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.
Whatever that means. Too many variables.
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.
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.
Perhapes even more interesting is that HDM films have a third of the top 100 DVDs. When has THAT happened?
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.
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.
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.
Can you smell Warner waving red flags on CES 2008? I can.
"that we can rely on so far is the Video Business article that stated that HD DVD outsold Blu-Ray."
LOL
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 http://charts.highdefdigest.com/history.aspx
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...
So until real hard data is presented, the article you ref'd was just teasing you...
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...
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 !
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!!
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.
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.
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.
It's game over baby. Very soon.
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 :)
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.
The A30 deal is crap at Best buy. Actually, its no deal at all. Amazon has the a30 for $250 with 10 movies.
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.
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...
you just look pethetical there... but you seem to feel good with this....
"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..."
But its ok for Sony to proclaim themselves winner of this war...how many times? And for what reasons before?
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Yes, indeed blu outsold red by 55-45 on HPOotP.
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.
Whatever that means. Too many variables.
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.
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.
Perhapes even more interesting is that HDM films have a third of the top 100 DVDs. When has THAT happened?
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.
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.
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.
Can you smell Warner waving red flags on CES 2008? I can.
"that we can rely on so far is the Video Business article that stated that HD DVD outsold Blu-Ray."
LOL
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 http://charts.highdefdigest.com/history.aspx
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...
So until real hard data is presented, the article you ref'd was just teasing you...
@Nfinity
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...
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 !
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!!
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.
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.
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.
It's game over baby. Very soon.
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 :)
Nfinity--
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.
@Nfinity
The A30 deal is crap at Best buy. Actually, its no deal at all. Amazon has the a30 for $250 with 10 movies.
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.
@Nfinity
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...
you just look pethetical there... but you seem to feel good with this....
@Kiko
"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..."
But its ok for Sony to proclaim themselves winner of this war...how many times? And for what reasons before?
Uh huh
Two wrongs make a right.