Here come the HD-DVD dynamic duo in 3, 2, 1............
All jokes aside, not only do need the prices need to come down on players a bit, but there needs to be actual worthy releases. Even if the player prices were better, would could expect sales with a crappy release lineup as we've seen as of late?
We'll see what happens in June when things pick up.
ha ha... if anyone thinks that 4 movies will save the format this year then i think you'll be in for a surprise. A drop of 10% every week means that in a few more months we'll see like 1% Blu-Ray..and then eventually demise in 2009.
Blu-ray is a lame duck. Killing off HD-DVD was supposed to make things better, but we have more expensive players, still feature crippled players and less public interest than ever.
@Nfinity what else can i say to you that hasn't already been said by everyone over the last few months @ jsn so i'm guessing you were expecting blu ray to go from zero-lightspeed in terms of adoption rate in 2 months?
You have to remember that when blockbuster titles release on Blu-Ray also come out on DVD, those DVD numbers will go up big time to. I see some good weeks when a new planet earth like set releases or when some big catalog titles like The Matrix, Batman Begins, or Transformers finally come out on Blu-Ray.
Players are really what will get the numbers up, and you won't see a big spike in player sales till the holidays.
Prices on movies are already going down though, so I could care less. As long as I'm getting my HD goodness, who cares.
Nfinity, are you going to be consistent? I mean, when Blu-ray sales have a gigantic gain two and three weeks from now with all the new titles coming from every studio including the former Red team, I really hope to see your corresponding projection:
"A gain of 10% every week means that in a few more months we'll see like 30% Blu-Ray..and then eventually complete adoption in 2009"
Low sales are obviously because disks suck at the moment. They won't suck starting starting the last week of May or the whole of June so we'll see what difference that will make.
you know it's a bad Week for Blu-Ray when a Semi-Good movie from Ten Years ago comes out and beats out everyone else.... Twister... who wants to see a cow fly???? thats the only part of that movie I remember... that's sad..
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Here come the HD-DVD dynamic duo in 3, 2, 1............
All jokes aside, not only do need the prices need to come down on players a bit, but there needs to be actual worthy releases. Even if the player prices were better, would could expect sales with a crappy release lineup as we've seen as of late?
We'll see what happens in June when things pick up.
ha ha... if anyone thinks that 4 movies will save the format this year then i think you'll be in for a surprise. A drop of 10% every week means that in a few more months we'll see like 1% Blu-Ray..and then eventually demise in 2009.
Blu-ray is a lame duck. Killing off HD-DVD was supposed to make things better, but we have more expensive players, still feature crippled players and less public interest than ever.
@Nfinity
what else can i say to you that hasn't already been said by everyone over the last few months
@ jsn
so i'm guessing you were expecting blu ray to go from zero-lightspeed in terms of adoption rate in 2 months?
You have to remember that when blockbuster titles release on Blu-Ray also come out on DVD, those DVD numbers will go up big time to. I see some good weeks when a new planet earth like set releases or when some big catalog titles like The Matrix, Batman Begins, or Transformers finally come out on Blu-Ray.
Players are really what will get the numbers up, and you won't see a big spike in player sales till the holidays.
Prices on movies are already going down though, so I could care less. As long as I'm getting my HD goodness, who cares.
Nfinity, are you going to be consistent? I mean, when Blu-ray sales have a gigantic gain two and three weeks from now with all the new titles coming from every studio including the former Red team, I really hope to see your corresponding projection:
"A gain of 10% every week means that in a few more months we'll see like 30% Blu-Ray..and then eventually complete adoption in 2009"
Low sales are obviously because disks suck at the moment. They won't suck starting starting the last week of May or the whole of June so we'll see what difference that will make.
you know it's a bad Week for Blu-Ray when a Semi-Good movie from Ten Years ago comes out and beats out everyone else.... Twister... who wants to see a cow fly???? thats the only part of that movie I remember... that's sad..