In Reply to: RE: posted by Jack G on June 18, 2007 at 15:20:30:
Not good publicity for HD DVD, I'm not sure it's that good for Blu-Ray.
J6P is going to walk into a Blockbuster (BB1), notice the Blu-Ray stuff and not see any HD-DVD stuff. He start thinking Blu-Ray is winning or HD-DVD is already dead, or becomes curious about Blu-Ray enough to check it out Best Buy (the other BB2). It may not be a fatal cut, but it just might be a significant part of death of a thousand cuts for HD-DVD.
I think 1500 stores will represent 85% of the BB1s with HD video, not 85% of all BB1s, not even close). And HD rentals probable represent less than 1% of all rentals.
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- Public perception could be the biggest impact; HD video got a lot of press with this one. - oscar 15:52:23 06/18/07 (13)
- My local Blockbusters - johnvb 08:52:42 06/19/07 (1)
- Mine Also - Robertc88 13:33:01 06/19/07 (0)
- Who goes to Blockbuster anymore? (nt) - racerguy 17:00:49 06/18/07 (2)
- Uhh... not me, not in a decade. But someone must be going in there . - oscar 13:58:48 06/19/07 (1)
- I go there once in a while. I don't do netflix NT - Jazz Inmate 16:55:16 06/19/07 (0)
- Not sure the public is paying attention, but it is one more sign that blu-ray is the way to go NT - Jazz Inmate 15:59:05 06/18/07 (7)
- Really? Until the prices are equatable and more desired titles are available, HD is still on the leading edge. - Audiophilander 11:44:31 06/21/07 (6)
- RE: Really? Until the prices are equatable and more desired titles are available, HD is still on the leading e - oscar 14:58:08 06/21/07 (5)
- A couple of side notes - Jack G 04:57:49 06/22/07 (3)
- RE: A couple of side notes - oscar 06:58:17 06/22/07 (2)
- RE: A couple of side notes - Jack G 07:22:56 06/22/07 (1)
- I've yet to see a Blu-Ray movie which required 2 discs for playback. - oscar 10:00:44 06/22/07 (0)
- Good points as usual Oscar, but I doubt that either of us can make any qualitative statements beyond... - Audiophilander 17:58:03 06/21/07 (0)