http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/ Engadget HD Comments for BDA gives European update: Blu-ray lookin' good across the pond 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/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/In a recent Australian article, blu ray is reported to be struggling at 1% of the total market, and that is fact, not BDA snake oil.
It would be nice, just once, if they could present the facts for a change and forget the continual lies and deception.]]>Nov 26th 2008 6:05PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/Nov 26th 2008 7:07PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/Nov 26th 2008 7:56PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/Nov 26th 2008 11:23PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/Nov 27th 2008 1:07AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/
It's ironic because you moan about the BDA touting percentages and then backup your whine by touting another percentage and proudly proclaim it as fact!]]>Nov 27th 2008 5:02AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/Nov 27th 2008 5:52AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/From the article...."In the second quarter of 2008, 207,841 HD movies were sold, up 7.2 per cent on the first quarter but still only 1.35 per cent of the total DVD movie market".

I'm a thrill junkie too, so stuff the danger, I'll post the link !!

http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,24522714-5014239,00.html

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All across Europe (just like the rest of the world) the economy is taking a serious dive.

Only the nutters of the BDA, their paid optimist (sorry, marketing analysts), their unhinged press buddies (desperate to avoid the recession themselves & not pi$$-off the BDA advertising budget) & their fanclub continue to delude themselves and talk-up ludicrous stupidity which tries to convince that in the current climate Blu-ray will sell strongly.

Nevermind record drops in consumer spending, major unemployment hikes or the car & housing markets completely flat on their backs.
Oh no, they prefer to spout BS about a video format.

Wise up.
TBH in the current climate it's becoming more than a sick joke.

All the serious commentators say this coming recession (still not at it's height yet) will see economic activity to continue to fall until the end of next year, at least, with little prospect for a recovery to pre-recession activity for a several years.

The idea that a new and relatively expensive video system will somehow manage to side-step this reality is plainly idiotic. ]]>Nov 27th 2008 8:05AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/Nov 27th 2008 5:52PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/On that subject thouigh, surely as long as the link is about the topic it should be OK, deliberate sales and spam links etc, I agree should be banned.]]>Nov 27th 2008 6:02PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/Nov 27th 2008 6:05PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/Nov 28th 2008 12:17PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/Nov 26th 2008 8:15PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/
Go Blu!]]>Nov 27th 2008 9:57AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/Nov 29th 2008 5:07PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/26/bda-gives-european-update-blu-ray-lookin-good-across-the-pond/despite this:
"Sony says it expects Blu-ray players to be one of the holiday season's top sellers, but that sales will still fall short of earlier forecasts.
Earlier this year, electronics giant Sony had forecast sales of some 5 million Blu-ray disc players by the end of 2008, and while the company still expects Blu-ray devices to be top sellers during the end-of-year holiday season, the company now expects to miss that mark by as much as 10 percent"

and these Engadgethd threads
Cheap Blu-ray players a rare commodity in Europe
Analyst predicts"dramatic" drop in blurays sales during Q4

Before everyone calls me a redboy or other some juvenile title, I own a HD-A30, LG SATA Bluray/HD combo and a DMP-BD35
I want to watch HD movies no matter what the format, but I'm a realist (paying low for technology $120 for the A30, $80 after CB on the LG and $149 on the DMP-BD35) if the BDA wants BD to take off worldwhile any time some they need to follow the advice of Sony's own Stan Glasgow "Glasgow indicated he would like to see studios lower prices on Blu-ray content as a way to spur consumers to buy Blu-ray technology." ]]>Nov 30th 2008 5:33PM