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my most wanted hd-dvd.
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my most wanted hd-dvd.
Ignatz Mouse said:
I disagree when it comes to Star Trek. All of these exclusive deals and BOGO sales are all in the marketspace of HDM. Star Trek brings in the DVD giant into play and sales of that SKU will yield nothing of value in the context of high def media because 99% of the people buying it won't use the HD DVD side.
Ignatz Mouse
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Oni Jazar said:
While I can see your point, it would be easy to argue that more HD-DVD discs in people's hands will translate into more interest in HD Media (particularly HD-DVD). And if it's successful, expect to see more combo-only releases of premium material.
I personally don't think it'll have that huge an impact, but who knows?
xS1TH L0RDx
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not sure if this was mentioned already, but for ps3 owners hostel 2 does that thing where it shows a picture and the title of the movie under the video part of the XMB instead of the blu-ray icon.
DarkJediKnight
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Oni Jazar said:
Don't agree with this. The selling point for this set are the new special effects and remastered print. No doubt a lot of people will be buying it for DVD use only, but if you can afford $100+ for the set, surely $199 for a A2 isn't out of the equation for some people. Especially those who were thinking of updating their DVD players anyway.
Looks like Circuit City just undercut Wal-Mart on the A2:
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Toshi...oductDetail.do
Click the link to the cart to see that it's priced at $197.99. :lol
Clearing out stock for A3? Or something more?
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Toshi...oductDetail.do
Click the link to the cart to see that it's priced at $197.99. :lol
Clearing out stock for A3? Or something more?
VanMardigan
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Circuit City, Walmart..............are Best Buy and Target the next two to offer a sub $200 HD DVD player? I can see those having a big impact in HD DVD penetration.
Is this a joke? Paramount doesn't sell any more BR movies, and has already released HD DVD exclusive movies beyond Transformers. The only thing to question is if you'll get some BDs from them in 2009 and if you'll get the Spielberg titles. Other than that, to question their exclusivity to HD DVD is akin to questioning the exclusivity of any other major studio, since they are ALL receiving incentives.
In their first week? If you took out the 59k Casino Royale did, you would've had a 65-35 split that week? GTFO!! Nobody would have or actually did discount their numbers the weeks they came out, so why discount Transformers first week sales? Oh yeah, cause they paint the picture you want to see.
Is this a joke? Paramount doesn't sell any more BR movies, and has already released HD DVD exclusive movies beyond Transformers. The only thing to question is if you'll get some BDs from them in 2009 and if you'll get the Spielberg titles. Other than that, to question their exclusivity to HD DVD is akin to questioning the exclusivity of any other major studio, since they are ALL receiving incentives.
In their first week? If you took out the 59k Casino Royale did, you would've had a 65-35 split that week? GTFO!! Nobody would have or actually did discount their numbers the weeks they came out, so why discount Transformers first week sales? Oh yeah, cause they paint the picture you want to see.
Made this chart for another forum, might as well post it here too. In response to someone who thinks that BR sales have plummeted from a 4:1 advantage to being equal now, lol:
Anyway it'll be interesting to see how the holidays affect it.
If we had $200 HD-DVD players here I'd probably get one, but I think our cheapest standalone is around AU$500-$600. No free movies either, come on Toshiba. :/
Ignatz Mouse
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VanMardigan said:
Yeah, HD-DVD would have won one week out of the year. My point is that that's irrelevant when the sales have been fairly consistenly 60:40 or better all year.
I still thinkn you misunderstood the point of the inital post. It wasn't to discount anything, it was to show what the rest of the market beyond the two major events of the week looked like. Which is pretty much like any other week, the same split. Consistency matters, espeically if HD-DVDs biggest hurrah couldn't even make the market 50/50. Note how fast HD Group wanted to get that 190K (shipped) number out, to get what little PR milliage out of this they could.
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300 BD outsells Knocked up and Evan Almighty, sounds like a lot of people are snatching those 80GB units. If 300 on Bd which has been out for 3 months now can outsell 2 supposedly high profile HDDVD exclusives, that's got to show for something. BOGO or not, people are buying BD players in one form or another (PS3).
Look back a few pages theres a .pdf that has the releases in red vs blue vs nuetral till a few weeks into january.mrklaw said:
Your chart is erroneous. You claim that it used to be 4:1, first of all that is false, never has blu-ray lead by 4:1, not even once in one week in the whole year. For blu-ray to have lead by 4:1 the chart would have to have been 80/20.Mojo said:
Secondly, your basing your claim that hd dvd is getting closer from one week... last week. the week before that it was 70:30 in favor of blu-ray.
Im really not trying to be rude, but please go take a statistics class before trying to analyze any of this.
Christoff Yurievich
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if it's the one I think you're talking about you can only view/download it if you're a member of those forums. I'm not a member so I wasn't able to see it either. maybe a rehost is needed?captive said:
For those Canadians out there. Futureshop is holding a "Friends and Family" sale this weekend.
Different provinces will have the sales at different times. Check this website to see when you can take advantage.
http://www.futureshop.ca/marketing/...ult.asp?langid=EN&CMP=EMC-email_special_promo
I hope HDM is included in this. Anyways, pretty decent deal since everything in the store is on sale for at least 10%.
Different provinces will have the sales at different times. Check this website to see when you can take advantage.
http://www.futureshop.ca/marketing/...ult.asp?langid=EN&CMP=EMC-email_special_promo
I hope HDM is included in this. Anyways, pretty decent deal since everything in the store is on sale for at least 10%.
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Transformers HD-DVD
Week Ending 10/21/07 = 89,871 Units (First Week sales as reported in VideoScan First Alert)
300 Blu-ray
Week Ending 8/5/07 = 107,351 Units (First Week sales as reported in VideoScan First Alert)
Way below even 115k. Didn't they learn from releasing false number with Shrek 2 on DVD?
Disney lends a hand.
Home Media Magazine (Nielson Numbers)
Week Ending 10/21/07 = 89,871 Units (First Week sales as reported in VideoScan First Alert)
300 Blu-ray
Week Ending 8/5/07 = 107,351 Units (First Week sales as reported in VideoScan First Alert)
Way below even 115k. Didn't they learn from releasing false number with Shrek 2 on DVD?
Disney lends a hand.
Home Media Magazine (Nielson Numbers)
OokieSpookie
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user friendly said:Transformers HD-DVD
Week Ending 10/21/07 = 89,871 Units (First Week sales as reported in VideoScan First Alert)
Way below even 115k. Didn't they learn from releasing false number with Shrek 2 on DVD?
Disney lends a hand.
Doesn't really matter anymore honestly.
Unless HD-DVD magically wraps up an exclusive of the Lord of the Rings trilogy I can not foresee any week possible where Blu Ray will come in last.
People can do the "bu bu bu low priced players at walmart!!" or whatever else they want, but it will not change a thing.
Ignatz Mouse
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user friendly said:
That sums it up nicely.
user friendly
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thaivo said:Funny they mention nothing about BD's advanced interactivity.
Why mention something that they haven't perfected yet? Cool feature yes and it will come to BD players, but it obviously isn't going to tilt the scale when it comes to sales. 300 already proved that.
My bad, really im sorry. total misread.Mojo said::lol :lol :lol
Err...You totally misread my post. I wasn't the one who said that 4:1 bullshit, if you re-read it you'll see that I made that chart in response to that FUD by showing that it was always around 2:1.
:blush:
Bune Duggy, here you go. Hi def release list into january
Exactly my point.user friendly said:
Well, it's not like the people who bought 300 on BD had much of a choice. If there was another version on BD released that had greater interactivity, I'm sure that it would have sold much better than the gimped version.user friendly said:
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Then why do you find it funny that they didn't mention an unfinished feature?thaivo said:
DarkJediKnight
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thaivo said:
If there was another version of Transformers with Dolby True HD, which would people buy?
Zombie James
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Nielson graphs:
OokieSpookie
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user friendly said:
You really have to ask?
It is just a half assed troll attempt and nothing more.
VanMardigan
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Cloudy said:
You're doing something wrong, maybe the installation. It won't prompt you for a firmware upgrade unless you can see "HD DVD" BELOW the usual drive marked with whatever game you have.
Once you see the tab on the bottom that says "HD DVD", then you load the disc inside and it will prompt you. Go through the installation process again if you don't see the HD DVD half of the disc info screen at the bottom of the dashboard.
OokieSpookie
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_leech_ said:Nielson graphs:
Allow me to practice the spin ...
"Hd has moved forward and has reduced Blu ray's lead down to 51%, what an exciting time to be a supporter of HD-DVD!!!" :lol
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Just wanted to see how far he would've gone with it.OokieSpookie said:
VanMardigan
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OokieSpookie said:
And this isn't a half assed troll attempt? Stop calling people out if you act just as childish. I consider those totals a win for the BR camp, in the sense that they kept the majority of software sales, but I don't think those results are something that spell doom for HD DVD. It's obvious that this battle won't be over any time soon.
Might as well go for the full ride (format neutral), that's how I feel.
VanMardigan
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djkimothy said:
WAY late on this, but since I just saw Transformers, I don't know that they're going to change that. Even on the downloadable widget where it shows each Transformer and their life bar, they list that robot as Devastator.
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VanMardigan said:
same here, i'm rocking 14 bru-rays now compared to the 6 that i was. i'm @ 37 hd-dvds.
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http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Joshua_Zyber/Commentary:_Specs_vs._Reality/1096
Excellent article to read.
:lol
Excellent article to read.
DarkJediKnight said:
:lol
OokieSpookie
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My review of the 360 add on Hd-DVD drive:
+Easy hook up
+1080p through hdmi which you will not get without paying 299 and up for a stand alone.
+ You can use it with your PC without alot of effort.
- Loud as fucking hell. Anyone who says "oh but it is about the same as a PS3" is on crack. The sun is about as loud as a lightbulb.
- If you do not go vga or HDMI you do not get 1080p.
? 1080p/24 support?
Seriously wish that I had kept it unopened and sold it and put it toward a stand alone.
Ah well at least I got Heroes, Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead for free.
+Easy hook up
+1080p through hdmi which you will not get without paying 299 and up for a stand alone.
+ You can use it with your PC without alot of effort.
- Loud as fucking hell. Anyone who says "oh but it is about the same as a PS3" is on crack. The sun is about as loud as a lightbulb.
- If you do not go vga or HDMI you do not get 1080p.
? 1080p/24 support?
Seriously wish that I had kept it unopened and sold it and put it toward a stand alone.
Ah well at least I got Heroes, Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead for free.
VanMardigan
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What was loud, your 360 or the spinning disc on the add-on? I've never been bothered by the noise, but I'm sure the Ps3 is even quieter. Also, is the noise what's pushing you towards going for a standalone, cause you seem pretty pleased otherwise.
BTW, congrats on going format neutral. Let us know what you think of Hot Fuzz and the special features on Heroes. Also, King Kong is still packed in, no? I didn't see you mention getting that for free.
BTW, congrats on going format neutral. Let us know what you think of Hot Fuzz and the special features on Heroes. Also, King Kong is still packed in, no? I didn't see you mention getting that for free.
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
OokieSpookie said:
Congrats on going neutral! I'm not saying the add on is not loud (it could be) but I've honestly never noticed the noise and I dont even have a sound system. Hot fuzz is a great movie have you had a chance to watch it yet?
It's ok Chemo it'll be alright you guys are still winning.
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