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Forecasting the future--or simply wishful thinking?

In Reply to: Bill Hunt (Digital Bits) on the warpath for Blu-ray. posted by oscar on July 6, 2007 at 15:30:22:

Amazon's top-seller list suggests that same-title sales of HD DVDs routinely outsell their B-D counterparts, and I don't think customer confusion can entirely account for the ongoing disparity.

Playstation 3 appears to be the #1 selling high definition disk player in either format, and in theory, it should have already turned the tide in favor of Blu-Ray, but so far, it's "halo effect" has been surprisingly weak.

The Blu-Ray camp has come out with a free 5 B-D movie deal of their own, and there are rumors of a $100 mid-July price cut for PS/3. Weak "halo effect" or no, if Sony can sell enough of the things, it could put B-D over the top. But at the moment, this doesn't appear to be the reality, and there are no guarantees that it will become so, or that Sony can continue to afford to bleed cash with every PS/3 sale--we'll just have to wait and see, won't we?

Personally, I'm still sitting on the fence with regards to my own Playstation 3 purchase.

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Topic - Bill Hunt (Digital Bits) on the warpath for Blu-ray. - oscar 15:30:22 07/06/07 (9)

Oscar, if you dust all of the cobb-webs off at the DVD-Audiobahn forum... - Audiophilander 00:47:09 07/08/07 (4)

Oscar's posts are nothing like KEKL's nt - Jazz Inmate 15:12:03 07/10/07 (3)

Of course not; I'm not sure where you've gotten the impression that I'm comparing KEKL's posts to Oscar's. - Audiophilander 17:16:40 07/11/07 (2)

because you were on oscar's case for being anti-promotional of HD-DVD and then brought up Kekl NT - Jazz Inmate 09:52:01 07/12/07 (1)

You apparently need things spelled out very s-l-o-w-l-y. - Audiophilander 18:32:19 07/12/07 (0)

Forecasting the future--or simply wishful thinking? - 4season 21:08:40 07/06/07 (0)

Big surprise - Jack G 15:34:39 07/06/07 (2)

are you sure? - Jazz Inmate 16:02:45 07/06/07 (1)

I don't know, I never paid any attention to him - Jack G 16:13:23 07/06/07 (0)

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Forecasting the future--or simply wishful thinking? - 4season 21:08:40 07/06/07 (0)

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