HD Movie sales in 2007 in Europe is 73% Blu ray 27% HD DVD
In Japan HD DVD hardly excist, with 3% share of hardware.
In USA HD movie sales are 65% Blu Ray 35% HD DVD.
When you add it up, I find it hard to understand, why some people still believe HD DVD can get back on top, after losing so much ground.
With all respect for Toshiba, they fight against a union of the large CE companies, Panasonic, Sharp, JVC, Samsung, LG, Phillips, SONY, and smaller ones like Pioneer, Denon, and comming players from Mitsubishi, Funai and Dawoe.
Toshiba want to maintain the DVD license, the others do not want to pay anymore.
Together these large companies control the CE market. And MS is too small and the X 360 too unreliable to fight them all.
see Reuters link for sales in Europe.
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Topic - Blu-ray outsells HD-DVD in Europe - Ole Lund Christensen 12:03:49 11/28/07 (51)
- With an attach rate of 0.6 discs per player - Jack G 12:20:42 11/28/07 (50)
- even with an attach rate of 0.6 discs per player, Blu Ray sell more - Ole Lund Christensen 03:18:00 11/29/07 (0)
- that argument cuts both ways - Jazz Inmate 12:48:33 11/28/07 (48)
- Don't Understand Why PS3 Isn't Used For Movies - Robertc88 05:46:21 11/29/07 (3)
- RE: Don't Understand Why PS3 Isn't Used For Movies - Jazz Inmate 12:38:23 11/29/07 (2)
- Yes But Lots Of Them Already Have A PS2 - Robertc88 05:44:58 11/30/07 (1)
- RE: Yes But Lots Of Them Already Have A PS2 - padreken 15:31:04 11/30/07 (0)
- RE: that argument cuts both ways - Jack G 13:54:05 11/28/07 (41)
- RE: that argument cuts both ways - Jazz Inmate 14:26:42 11/28/07 (40)
- How ironic - racerguy 20:17:34 11/28/07 (37)
- RE: How ironic - Jazz Inmate 20:26:31 11/28/07 (36)
- RE: How ironic - racerguy 08:06:13 11/29/07 (2)
- one too many consoles - Joe Murphy Jr 21:20:56 11/29/07 (1)
- Oops! :-) nt - racerguy 06:03:12 11/30/07 (0)
- Inferior? Maybe you should do a little more research. - Audiophilander 01:57:25 11/29/07 (32)
- Consumer Reports is the last site I go to for technical evaluations of products. nt - oscar 05:17:03 11/29/07 (31)
- So, what's the first site you go to? (nt) - Audiophilander 09:43:53 11/29/07 (26)
- Sites specific to the category being discussed. - oscar 14:54:14 11/29/07 (1)
- So you don't ascribe any credibility to independent observers? - Audiophilander 23:45:07 11/29/07 (0)
- for tech issues...probably cnet.com but even they aren't that great NT - Jazz Inmate 12:52:59 11/29/07 (23)
- avsforum.com is the best by far for all things home theater, IMO nt - padreken 13:03:57 11/29/07 (22)
- There is a lot of good info there. But some bias and bad info too - Jazz Inmate 13:38:40 11/29/07 (21)
- It doesn't have an ant-BD bias - Jack G 14:29:53 11/29/07 (20)
- my posts are an indication... - Joe Murphy Jr 21:33:38 11/29/07 (3)
- You own a PS3, do you own an HD DVD player too? - Jack G 08:34:37 11/30/07 (1)
- that's irrelevant - Joe Murphy Jr 19:22:57 11/30/07 (0)
- yep - Jazz Inmate 22:27:57 11/29/07 (0)
- AVS actively removes posts and bans people who advocate Blu-ray over HD DVD - Jazz Inmate 14:41:46 11/29/07 (15)
- Not true - Jack G 15:57:06 11/29/07 (14)
- RE: Not true - Jazz Inmate 17:33:09 11/29/07 (13)
- That makes no sense - Jack G 06:36:33 11/30/07 (12)
- You just proved my point - Jazz Inmate 08:36:30 11/30/07 (11)
- You just proved yourself to be a fanboy - Jack G 10:44:16 11/30/07 (10)
- RE: You just proved yourself to be a fanboy - Jazz Inmate 16:58:56 11/30/07 (9)
- LOL! Jack has your number, Jazz; give it up! - Audiophilander 01:19:16 12/01/07 (8)
- thanks for admitting you adopted HD DVD because the hardware was cheaper - Jazz Inmate 13:45:21 12/01/07 (7)
- A factor perhaps, but you should take the time to read a bit further before jumping to conclusions: - Audiophilander 23:19:31 12/01/07 (6)
- Weak attempt at backtracking - Jazz Inmate 01:56:11 12/02/07 (5)
- Are you calling me a liar? I'd think it over a bit before going down that road. - Audiophilander 07:21:20 12/02/07 (4)
- I'm calling you confused and maybe a bit dim - Jazz Inmate 09:25:08 12/02/07 (3)
- "It's not like your favorite films are only available on HD DVD..." - Really? The Thing, Forbidden Planet, ... - Audiophilander 21:31:55 12/02/07 (2)
- wow, I didn't think you'd misread my post so egrigiously - Jazz Inmate 22:33:12 12/02/07 (1)
- You should avoid words like egregious... - Audiophilander 09:29:54 12/04/07 (0)
- In this case, CR is absolutely right - padreken 09:30:32 11/29/07 (3)
- RE: In this case, CR is absolutely right - Jazz Inmate 12:36:04 11/29/07 (2)
- RE: In this case, CR is absolutely right - Jack G 06:55:35 11/30/07 (1)
- RE: In this case, CR is absolutely right - Jazz Inmate 12:33:21 11/30/07 (0)
- I understand that - Jack G 15:39:16 11/28/07 (1)
- RE: I understand that - Jazz Inmate 16:16:55 11/28/07 (0)
- Ah.... - JMCIII 13:06:05 11/28/07 (1)
- RE: Ah.... - Jazz Inmate 13:17:10 11/28/07 (0)