Blu-ray beating HD-DVD in sales 2 to 1

Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
edited February 2007 in Science & Tech
In the all out High Definition battle Blu-Ray is starting to show its true colors. With Sony’s PS3 being the drive behind the Blu-Ray players, it is only a matter of time before Blu-ray closes the already narrow gap between overall sales.

Nielsen VideoScan's figures add up sales from retail registers, along with some websites, and cover the second week of January 2007. According to Nielsen, Blu-Ray has also closed the gap in total sales since inception from 14% to 7%. If the trend continues, Blu-Ray should overtake HD-DVD in less than a month.

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  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    I honestly believe Blu-ray will end up winning this war. Don't ask me why, it is just the way I am thinking :)
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    I hope and wish it would not.
  • Nolf-JobNolf-Job Inside each and every one of you!
    edited February 2007
    Thrax, might I ask you to provide a brief explanation for your preference?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    Absolutely. Give me about an hour to get home from work.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    1. Video format: The Blu-Ray consortium has announced that it prefers MPEG2 to VC1. VC1 uses higher bitrates, and is mathematically much more accurate at encoding a sharp picture. HD-DVD's preferred format is VC1.

    2. End-user price: HD-DVD wins.. Every element of HD-DVD-specific components is cheaper.

    3. Mfgr. price: Every stage of HD-DVD production is cheaper. Those shiny double and triple-layer Blu-Ray discs might as well be made of gold compared to the dual layer HD-DVD masters.

    4. Content protection: HD-DVD is less stringent about constant watchdogging of AACS.

    //EDIT: I'll also note that these figures contradict <i>every</i> previous independent study.
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    Ah price is over rated and from this article most people are in the same thought. If you ask 10 people what is better "even if they have no idea" 7 out of 10 say Blu-ray... why? because they heard about it way more than HD-DVD, word of mouth I think will win this battle, and to the point costs of thing will go down as they always do, if I remember correctly Blu-ray is inline with what DVD's cost back when they came out.
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    Sledgehammer70 wrote:
    Ah price is over rated and from this article most people are in the same thought.
    tfa wrote:
    One easy explanation for Blu-Ray's rise is the included player inside of all Sony PlayStation 3 consoles. Millions of consoles have been sold and most include a voucher for money back on a Blu-Ray disc purchase.
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    Sledgehammer70 wrote:
    Ah price is over rated and from this article most people are in the same thought.
    shwaip wrote:
    I have yet to see one coupon or voucher....
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    You also haven't bought a PS3 (unless you found one since you couldn't before).
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    It upsets me that we get to choose which one we want(God knows I love freedom of choice, but this is not the same), only to have one of them go the way of beta cassette in 2 years. Money waisted. I know some of you probably would buy a new player in 2 years, but my VCR and TV and all lasted me SEVERAL YEARS before having to put out several hundred dollars towards new equipment. DVD hasn't been out for long, and is already being replaced? Are we going to have to buy the new super duper SHDTV's soon as well because a new technology came out? I mean this is bull****, I love that new technologies are coming, but some of us can't afford this. As you can tell by the credit usage of America and that most this country is in debt.
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    Just because it's new, doesn't mean you have to buy it. DVDs are still being produced. They still look good through component on a non-hdtv (definitely not as good as hdtv with a hd signal).
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    shwaip wrote:
    You also haven't bought a PS3 (unless you found one since you couldn't before).

    I have had a PS3 since 2 days after launch....
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    I thought that was your friend's...I wasn't sure who was keeping the PS3. I guess it's been at your house since then. Sorry.
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    We actually have 3 systems in the house...
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