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Written by Michael Lankton
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Thursday, 09 August 2007 |
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 According to Home Media Magazine, the Nielsen numbers are in for the week ending August 5.
In line with year to date Nielsen stats for overall sales, the Blu Ray version of Warner's "300" outsold the HD DVD version by a 2 to 1 ratio. This is a mixed bag as far as bragging rights between the two formats are concerned. On one hand, it's a clear victory for Blu Ray, who can claim to have sold twice as many copies of this blockbuster release. On the other side, Toshiba has to be pretty happy to hold a 35% share of high definition video sales in the face of a 10 to 1 installed hardware disadvantage.
Ultimately 2 to 1 is 2 to 1, and the powers that be behind HD DVD need to figure out a way to sell the general public on their platform before the format war slips away from them. |
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Written by Michael Lankton
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Tuesday, 07 August 2007 |
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 Warner Brothers released the movie 300 on DVD, Blu Ray and HD DVD on July 31.
Today Warner announced that the Blu Ray and HD DVD versions have sold more than 250,000 combined units since the July 31 release date. This represents by far the best first week sales for any HD release. They aren't releasing details on the percentage of sales the respective formats accounted for at this time, so neither side can use the good news as a flag to wave around for their format. |
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Written by Michael Lankton
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Monday, 06 August 2007 |
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 What Toshiba has done right
1. The software was ready out of the gate
2. Good discs seem to extract every last bit of performance for the storage limitation. Example:The Prestige looks as good on an HD30 as it does a BD50.
3. Making Dolby TrueHD mandatory in hardware
4. Very consistent in releasing new firmware, addressing both fixes and new features
5. The second gen hardware is solid
6. Lack of region coding, so those titles that are Blu Ray-only in North America, but are available on HD DVD in Europe or Asia, will play just fine on your player.
7. Spearheaded hardware sales by selling at a loss early to get players out there
What Sony has done right |
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