http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/ Engadget HD Comments for Nielsen VideoScan High-Def market share for week ending December 23rd, 2007 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/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/Jan 4th 2008 2:19PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/Jan 4th 2008 2:24PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/
Don't make it look any worse than it has to be!

:)]]>Jan 4th 2008 2:29PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/Thanks for the correction!
I changed it.]]>Jan 4th 2008 2:31PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/Jan 4th 2008 2:33PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/Jan 4th 2008 3:16PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/
Sorry but 61 is still too close to right down the middle. The war wages on... ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz]]>Jan 4th 2008 2:36PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/
With them skipping weeks I'm getting a little confused.

What surprises me is that Planet Earth almost beat out HP on the HD-DVD side.

That is interesting.It seems that what 300 is to Blu-Ray is what Planet Earth is to HD-DVD in terms of a must buy title.]]>Jan 4th 2008 2:40PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/]]>Jan 4th 2008 3:00PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/Jan 4th 2008 2:43PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/Jan 4th 2008 2:58PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/
Of course, what Warner does (if anything) could change all of that. Warner must be loving the attention they're getting right now.]]>Jan 4th 2008 3:17PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/
HMM is a week behind but the numbers were leaked last night.

61% BD VS. 39% HD-DVD for the past 3 weeks]]>Jan 4th 2008 3:00PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/]]>Jan 4th 2008 3:06PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/
It's not that there are fewer HDDVD buyers: they had the top film, and the top two in this week's leak. It seems more like BD owners are buying a wider variety and possibly more per week each.

Might be a function of wealth: those that paid $499 for a player may feel like buying more films than someone who paid $199.

Things that are clear, though: the content argument is rather weak now, and the red camp is large enough to stand anything other than abrupt studio actions. I expect some smaller studios to go neutral now, and Fox may go soon (and Paramount, again, when they can).

Then again, I've gone purple, and it all looks like one format when you're purple.]]>Jan 4th 2008 3:12PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/
These Numbers are starting to look a bit suspect.

They should post the numbers via retailer and the split of sales followed by the overall sales split.

Would make these numbers look a bit more credible.]]>Jan 4th 2008 3:15PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/good news for blu!!!!
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They have 2 free instantly (with 2 in box) for the HD-A3.

Several Warner titles are on sale from both sides at best buy, which combined with the RZ coupon:

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5381/20off3blurayri0.jpg

can net you 3 titles for $25 + tax.
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We KNOW that HD DVD owners are buying their hardware to watch movies because they have no choice. If the various numbers are to be believed, BD players (including PS3) outshine HD DVD players by something like 6:1 IIRC, yet HDM is split to about 6:4. That means that, assuming that all PS3 owners buy BD movies, HD DVD owners spend a hell of a lot more money on media than BD owners. But without any solid numbers with respect to player ownership, these numbers make a much stronger showing for HD DVD than they do BD, even though the actual number of discs is in BD's favor.

Are there any numbers for the amount of discs that were actually sold? Really, I think this whole argument about percentages is BS. It could be 61:39 with only 10,000 units sold in which case there is a good argument for going exclusive to one format or the other. But if it's 61:39 with 1 million discs sold, 390,000 for HD DVD is no small amount of discs, regardless of the 22-point spread between the two formats.

*sigh* Hopefully, I'll be able to declare my purple status after my taxes are done. :/]]>Jan 4th 2008 3:12PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/Jan 4th 2008 3:34PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/
Oh, and if you've read any of my other posts you'd know that I've already declared that a PS3 is going to be my BD player of choice. It's just a matter of "when" because we are talking a significant amount of dollars, compared to my $98 Wal-Mart HD-A2 special.

So, stop looking for some kind of conspiracy or anti-BD statements where none exist.]]>Jan 4th 2008 3:43PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/
This one, however, is special. As Blu-ray won the last week of 2006, it is now officially 52 weeks in a row of Blu-ray wins.

The Blu-ray domination continues on into 2008!]]>Jan 4th 2008 3:14PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/Jan 4th 2008 3:17PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/Jan 4th 2008 3:25PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/
HMM is a week behind but the numbers were leaked last night.

61% BD VS. 39% HD-DVD for the past 3 weeks"

I don't think the Harry Potter 1-4 HD DVD's that I ordered on 12/27 from Amazon.com counted in the 12.30.2007 week ending numbers. Amazon shipped (via free Super Saver Shipping) my order on December 31st (and they probably charged my credit card on that day, too) and reported the numbers to Nielsen for the week ending 01/06/08.

I'd expect Blu-Ray to get a big boost from Amazon for the week ending 01/13/08 despite the fact that their Blu-Ray BOGO sale is going on this week. The Harry Potter movies look like they have sold out on Blu-Ray at Amazon now (titles available on Amazon's BOGO stand at 80, down from around 95).

You will see the Harry Potter movies up on the charts for HD DVD and Blu-Ray in successive weeks, just like the Mark Wahlberg movie Shooter ended up on the HD DVD charts about a month ago because it was one of the 3 free titles that Amazon was offering with the purchase of a HD DVD player.]]>Jan 4th 2008 3:34PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/
Actually, Shooter was up on the list, I believe, but Top Gun was the number 4 HD DVD for the week ending December 2nd, which you can verify for yourself by looking at page 12 of the December 9th Home Media Magazine (link below). Amazon was running the promotion Thanksgiving week (which ended November 25th).

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/hom120907/index.php]]>Jan 4th 2008 3:40PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/1st week of January might just see this mythical 80+:20 someone spoke about, with day and dates favoring Blu Ray along with a big Amazon Bogo (still going on).

Also, if there is any HD DVD fanboy around, stop reading now.

Sources are starting to confirm (still need an official report, but hey, that's what the CES is here for no?) what a lot of people suspected, aka that Blu Ray standalone sales have started to outsell HD DVDs during the Xmas season following the Sony and Samsung price drop.

Cf Thedigitalbit.com]]>Jan 4th 2008 3:43PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://deadlinehollywooddaily.com/]]>Jan 4th 2008 3:48PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-december/
It really looks like yes. If that news release is valid, the obvious words really state that WB is ending HD-DVD releases May 2008 to support Blu-Ray (and DVD) exclusively. VERY interesting article indeed, since the words come directly from the chairman.]]>Jan 4th 2008 5:14PM