http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/ Engadget HD Comments for Nielsen VideoScan High-Def market share for week ending March 23rd, 2008 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/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/
Ben, also have you seen the reports around the web (saw it at high-def digest) that Blu-ray racked up 3 million disc sales in the last eleven weeks, versus 6 million sold since inception (part of 2006 and all of 2007). That kind of acceleration tells me there was a lot of pent-up demand and that with the format war firmly behind us people are ready to get their HD on. Awesome news all-in-all for HD on disc.

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I thought you said the dead format was in the number 1 spot?

That must have been on some other chart?

To me it looks like the dead format is ABSENT from the charts completely....

You & Truth Teller should get used to NOT seeing it listed in the weekly sales charts anymore.....since there won't be any new releases other than the last few Warner Bros...and once they're out it is TRULY OVER.

Enjoy being on the outside looking in you tool.]]>Mar 28th 2008 8:32PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/@ Mar 26th 2008 11:04PM
Truth Teller

In 2006 - 2007 Blu-Ray moved just over 6 million units [movies].

In the first 11 weeks of 2008 Blu-Ray has moved over 3 million units [movies].

Blu-Ray is on track to move 15 million+ units [movies] in 2008.



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NeutralNfinity
@ Mar 26th 2008 11:19PM
What the hell are you talking about.. Sales have NEVER been more miserable for Blu-Ray. Go look at the latest numbers. I don't even know where you are getting those ridiculous estimates.

THE DEAD HD DVD had Number 1 title in the top 10 HD movies. Are you dumb? People are slowing down purchases. Movies are simply TOO EXPENSIVE.

And to grow, again, something you simply seem to lack capacity to comprehend is for a standard to grow you need to sell HARDWARE not movies.

NeutralJDS
@ Mar 26th 2008 11:34PM
@ nfinity

Blu-ray Disc sales continue to pick up steam, with total U.S. sales since inception (about a year-and-a-half-ago) hitting 9 million units through March 16, according to HMR research.

In just 11 weeks this year, BD unit sales have hit 3 million units, seemingly putting the format on pace to easily hit at least 15 million units for 2008.

After averaging weekly sales ranging from 200,000 - 300,000 the past two months or so, sales spiked up to 319,000 units, driven by Miramax's release of "No Country For Old Men."

The Oscar-winner, despite having few special features of any kind, sold a whopping 68,000 units the week ending March 16.
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My wallet will hate it, but my eyes and ears are going to love all the BDs I'll be buying over the next decade or so!]]>Mar 28th 2008 8:44PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/Mar 28th 2008 8:43PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/
Sweet!]]>Mar 28th 2008 8:40PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/Mar 28th 2008 8:43PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/
Shoot, you have to admit that if 12.6 percent of buyers of a new release like Hitman are opting for the BD during the first five days, that's a very fair comparison. ]]>Mar 28th 2008 8:49PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/Mar 28th 2008 8:53PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/
Had to laugh at the laughably rigged DVD v Blu-ray comparison.

"to be fair it is only taking into account the top 20 BDs vs the top 20 DVDs"

Show us the numbers not the cherry-picked percentages.

The SD DVD market sells in excess of 750 million a year.

Excuse me if I don't find Blu-ray's speculations of 15 million units/whatever the BDA pull out of the a$$ too impressive.

Blu-ray will stick a round a while (the PS3 guarantees that) but that is nothing like the same as saying it will ever take the place of SD DVD.
Wake up, that's not going to happen.]]>Mar 28th 2008 9:48PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/Mar 28th 2008 10:50PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/Mar 28th 2008 11:11PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/
Also, the Blu-ray vs DVD "Top 20" graph is completely relevant, and the only proper way to look at the market at such an early time. DVD has a back catalog of 10,000s of disc, and Blu-ray has a couple hundred, therefore, a total unit sales comparison would be useless.

Oh, and btw, have a good time with DVD! I hope you continue to enjoy stretched SD for years to come! Maybe you can even re-buy an old CRT rear projection screen to go along with it!



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The only numbers that count are the total disc sales numbers.

SD DVD sell over 750 million movies a year.

Blu-ray will (at best) reach 2% of that this year (and almost all on the back of the PS3).

It's all far too little far too late.

(and quit trying to hide behind HD DVD)]]>Mar 29th 2008 2:41PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/
I wasn't sure about the exact size -- the reason why there is an "s" after 10,000 aka "tens of thousands".
I don't agree that total unit sales is a fair comparison, and I don't understand why "on the back of PS3" is a bad thing? It is by far the best value --- Profile 2.0 Blu-ray player, networked media extender, next-gen console, etc.
Also, I acknowledge that DVD will sell hundreds of millions more units than Blu-ray will this year, however, that is not important. The GROWTH curve of Blu-ray units sales is the only thing that really matters.

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To survive Blu-ray has to penetrate the mass-market, something it is singularly failing to do
(they don't even have a proper range of supposedly final spec players at mass-market-friendly prices and won't for at least another year and counting = which means 3yrs+ and counting in it's 'life-span').

You'll also find that despite being bundled from the start in a game console that was always bound to sell in the multi-millions that "growth curve" is spectacularly unimpressive -

http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/8002/hd-DVD_outsells_blu-ray.html

(and for the ignorants out there PS2 came along over 3 years into DVD's 'life-span', SD DVD did not launch with the PS2).

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http://www.dvdcritiques.com/news/news_visu.aspx?dvd=1877

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LOL

Not bad for an april 1st one, if only!]]>Apr 1st 2008 11:16AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/Mar 28th 2008 10:27PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/Mar 28th 2008 11:10PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/Mar 29th 2008 3:00AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/Mar 28th 2008 11:14PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/Mar 29th 2008 12:00AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/Mar 29th 2008 9:10AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/Mar 29th 2008 10:53AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/
A pig-headed sabotaging of their prime cash-cow just so the Blu-ray/PS3 gang can feel happy about not also selecting a dead format is not going to happen.

The studios might well be pi$$ed off that DVD no longer generates the margins it once did but that is nothing like the same as saying DVD is not enormously profitable for them (which it is).

Don't be silly.

Blu-ray (despite this rigged & highly selective BS) is a mere pi$$ in the ocean compared to DVD.

DVD sells over 750 million movies a year.

Blu-ray (despite the boost PS3 gives it) will be lucky to scrape together sales of even 2% of that total this year
(and we've still yet to have an interesting little exposé on how movie sales numbers are being artificially skewed by BDA members doing a little underhand corporate buying).]]>Mar 29th 2008 2:34PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/Mar 29th 2008 4:55PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/
The Funai / Sylvania & the Daewoo which are supposed to be priced around $199.

Hopefully the OPPO Blu-Ray player will not be far behind.]]>Mar 29th 2008 5:46PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/
LMAO

Total POS. Good luck with that one!]]>Mar 29th 2008 7:28PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/
I didn't endorse it [Daewoo] I simply supplied the info to someone interested in a Blu-Ray player below $250...but coming from someone who was talking about cheap
CH-DVD players being the next big thing not so long ago G.F.Y. and do your lover infinitard [nfinity] while you are at it....

cheers mate]]>Mar 29th 2008 10:44PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/
I'd wait until you see it before making claims about it.

HD DVD China at least has the benefit of using hardware that is simply a rebadged Toshiba HD A3 gen 3 design (in fact the Toshiba was, towards the end, made in the same factories and not by Toshiba themselves).

Daewoo on the otherhand is well known for producing the cheapest low quality cr@p going
(they have a plant near me and I knew one of their mid-management guys at it, he wouldn't touch their stuff with a bargepole).]]>Mar 30th 2008 9:23AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/
The only CLAIM I made was that Daewoo is releasing a profile 2.0 player.

So is Funai but with a Sylvania label here in the U.S..

OPPO is supposed to be right behind them.

All 3 are supposed to be priced around $199 and scheduled to be released Q3 2008.]]>Mar 30th 2008 9:41AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/
I suspect it will fall in line with the profile 1.1 timing and be much delayed.

If people like Denon are having major problems
(using the very best and most expensive of components, and they are, their profile 2.0 player is much delayed too)
then I would not be holding my breath for the bottom-feeders to be getting on too well with it.]]>Mar 30th 2008 4:39PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/
WTF is a bargepole????]]>Mar 30th 2008 9:43AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/28/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-march-23/Mar 30th 2008 4:41PM