The biggest deal here are the DVD sales numbers.
They are huge.

I bet no-one expected DVD sales to be so enormous.

True, the Blu-ray numbers are undeniably their best so far - but you would be pushed to find a movie more targeted at the multi-millions of PS3 owners out there.

Which is why, PS3 owner numbers and the appeal of this movie to them considered, I'd call a mere 1.7 million a disappointment.

Assuming the numbers are true, as Rob says (above), of course.

If Warners really are have exceeded their expectations I'd say that says more about the artificially subterranean level at which they set those projections.

(and as a movie? Pffffh, it's really not all that.
Sorry to be cynical about it but the truth is that Heath Ledger's untimely death was such a boost)

I wonder if the BDA will have the guts to show whether the movie has 'legs' on Blu-ray and issue sales numbers at the 3, 6, 9 & 12mth points?

I'd love to see an unvarnished Blu-ray v DVD unit sales comparison at 12mths.

"maybe our status quo 2mbps connections"?!

What part of 'way out in the sticks' are you from Darren?

The 'status quo' connection across most of the UK is the 'up to 8mb' connection
(with many areas, especially the cities - the Birmingham area has C21N 'up to 24mb' - now doing way better than that).

You're a tad out of date.
Have a look around this site here - http://www.dslzoneuk.net/isp_ratings.php

Yeah but sadly Sharp HD TVs are usually rubbish.

All this does is help ensure Blu-ray is nowhere near as user friendly as DVD is and so it's just another step along the way to ensure Blu-ray never replaces DVD.

Way to make sure Blu-ray stays niche guys.

This will do nothing to stop the serious commercial 'pirates' and in fact will inconvenience sharers for a month or two but that's all.

Big deal.

It's just another example of the pointless 'security' gravy-train from the greedy funded by the gullible and ultimately paid for by consumers who are getting nothing positive from it whatsoever.