Blu Ray Turn-around?

[F089/H]

"According to a recent Blu-ray report published by TVWeek, the high profile launch of Sony’s PlayStation 3 videogames console – which comes equipped with a Blu-ray player built in – has ushered in improved sales of Sony-backed Blu-ray movie titles, and has now seen sales surpass those posted by the rival Toshiba-backed HD-DVD format.

More pointedly, tracked sales figures issued by Nielsen VideoScan and eproductwars.com outline that Blu-ray disc sales are now superseding those posted by the format’s major high definition rival.

Nielsen VideoScan offers that, as of the week ending 18 February, Blu-ray disc sales had secured some 65% of the HD movie market, which is a considerable turnaround against figures amassed in November of 2006, which showed HD-DVD with 63% of format performance.

Founder of eproductwars.com Tony Small commented that Blu-ray overtook its HD-DVD in the middle of January across certain key areas of the website’s chart lists. “By the end of January, [Blu-ray was] taking the lead consistently on nearly all of them,” he claimed.

Beyond the format war related to disc sales, Sony and Toshiba have both been criticised for the emergent frustration and confusion experienced by consumers interested in investing in the HD future. And Sony has received focus finger pointing concerning the high price point related with its standalone Blu-ray hardware and also the new Blu-ray equipped PlayStation 3 game console.

However, following on from Sony’s recent unveiling of a $600 USD Blu-ray player to better match the more accessible price point of HD-DVD players (around $499), Stan Glasgow, President and CEO of Sony, has intonated that 2007 may see the company further reduce its Blu-ray player prices – down to a much more acceptable $299."

http://www.tcmagazine.com/comments.p...=14012&catid=2


I knew we(BR supporters) were doing good when Everybody I know with a PS3 had an HDTV.

I think we're going to see a higher attach rate.. Might even bring HDTV prices down!

[Smokey]

should look good on my PLASMA lol

[F089/H]

should look good on my PLASMA lol

haha asshole!
J/K

[jaxmkii]

it looks good on my Sony 65" projection HDTV

[cliffbo]

check Vg's threads in techcentral for the full view of HD-DVDs debacle. its over! Blu-ray won fella

[F089/H]

alright.I just thought it was this head to head type of thing..Microsoft better do something,games are too big a medium to be ignored.It(PS3 games AND movies) alone,Could seal HD-DVD's fate! Devs are Probably begging to use HD-DVDs

[Smokey]

Devs are Probably begging to use HD-DVDs

they cant because they cant garantee that all will have it. same as using HDD not all have it (360). but unless they can do it in programing that if they have a HDD take advantage of it??

[cliffbo]

alright.I just thought it was this head to head type of thing..Microsoft better do something,games are too big a medium to be ignored.It(PS3 games AND movies) alone,Could seal HD-DVD's fate! Devs are Probably begging to use HD-DVDs

yeh, its more serious than just losing an HD format you can see that, i can see that and pretty soon most people will see that. mmmmm, MS just increased their download sizes... do you see the connection?

[Epix]

Looks fantasmic on my 71" 1080p.

[F089/H]

they cant because they cant garantee that all will have it. same as using HDD not all have it (360). but unless they can do it in programing that if they have a HDD take advantage of it??

If a newer Xbox version comes out with an internal HD-DVD drive..thats what I meant

[Fats]

If a newer Xbox version comes out with an internal HD-DVD drive..thats what I meant

Then you're alienating people with older 360's, which cannot read HD-DVD's unless you buy the add-on. Unless Microsoft start to release games on both DVD and HD-DVD, which I cannot see happening.

[F089/H]

Looks fantasmic on my 71" 1080p.

Yah I know what the hell you GOT!

It's like standing in Times Square.

[Luis]

I don't see Microsoft alienating their previous customers. And that's not really a good thing because they're going to keep supporting the core SKU by releasing a bigger, more expensive and proprietary memory card... which means the HDD will probably never be a standard feature and thus not all games will have the ability to take advantage of it to improve technically.

[cliffbo]

I don't see Microsoft alienating their previous customers. And that's not really a good thing because they're going to keep supporting the core SKU by releasing a bigger, more expensive and proprietary memory card... which means the HDD will probably never be a standard feature and thus not all games will have the ability to take advantage of it to improve technically.

said it for me VG... it won't happen

[Luis]

Oh, and needless to say that Blu-ray is winning. If by the end of April, a month after its proper release here, it is doing better than HD-DVD in Europe (and that's going to be really easy to accomplish), everybody will be able to see that there's no hope for HD-DVD.

[F089/H]

Then you're alienating people with older 360's, which cannot read HD-DVD's unless you buy the add-on. Unless Microsoft start to release games on both DVD and HD-DVD, which I cannot see happening.

You're right. But I don't see how they are pushing one format by indirectly(not) supporting it with their products(games/software,HD-DVD drive Add-on) only movies do.Use a Next generation format for Chrissake!They won't get to the point,yet.Do They think it's not good enough for games or what? BluRay=Games + Movies+ Music(coming soon!) VS. Hd-DVD=Movies+ annnnnnnnd thats it..

What can they do to help get an edge over BluRay?

[Luis]

What can they do to help get an edge over BluRay?

In terms of supporting and pushing a competing high definition format? Nothing at this point, it's too late.

[Z]

"BD turn-around"? what turn-around? BD has been in the lead since it launched. the competition is slowing down more and more since then.

[Luis]

"BD turn-around"? what turn-around? BD has been in the lead since it launched. the competition is slowing down more and more since then.

I wondered about that too. But maybe there's a turn-around among doubters, haters and naysayers' opinions as we speak. People's values change over time!

[Jasonps3]

And the PS3 hasn't been released in Europe yet.