fourth-quarter HD DVD releases The Bourne Ultimatum and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix are turning in uniquely strong performances for the format, according to Universal Studios Home Entertainment .<br><br>In its first week on sale, starting Dec. 11, the Bourne single-disc HD DVD configuration sold 60,000 units,  according to Universal estimated based on Nielsen/VideoScan data.<br><br>Including the boxed set of all three Bourne films, 71,000 units were sold, according to the studio.<br><br>The figures represent only sales through retailers that report to Nielseon/VideoScan and are not extrapolated nationally.<br><br>Additionally, Universal, citing Nielsen/Video Scan, said Warner Home Video’s HD DVD release of Order of the Phoenix was selling at a 45% HD DVD to 55% Blu-ray ratio, stronger than the HD DVD average which has been closer to 33%.<br><br>Ken Graffeo, Universal executive VP of marketing and co-president of the North American HD DVD Promotional Group, acknowledged the continued strength of  BD over HD DVD software, on average. Graffeo said, however, that HD DVD is on an upswing with recent releases because of the surge in people buying HD DVD hardware, which also has been steadily and heavily discounted since before Thanksgiving.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 7:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[A link to the story is good enough but when you copy and paste the entire article then you are spamming.  In another recent article Universal compared Spiderman 3 sales to Bourne sales.  Why don't they compare Bourne sales (60,000) to Pirates Of The Caribbean 3 sales (160, 000).<br><br>Wait for the official numbers and not the numbers that Universal Pictures makes up to cover their weekly losses to Blu-ray.  Remember when Paramount made up those Transformers numbers.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnny Blaze]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 7:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[That article was corrected by the author.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kcmurphy88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 7:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.videobusiness.com/blog/830000483/post/700019270.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.videobusiness.com/blog/830000483/post/700019270.html</a><br><br>"Just prior to the long Christmas weekend, I posted a story online that carried a mistake. Instead of saying that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on HD DVD was selling slightly below its Blu-ray version at a 45 to 55 ratio, I went all dyslexic and inverted the numbers to say HD DVD was actually outpacing Blu-ray at a 55 to 45 ratio. That was wrong.  Or WRONG!!!!! according to the dozens of emails I got from pretty pissed-off readers. It has since been corrected. I do agree that I was careless, probably stupidly careless, for making that error. But I'm not sure if it merited the sort of 'extreme enthusiasm' it generated. <br>Even with the error, the basic gist of the story should still stand. According to Universal, who used the latest Nielsen/VideoScan research, Order of the Phoenix is showing unusual strength on HD DVD versus the general trend of BD outselling HD DVD counterparts by a much wider ratios of 2 to 1 or 3 to 1."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kcmurphy88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 7:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow I'm shocked.  HD DVD people actually bought movies rather than let their players collect dust.  The important thing is that Blu-ray continues to win week after week.  Even if they do have a strong December they won't have any impact in the first quarter of 08.  Don't believe me?  Go check out the releases for Blu-ray and HD DVD in the first quarter of '08 and you will see why.<br><br><a href="http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/releasedates.html" rel="nofollow">http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/releasedates.html</a><br><br><a href="http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/releasedates.html" rel="nofollow">http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/releasedates.html</a><br><br>Looks like the HD DVD camp will have a lot of BOGOs and when Blu-ray has them then HD DVD will whine as usual.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnny Blaze]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 7:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Awe, defensive are we?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Prey521]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 7:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Prey512, it's denial. You'll see a lot of that starting 2008.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nfinity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 7:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nfinity, sure sounds like it.  Whenever any good news about HDDVD is published, rest assured that there will be BD FanBots trying to make themselves feel better with the talking about BD leading all year....which is narrowing.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Prey521]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 7:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nfinity, I couldn't have said it any better.<br><br>Prey521, stop referring to people as 'bots'.  You don't seem to care about Hidef and you probably don't buy a lot of HD DVD movies.  Are you an Xbox 360 owner?  If you are then your reply makes a lot of sense.  If you are not a 360 owner then I warn you not to buy one.  They have a hardware problem called RROD and the HD DVD add-on has given a lot of X360 owners headaches.<br> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnny Blaze]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 7:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Buyer's remorse must be a bitch.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Fuzz 53]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 28th 2007 11:16AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think this is exactly why you should all appreciate the BOGOs for saving you money ... and not for deciding who is going to win this war.<br><br>Since Blu-ray has won every week this year it seems that while these Amazon BOGOs get widely publicized (as the data is easily available), they don't actually sway the war in either direction much at all.<br><br>Interesting also, the Blu-ray Harry Potter years 1-5 continues to outsell the HD DVD version ... guess the 5 year set isn't part of the HD DVD BOGO.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[andyj]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 7:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oh dear, the level of 'Blu-bile' in this place since the start of Dec has gotten pretty funny.<br><br>Zillions more Blu-ray players and yet they are making only a very small lead over HD DVD in retail movies they sell.<br><br>Yeah, like the movie industry isn't noticing that. <br><br>LMAO.<br><br>Prepare for your new stagnant PS3 proprietary format, Blu-ray fans.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Truth Teller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 8:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Blu-ray winning 2:1 in the USA is more then just a small lead IMO.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[andyj]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 10:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's more like 3:1 now.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeebus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 28th 2007 3:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why do you guys have to lie.<br><br>The latest Nielson numbers show it's not even 2:1 (despite a 10:1+ Blu-ray advantage in player numbers).<br><br>It's 1.56:1, in fact.<br><br>Pathetically laughable, considering.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Truth Teller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 28th 2007 7:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Ben<br><br>That chart was obviously faked, just like the moon landings. ;)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9Bn-Ahqtfw" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9Bn-Ahqtfw</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Region Free HD]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 8:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[OMG! HAHAHAHAHA! That was great!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Prey521]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 11:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Andyj<br><br>Is that sarcasm against a BOGO sale when Blu-Ray has made a living using these very tactics?  The BDA has sponsored over TWENTY BOGO sales already in 2007 while HD DVD has just run their first TWO this very month!  And the Blu-Ray BOGO's have included huge blockbuster films like the Pirates Of the Caribbean films, Casino Royale, Night At the Museum, X-Men: Last Stand, and many others.  They've also included recent releases like 28 Weeks Later, The Fly, Day After Tomorrow just a mere 2 weeks after their debut.<br><br>So HD DVD titles currently hold the #1, 2,3, and 4 spots in all DVD's on amazon while the Toshiba A3 is holding at #3 in all of electronics and the other 2 Tosh models are in the top 100.  Conversely, NO Blu-Ray players appear in the top 100!  Coincidence?  Not likely.  Pretty good rankings for a dead format (sarcasm).<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Black]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 10:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[What's with the anger Robert?<br><br>BOGOs are good for the consumer, like I've always said. So enjoy them ... and stop being angry! Sheesh.<br><br>BUT, BOGOs do not solely make or break either format ... that's why in spite of HD DVD doing just as many BOGOs as Blu-ray, Blu-ray continues to outsell HD DVD 2:1 in the USA.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[andyj]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 10:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[This kind of surprises me because I was not interested in the movies available for the BOGO, and I am an HD DVD owner. I didn't buy any.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Evan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 10:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[This just in:  for the week ending the 23rd, it is (again) 61-39 blu.  But Bourne was the top disc, followed by Simpsons, Pirates 3, HP5 (blu), HP5 (red) and Planet Earth (red).<br><br><a href="http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=12605080#post12605080" rel="nofollow">http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=12605080#post12605080</a><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kcmurphy88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 10:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA["Twas the week before Christmas and all through the house, my **prediction** was stirring not even a mouse."<br><br>In other words, those published numbers, they're a guess by a contributing writer.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Berg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 11:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually, yes, but his "predictions" have been exactly correct for as long as he's been making them.  The data came out today, and he has it.  He likes to call it a "prediction" because it's a "prediction" thread.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kcmurphy88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 28th 2007 12:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Johnny Blaze<br><br>Are you a PS3 owner?  Have you heard of good games?  Oh, I guess not because PS3 doesn't have good games.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rg23]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 11:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[PS3 has good games: Rock Band, Assassin's Creed, COD4...<br><br>oh wait, those are all on 360 too, oh well.<br><br>Oops...didn't mean for this to turn into a console discussion]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 11:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Careful with this one ... the PS3 has outpaced the 360 since inception so you'll get buried with stats by Sony fans on this one.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[andyj]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 11:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[Based on the predictions it looks like Blade Runner sold better on HD-DVD than Blu-Ray but overall Warner catalog titles sold better on Blu-Ray.  I wonder what the difference in sales were for the blu and red versions of Potter 5 and Blade Runner.  Do the Blade Runner numbers count the briefcase sales?  Do the Potter sales count the gift set? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Geoff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 11:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Amazon BOGO excels HD movies to number one for the first time ever]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2007/12/27/amazon-bogo-excels-hd-movies-to-number-one-for-the-first-time-ev/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's by SKU.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kcmurphy88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 28th 2007 12:21AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>